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John Alexander def. Sergei 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	John Alexander
Score	4-6 6-3 7-9 6-1 6-2
Loser	Sergei Likhachev

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Sergei 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

John Alexander 0 – 0 Sergei Likhachev

Path

John Alexander's path

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

John Alexander's next match

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

Sergei 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