Lewis eighth seed
NZPA Melbourne The young New Zealander, ( hris Lewis, has been seeded eighth for the $ Aust3oo,ooo Marlboro Australian Open starting at Kooyong on Boxing Day. Lewis, aged 21, reached the last 16 at Kooyong last year i-’ a Htio:;,. former champion, Roscoe Tanner. (United States). The Argentinian. Guillermo Vilas, is the lop seed for the; Open. .Australia’s present Jack of top-class players is reflected in
1 27-y ear-old John Alexander’s (position as sixth seed—the first i local player to figure in the [ rankings. The seedings are:—Vilas 1, Jose Luis Clerc (Argentina) 2, Arthur Ashe (U.S.) 3, Tim Gullikson (U.S.) 4. Wojtek Fibak i (Poland) 5. Alexander 6. Brian .Teacher (U.S.) 7. Lewis 8. Ken Rosewall (Australian 9, Victor Amaya (U.S.i 10, Hank Pfister (U.S.) 11. Yannick Noah (France < 12. Tony Rothe (Australiai 13, Peter Feigl (Austria. 14, Kim W’arwick (Australia l 15, Geoff Masters (Australia) 16.
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