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Nicola Pietrangeli def. John Alexander

6-4 5-7 7-5 6-8 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 1968*
Tournament	Naples
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Nicola Pietrangeli
Score	6-4 5-7 7-5 6-8 6-2
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nicola Pietrangeli	John Alexander
Country	ITA	AUS
Birth date	Sep 11, 1933	Jul 4, 1951
Age	34	16
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,672	1,582
Career W-L	48–39	579–422
Career earnings	—	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Nicola Pietrangeli 0 – 0 John Alexander

Path

Nicola Pietrangeli's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1968	QF	Phil Dent	8-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1968	R16	Allan Stone	2-6 8-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1968	R32	Luigi Chiaiese	6-1 8-6	W	—	Match data

Nicola Pietrangeli's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1968	F	Martin Mulligan	6-1 6-2 6-2	L	—	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1968	QF	Eugenio Castigliano	7-5 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1968	R16	Marty Riessen	6-4 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 25, 1968	R32	Ezio Di Matteo	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data
Apr 24, 1968	R64	Marty Pincus	6-0 6-1	W	—	Match data