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Buster C Mottram #25 def. Cliff Richey #62

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Dec 2, 1977*
Tournament	Johannesburg Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Buster C Mottram
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Cliff Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Buster C Mottram	Cliff Richey
Country	GBR	USA
Birth date	—	Dec 31, 1946
Age	—	30
Height	193	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	62
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,869	1,723
Career W-L	270–177	488–224
Career earnings	$14,500	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

Buster C Mottram 0 – 1 Cliff Richey

Path

Buster C Mottram's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1977	R32	Paul Mcnamee	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Buster C Mottram's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 3, 1977	QF	Eddie Dibbs	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1977	R32	Mike Fishbach	1-6 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data