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Cliff Drysdale def. John Alexander

6-3 6-5

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Drysdale	John 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

Cliff Drysdale 0 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	Ken Rosewall	6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	Nikola Pilic	6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	Roger Taylor	6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1971	RR	Torben Ulrich	6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's next match

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

John Alexander's path

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