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John Alexander #23 def. Chris Kachel #151

6-3 6-4 5-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Dec 25, 1977*
Tournament	Australian Open (2)
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	John Alexander
Score	6-3 6-4 5-7 6-2
Loser	Chris Kachel

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Chris Kachel
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Jun 19, 1955
Age	26	22
Height	190	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	23	151
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,828	1,498
Career W-L	579–422	32–86
Career earnings	$1,214,079	—

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 0 – 0 Chris Kachel

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 23, 1977	R64	Woody Blocher	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 28, 1977	R16	Bill Scanlon	7-6 6-7 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Chris Kachel's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 23, 1977	R64	Mal Anderson	7-6 7-5 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data