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V. Gerulaitis #25 def. J. Alexander #17

4-6 7-6(5) 6-1

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 1976*
Tournament	Houston
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	V. Gerulaitis
Score	4-6 7-6(5) 6-1
Loser	J. Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	V. Gerulaitis	J. Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jul 4, 1951
Age	21	24
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	25	17
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,900	1,913
Career W-L	527–231	579–422
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

V. Gerulaitis 1 – 1 J. Alexander

Path

V. Gerulaitis's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1976	R16	C. Richey	7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

V. Gerulaitis's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 11, 1976	SF	H. Solomon	6-0 2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1976	R16	J. Connors	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data