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Hank Pfister #44 def. John Alexander #20

6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Sep 1, 1979*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R64
Winner	Hank Pfister
Score	6-3 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-1
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Hank Pfister	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Oct 9, 1953	Jul 4, 1951
Age	25	28
Height	193	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	44	20
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,806	1,926
Career W-L	260–213	579–422
Career earnings	—	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Hank Pfister 1 – 0 John Alexander

Path

Hank Pfister's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Steve Docherty	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Hank Pfister's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1979	R32	Tom Gorman	6-4 4-6 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1979	R128	Howard Schoenfield	6-1 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data