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B. Borg #1 def. J. Alexander #16

5-7 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 27, 1979*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	B. Borg
Score	5-7 6-4 6-2
Loser	J. Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Borg	J. Alexander
Country	SWE	AUS
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 4, 1951
Age	22	27
Height	180	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	16
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,326	1,931
Career W-L	608–143	579–422
Career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

B. Borg 1 – 1 J. Alexander

Path

B. Borg's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1979	R32	H. Pfister	2-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

B. Borg's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 28, 1979	QF	Tim Gullikson	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 26, 1979	R32	R. Laver	6-7 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data