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R. Laver def. J. Alexander

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 13, 1971*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	R. Laver
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	J. Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	J. Alexander
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	Jul 4, 1951
Age	32	19
Height	175	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,215	1,841
Career W-L	576–147	579–422
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 1 – 0 J. Alexander

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1971	R32	R. Ruffels	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

R. Laver's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1971	QF	B. Fairlie	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1971	R32	M. Riessen	6-4 7-6(9)	W	H2H	Match data