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Roger Taylor def. John Alexander

4-6 9-7 6-2 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 17, 1969*
Tournament	Sydney
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R16
Winner	Roger Taylor
Score	4-6 9-7 6-2 6-1
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Taylor	John Alexander
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Oct 14, 1941	Jul 4, 1951
Age	27	17
Height	183	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,647	1,672
Career W-L	369–296	579–422
Career earnings	—	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Roger Taylor 0 – 0 John Alexander

Path

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1969	R32	Piero Toci	6-2 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 18, 1969	QF	Rod Laver	7-5 6-8 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 16, 1969	R32	Earl Butch Buchholz	6-4 6-3 9-7	W	H2H	Match data