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John Alexander#31 def. Manuel Orantes#10

2-6 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 1974*
Tournament	Johannesburg Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	John Alexander
Score	2-6 6-3 6-2
Loser	Manuel Orantes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Manuel Orantes
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Feb 6, 1949
Age	22	25
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	31	10
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,864	1,780
Career W-L	579–422	696–286
Career earnings	$1,214,079	$1,398,303

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 2 – 2 Manuel Orantes

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	G Silberman	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data

John Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	QF	John Yuill	6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Clive Brebnor	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data