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Manuel Orantes #18 def. John Alexander #40

7-5 6-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 22, 1980*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	Manuel Orantes
Score	7-5 6-7 6-2
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Manuel Orantes	John Alexander
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Feb 6, 1949	Jul 4, 1951
Age	31	28
Height	178	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	40
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,904	1,774
Career W-L	696–286	579–422
Career earnings	$1,398,303	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Manuel Orantes 3 – 5 John Alexander

Path

Manuel Orantes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1980	R64	Ivan Molina	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Manuel Orantes's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1980	R16	Andres Gomez	1-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 21, 1980	R64	Gianluca Rinaldini	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data