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John Alexander#32 def. Roger 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	John Alexander
Score	3-6 4-6 6-4 6-3 7-5
Loser	Roger Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Roger 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

John Alexander 1 – 4 Roger Taylor

Path

John Alexander's path

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

John Alexander's next match

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

Roger Taylor's path

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