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Guillermo Vilas #6 def. John Alexander #47

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

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 1977*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Guillermo Vilas
Score	6-4 1-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Guillermo Vilas	John Alexander
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Aug 17, 1952	Jul 4, 1951
Age	24	25
Height	180	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	6	47
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,102	1,922
Career W-L	898–282	579–422
Career earnings	$4,923,882	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Guillermo Vilas 1 – 0 John Alexander

Path

Guillermo Vilas's path

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

Guillermo Vilas's next match

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

John Alexander's path

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