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B. Gottfried#5 def. J. Alexander#18

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jan 13, 1978*
Tournament	Birmingham Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	B. Gottfried
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	J. Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	B. Gottfried	J. Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jan 27, 1952	Jul 4, 1951
Age	25	26
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	5	18
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,116	1,879
Career W-L	695–322	579–422
Career earnings	$2,782,514	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

B. Gottfried 2 – 1 J. Alexander

Path

B. Gottfried's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 1978	R32	T. Okker	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

B. Gottfried's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 14, 1978	QF	D. Stockton	3-6 6-3 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

J. Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 12, 1978	R32	H. Gunthardt	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data