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Manuel Orantes #100 def. John Alexander #100

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 1, 1981*
Tournament	South Orange
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	John Alexander
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Jul 4, 1951
Age	32	30
Height	178	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	100	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,755	1,668
Career W-L	696–286	579–422
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 4 – 5 John Alexander

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1981	R32	Ramesh Krishnan	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 2, 1981	QF	Gene Mayer	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 31, 1981	R32	Andrew Pattison	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data