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Tim Wilkison#54 def. John Alexander#21

6-4 2-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 29, 1978*
Tournament	Sydney Outdoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Tim Wilkison
Score	6-4 2-6 6-4
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tim Wilkison	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Nov 23, 1959	Jul 4, 1951
Age	19	27
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	54	21
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,612	1,862
Career W-L	294–298	579–422
Career earnings	$1,278,210	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Tim Wilkison 0 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Tim Wilkison's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 29, 1978	QF	Bernie Mitton	7-5 6-7 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1978	R16	Hank Pfister	6-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 27, 1978	R32	Jose Luis Clerc	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1978	R64	Robin Drysdale	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Tim Wilkison's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	F	Kim Warwick	6-3 6-3 6-7 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 29, 1978	QF	Allan Stone	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1978	R16	Peter Feigl	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 27, 1978	R32	John Sadri	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 26, 1978	R64	Pascal Portes	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data