SF Australian Open 1977

Guillermo Vilas #6 def. John Alexander #47

6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4

Guillermo Vilas defeated John Alexander 6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the 1977 Australian Open semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 14, 1977*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1977
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	John Alexander
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Jul 4, 1951
Age	24	25
Height	180 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	6	47
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,125	1,913
Current career W-L	890–283	567–419
Current career earnings	$4,923,882	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas #6 1 – 0 John Alexander #47

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ross Case #44	6-4 7-5 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 12, 1977	QF
Charlie Pasarell #56	7-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1977	R16
Nick Saviano	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1977	R32
Paul Mcnamee	6-2 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 1977	R64

Guillermo Vilas's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Roscoe Tanner #10	3-6 3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 15, 1977	F

John Alexander's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Arthur Ashe #12	6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 12, 1977	QF
Colin Dibley #84	6-4 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 10, 1977	R16
Ulrich Marten	6-2 6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 7, 1977	R32
Mike Machette #90	7-6 7-6 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 5, 1977	R64