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J. Connors #3 def. J. Alexander #29

7-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1974*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	J. Connors
Score	7-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	J. Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Connors	J. Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 2, 1952	Jul 4, 1951
Age	21	22
Height	177	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	3	29
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,159	1,922
Career W-L	1,262–294	579–422
Career earnings	$8,641,040	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

J. Connors 0 – 0 J. Alexander

Path

J. Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1974	QF	V. Zednik	3-6 7-5 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1974	R16	S. Ball	6-4 5-7 6-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1974	R32	G. Thomson	6-4 6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1973	R64	J. Haillet	6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

J. Connors's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1974	F	P. Dent	7-6(7) 6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1974	QF	B. Giltinan	6-1 5-7 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1974	R16	D. Crealy	6-7 6-2 5-7 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1974	R32	M. Holecek	4-6 6-4 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1973	R64	T. Bernasconi	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data