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Johan Kriek #8 def. Steve Denton #13

6-3 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Dec 16, 1982*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Johan Kriek
Score	6-3 6-3 6-2
Loser	Steve Denton

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Johan Kriek	Steve Denton
Country	USA	USA
Birth date	Apr 5, 1958	Sep 5, 1956
Age	24	26
Height	175	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,922	1,972
Career W-L	380–223	109–116
Career earnings	$2,383,794	$1,084,664

Pre-match H2H

Johan Kriek 1 – 0 Steve Denton

Path

Johan Kriek's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 15, 1982	SF	Paul Mcnamee	7-6 7-6 4-6 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 13, 1982	QF	Drew Gitlin	6-0 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 11, 1982	R16	Charlie Fancutt	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Dec 8, 1982	R32	Eric Sherbeck	6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 6, 1982	R64	Mike De Palmer	6-3 3-6 6-2 7-6	W	—	Match data

Johan Kriek's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Steve Denton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 15, 1982	SF	Hank Pfister	6-4 4-6 6-3 3-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 13, 1982	QF	Sammy Giammalva Jr	4-6 6-3 6-3 2-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Dec 11, 1982	R16	Jeff Borowiak	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 8, 1982	R32	Warren Maher	6-2 7-5	W	—	Match data
Dec 6, 1982	R64	John Frawley	6-1 6-2 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Dec 4, 1982	R128	Tony Giammalva	4-6 7-6 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data