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Cliff Drysdale def. John Alexander

7-5 7-5

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1972*
Tournament	Miami Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Cliff Drysdale
Score	7-5 7-5
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	John Alexander
Country	RSA	AUS
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Jul 4, 1951
Age	30	20
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,997	1,798
Career W-L	402–253	579–422
Career earnings	—	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Drysdale 4 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1972	R32	Robert Maud	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 10, 1972	QF	Mark Cox	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

No prior matches in this tournament.