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1259:Hard
1254:Perth
1250:1980
1247:7–10
1192:1978
1189:6–10
1186:Loss
1134:1978
1128:Loss
1078:1977
1031:Hard
1023:1977
973:, US
967:1977
961:Loss
911:1977
905:Loss
855:1976
808:Hard
799:1976
793:Loss
741:1976
689:, US
683:1976
634:Hard
625:1975
619:Loss
576:Clay
567:1975
561:Loss
518:Hard
509:1974
452:1974
446:Loss
400:, US
394:1974
388:Loss
336:1974
330:Loss
310:Year
71:Plays
1609:2012
1584:2023
1553:ISBN
1244:Win
1131:6–9
1075:6–8
1072:Win
1020:5–8
1017:Win
964:4–8
908:4–7
852:4–6
849:Win
796:3–6
738:3–5
735:Win
680:2–5
677:Win
622:1–5
564:1–4
506:1–3
503:Win
498:W/O
449:0–3
391:0–2
333:0–1
307:W/L
166:1974
164:4R (
152:1973
148:1972
146:2R (
134:1978
132:1R (
120:1979
116:1976
112:1974
110:3R (
43:Born
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1600:.
1575:.
288:.
150:,
118:,
114:,
51:)
1611:.
1586:.
1561:.
189:7
168:)
154:)
136:)
122:)
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