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John Alexander #17 def. Heinz Gunthardt #55

6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jun 29, 1979*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	John Alexander
Score	6-3 3-6 5-7 6-3 6-2
Loser	Heinz Gunthardt

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Heinz Gunthardt
Country	AUS	SUI
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Feb 8, 1959
Age	27	20
Height	190	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	17	55
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,954	1,749
Career W-L	579–422	225–189
Career earnings	$1,214,079	$1,550,007

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 2 – 0 Heinz Gunthardt

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Dick Stockton	6-1 7-6 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1979	R32	Gene Mayer	4-6 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Heinz Gunthardt's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1979	R128	Bernie Mitton	6-4 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data