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Marty Riessen def. John Alexander

9-8 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 25, 1971*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	Marty Riessen
Score	9-8 6-2 6-3
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marty Riessen	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	Jul 4, 1951
Age	29	19
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,988	1,820
Career W-L	533–316	579–422
Career earnings	$465	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Marty Riessen 4 – 2 John Alexander

Path

Marty Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1971	R128	Jim Mcmanus	9-8 6-4 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Marty Riessen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1971	R32	Arthur Ashe	6-1 9-8 8-9 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1971	R128	Bill Bowrey	6-0 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data