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John Alexander #47 def. Arthur Ashe #12

6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6

Match Information

Date Jan 12, 1977*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Grass
RoundQF
Winner John Alexander
Score6-3 6-4 4-6 7-6
Loser Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn AlexanderArthur Ashe
Country AUS USA
Birth dateJul 4, 1951Jul 10, 1943
Age2533
Height190185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)4712
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,8801,977
Career W-L579–422800–258
Career earnings$1,214,079$1,584,909
Pre-match H2H
John Alexander 3 9 Arthur Ashe

Path

John Alexander's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 10, 1977R16 Colin Dibley 6-4 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jan 7, 1977R32 Ulrich Marten 6-2 6-4 5-7 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 5, 1977R64 Mike Machette 7-6 7-6 6-7 6-4WH2HMatch data

John Alexander's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 14, 1977SF Guillermo Vilas 4-6 6-1 3-6 4-6LH2HMatch data

Arthur Ashe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 10, 1977R16 Hank Pfister 7-6 6-3 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jan 7, 1977R32 Dick Bohrnstedt 7-6 7-5 6-4WMatch data
Jan 5, 1977R64 Peter Mcnamara 6-3 6-0 6-3WMatch data