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John Alexander #22 def. Russell Simpson #108

6-3 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 1, 1979*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	John Alexander
Score	6-3 6-3 6-4
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Russell Simpson
Country	AUS	NZL
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Feb 22, 1954
Age	27	24
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	22	108
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,840	1,503
Career W-L	579–422	131–195
Career earnings	$1,214,079	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 1 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	Peter Campbell	6-4 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1979	R16	Bob Carmichael	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1978	R64	Dick Bohrnstedt	6-2 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data