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John Marks #63 def. John Alexander #22

6-4 6-4 7-5

Match Information

Date Jan 6, 1979*
Tournament Australian Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Grass
RoundQF
Winner John Marks
Score6-4 6-4 7-5
Loser John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn MarksJohn Alexander
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateDec 9, 1952Jul 4, 1951
Age2627
Height190
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)6322
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)1,5451,851
Career W-L30–81579–422
Career earnings$1,214,079
Pre-match H2H
John Marks 0 0 John Alexander

Path

John Marks's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 4, 1979R16 John Sadri 6-2 6-2 4-6 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jan 1, 1979R32 Phil Dent 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data
Dec 30, 1978R64 Jose Luis Clerc 6-7 (ret.)WH2HMatch data

John Marks's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 8, 1979SF Arthur Ashe 6-4 6-2 2-6 1-6 9-7WH2HMatch data

John Alexander's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jan 4, 1979R16 Bob Carmichael 6-3 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jan 1, 1979R32 Russell Simpson 6-3 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Dec 30, 1978R64 Peter Campbell 6-4 7-6 6-4WH2HMatch data