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John Alexander def. Cliff Drysdale

7-5 7-6

Match Information

Date	Mar 20, 1972*
Tournament	Chicago Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John Alexander
Score	7-5 7-6
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Cliff Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	May 26, 1941
Age	20	30
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,804	2,016
Career W-L	579–422	402–253
Career earnings	$1,214,079	—

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 1 – 5 Cliff Drysdale

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 19, 1972	R32	Frank Froehling	6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 21, 1972	QF	Arthur Ashe	6-4 6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

No prior matches in this tournament.