R16 Las Vegas 1979

Bjorn Borg #1 def. John Alexander #16

5-7 6-4 6-2

Bjorn Borg defeated John Alexander 5-7 6-4 6-2 in the 1979 Las Vegas round of 16 on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 27, 1979*
Tournament: Las Vegas
Edition: 1979
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Bjorn Borg	John Alexander
Country	SWE	AUS
Birth date	Jun 6, 1956	Jul 4, 1951
Age	22	27
Height	180 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	1	16
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,385	1,932
Current career W-L	617–140	567–419
Current career earnings	$3,655,751	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Bjorn Borg #1 1 – 1 John Alexander #16

Path

Bjorn Borg's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Hank Pfister #35	2-6 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 26, 1979	R32

Bjorn Borg's next match

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

John Alexander's path

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