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J. Alexander def. S. Likhachev

4-6 6-3 7-9 6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 8, 1968*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	J. Alexander
Score	4-6 6-3 7-9 6-1 6-2
Loser	S. Likhachev

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Alexander	S. Likhachev
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Mar 20, 1940
Age	16	28
Height	190	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,610	1,553
Career W-L	579–422	7–19
Career earnings	$1,214,079	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Alexander 0 – 0 S. Likhachev

Path

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1968	R128	P. Szoke	6-2 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1968	R32	I. Nastase	2-6 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

S. Likhachev's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 1968	R128	Frank Tutvin	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data