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C. Dowdeswell #97 def. P. Portes #352

6-4 5-7 7-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 7, 1978*
Tournament	Johannesburg
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	C. Dowdeswell
Score	6-4 5-7 7-5
Loser	P. Portes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	C. Dowdeswell	P. Portes
Country	GBR	FRA
Birth date	May 12, 1955	May 28, 1959
Age	22	18
Height	185	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	97	352
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,601	1,494
Career W-L	119–173	98–117
Career earnings	$327,277	$227,283

Pre-match H2H

C. Dowdeswell 0 – 0 P. Portes

Path

C. Dowdeswell's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1978	R32	R. Case	2-6 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

C. Dowdeswell's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 8, 1978	QF	C. Dibley	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

P. Portes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 6, 1978	R32	R. Drysdale	6-2 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data