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John Alexander#18 def. Ilie Nastase#14

6-3 6-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 1978*
Tournament	St. Louis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John Alexander
Score	6-3 6-7 6-2
Loser	Ilie Nastase

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Ilie Nastase
Country	AUS	ROU
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Jul 19, 1946
Age	26	31
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	14
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,825	2,021
Career W-L	579–422	859–331
Career earnings	$1,214,079	$2,076,761

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 4 – 10 Ilie Nastase

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R32	Antonio Zugarelli	7-6 5-7 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1978	QF	Dick Stockton	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data

Ilie Nastase's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R32	Colin Dibley	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data