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Rod Laver def. John Alexander

6-2 1-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 5, 1972*
Tournament	Las Vegas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-2 1-6 6-3
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	John Alexander
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jul 4, 1951
Age	33	20
Height	175	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,196	1,903
Career W-L	576–147	579–422
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 2 – 0 John Alexander

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1972	R32	Allan Stone	3-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1972	QF	Marty Riessen	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1972	R32	Robert Maud	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data