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J. Alexander#32 def. R. Taylor#13

3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 2, 1973*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	J. Alexander
Score	3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-5
Loser	R. Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Alexander	R. Taylor
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Oct 14, 1941
Age	22	31
Height	190	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	32	13
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,836	2,002
Career W-L	579–422	369–296
Career earnings	$1,214,079	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Alexander 1 – 4 R. Taylor

Path

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	V. Gerulaitis	7-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	C. Drysdale	3-6 7-6 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

R. Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	A. Zugarelli	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data