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Eliot Teltscher #35 def. John Alexander #19

6-3 4-6 6-2

Match Information

Date	Sep 16, 1979*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Eliot Teltscher
Score	6-3 4-6 6-2
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Eliot Teltscher	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Mar 15, 1959	Jul 4, 1951
Age	20	28
Height	178	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	35	19
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,873	1,917
Career W-L	392–207	579–422
Career earnings	$1,653,997	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Eliot Teltscher 0 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Eliot Teltscher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1979	SF	Eric Friedler	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1979	QF	Kevin Curren	6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1979	R16	Cliff Drysdale	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1979	R32	Mark Turpin	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Eliot Teltscher's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1979	SF	Terry Moor	7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 15, 1979	QF	Terry Rocavert	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 14, 1979	R16	Alvin Gardiner	6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1979	R32	Steve Denton	6-2 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data