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John Alexander #31 def. Russell Simpson #50

6-4 6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 16, 1983*
Tournament	Auckland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John Alexander
Score	6-4 6-3 6-3
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Russell Simpson
Country	AUS	NZL
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Feb 22, 1954
Age	31	28
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	31	50
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,823	1,717
Career W-L	579–422	131–195
Career earnings	$1,214,079	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 2 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1983	SF	Chris Lewis	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1983	QF	Dave Siegler	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1983	R16	John Lloyd	7-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jan 13, 1983	R32	John Frawley	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data

John Alexander's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1983	SF	Rod Frawley	6-4 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 15, 1983	QF	Jeff Simpson	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1983	R16	Charlie Fancutt	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jan 13, 1983	R32	Eduardo Oncins	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data