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Alvin Gardiner#89 def. John James#117

5-7 6-1 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 22, 1978*
Tournament	Hartford
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Alvin Gardiner
Score	5-7 6-1 7-6
Loser	John James

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Alvin Gardiner	John James
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Feb 11, 1951	Mar 7, 1951
Age	27	27
Height	—	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	89	117
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,465	1,675
Career W-L	43–100	98–144
Career earnings	—	$212

Pre-match H2H

Alvin Gardiner 0 – 1 John James

Path

Alvin Gardiner's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	Ferdi Taygan	6-3 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Alvin Gardiner's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1978	QF	Hank Pfister	6-3 7-5	L	H2H	Match data

John James's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1978	R32	Bill Maze	3-6 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data