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Stan Smith def. John Alexander

14-12 13-11

Match Information

Date	Jan 14, 1970*
Tournament	Melbourne
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	14-12 13-11
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	Jul 4, 1951
Age	23	18
Height	—	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,962	1,655
Career W-L	—	579–422
Career earnings	$1,774,811	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 1 – 0 John Alexander

Path

Stan Smith's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

Stan Smith's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1970	QF	Tony Roche	3-6 16-14 6-1 8-10 6-4	L	—	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 13, 1970	R32	Bernard Paul	3-6 6-3 10-8 8-6	W	—	Match data