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B. Mitton #61 def. S. Mayer #13

7-6 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 2, 1978*
Tournament	Bologna
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	B. Mitton
Score	7-6 4-6 6-4
Loser	S. Mayer

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Mitton	S. Mayer
Country	RSA	USA
Birth date	Nov 9, 1954	Apr 5, 1952
Age	24	26
Height	188	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	61	13
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,733	1,957
Career W-L	206–223	372–206
Career earnings	—	$1,057,783

Pre-match H2H

B. Mitton 1 – 1 S. Mayer

Path

B. Mitton's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1978	R32	J. Granat	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Mitton's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 3, 1978	QF	Z. Franulovic	5-7 6-2 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

S. Mayer's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 1, 1978	R32	V. Zednik	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data