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Jose Luis Clerc #4 def. John Alexander #100

3-6 6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Aug 3, 1981
Tournament	Indianapolis
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	Jose Luis Clerc
Score	3-6 6-3 6-1
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Jose Luis Clerc	John Alexander
Country	ARG	AUS
Birth date	Aug 16, 1958	Jul 4, 1951
Age	22	30
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	100
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,174	1,709
Career W-L	361–141	579–422
Career earnings	$1,987,036	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Jose Luis Clerc 1 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Jose Luis Clerc's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1981	QF	Mel Purcell	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1981	R16	Andres Gomez	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1981	R32	Chris Delaney	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1981	R64	Sherwood Stewart	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data

Jose Luis Clerc's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1981	F	Ivan Lendl	4-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1981	QF	Gilles Moretton	3-6 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1981	R16	David Carter	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1981	R32	Ilie Nastase	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 3, 1981	R64	Brad Gilbert	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data