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Cliff Drysdale #22 def. John James #99

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 26, 1978*
Tournament	Baltimore
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Cliff Drysdale
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	John James

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	John James
Country	RSA	AUS
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Mar 7, 1951
Age	36	26
Height	188	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	99
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,877	1,607
Career W-L	402–253	98–144
Career earnings	—	$212

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 0 – 0 John James

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R32	Zan Guerry	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 27, 1978	QF	Cliff Richey	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John James's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 25, 1978	R32	Terry Moor	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data