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1. Voo de Mar says:

   November 8, 2020 at 8:28 pm

   11 out of 32 games (34%) included to the stats. Number of aces, double faults & break points valid for the entire final.

   Two very promising juniors in the late 80s, struggled with a difficult time in their careers in 1994. Both dropped outside the Top 100 & the “Hall of Fame” event helped them to regain the self-confidence. Wheaton [127] came to Newport having lost 5 of his previous 7 matches while Woodbridge [191] entered the tournament on a career-worst 8-match losing streak. The final had many twists & turns: Wheaton led with a break 2:1 in the 2nd set & *2:0 in the 3rd set. Then he survived an 8-deuce game (six BPs saved) at 2-all to lead 5:2* (30-all). He squandered a match point at 5:3 netting a volley from a good position & saved a mini-match point at 5-all with a volley winner. In the tie-break he led *6:2 before converted his fifth match point with a service winner. If Woodbridge had won the tie-break, it would have been his third straight victory in the deciding third set tie-break. The 25-year-old Wheaton never won a title afterwards.

   Wheaton’s route to his 3rd title:
   1 Maurice Ruah 6-1, 6-2
   2 Bryan Shelton 6-4, 6-4
   Q David Prinosil 7-6(4), 6-1
   S Mark Petchey 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
   W Todd Woodbridge 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5)
   

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