QF Houston 1976

Vitas Gerulaitis def. John Alexander

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

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated John Alexander 4-6 7-6(5) 6-1 in the 1976 Houston quarterfinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 11, 1976*
Tournament: Houston
Edition: 1976
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: QF

Match Statistics

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

Player Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jul 4, 1951
Age	21	24
Height	183 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,915	1,881
Current career W-L	528–234	567–419
Current career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 1 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

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

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

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

John Alexander's path

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