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C. Drysdale def. J. Alexander

6-3 6-5

Match Information

Date	Apr 26, 1971*
Tournament	Denver
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	C. Drysdale
Score	6-3 6-5
Loser	J. Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	C. Drysdale	J. Alexander
Country	RSA	AUS
Birth date	May 26, 1941	Jul 4, 1951
Age	29	19
Height	188	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,005	1,813
Career W-L	402–253	579–422
Career earnings	—	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

C. Drysdale 0 – 1 J. Alexander

Path

C. Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	K. Rosewall	6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	N. Pilic	6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	R. Taylor	6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	T. Ulrich	6-2	W	H2H	Match data

C. Drysdale's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1971	F	K. Rosewall	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	N. Pilic	6-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	T. Ulrich	6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	C. Drysdale	6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	Ismail El Shafei	6-3	W	—	Match data