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Arthur Ashe def. John Alexander

6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 21, 1972*
Tournament	Montreal Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Arthur Ashe
Score	6-2 6-4
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Arthur Ashe	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 10, 1943	Jul 4, 1951
Age	29	21
Height	185	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,110	1,891
Career W-L	800–258	579–422
Career earnings	$1,584,909	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Arthur Ashe 5 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1972	R32	Tom Leonard	7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1972	QF	Cliff Richey	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 20, 1972	R32	Fred Stolle	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data