Rod Laver #4 def. John Alexander #21

4-6 6-4 6-4

Rod Laver defeated John Alexander 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the 1974 Bretton Woods semifinal on clay courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

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Player Comparison

FieldRod LaverJohn Alexander
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateAug 9, 1938Jul 4, 1951
Age3623
Height175 cm190 cm
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleOne-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)421
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,1251,908
Current career W-L570–145567–419
Current career earnings$1,565,413$1,214,079
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver #4 5 2 John Alexander #21

Path

Rod Laver's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Anand Amritraj 6-4 6-3WMatch dataAug 10, 1974QF
Mike Powers 6-1 6-0WH2HMatch dataAug 9, 1974R16
John Lloyd 6-4 6-3WMatch dataAug 8, 1974R32

Rod Laver's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Harold Solomon #316-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 11, 1974F

John Alexander's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Eddie Dibbs #196-2 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 10, 1974QF
Ivan Molina #856-2 7-5WH2HMatch dataAug 9, 1974R16
Christian Kuhnke #2606-2 6-1WH2HMatch dataAug 8, 1974R32