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John Alexander #18 def. Eliot Teltscher #30

7-6 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 28, 1979*
Tournament	Louisville
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John Alexander
Score	7-6 5-7 6-4
Loser	Eliot Teltscher

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Eliot Teltscher
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Mar 15, 1959
Age	28	20
Height	190	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	30
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,977	1,919
Career W-L	579–422	392–207
Career earnings	$1,214,079	$1,653,997

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 0 – 0 Eliot Teltscher

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1979	QF	Harold Solomon	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1979	R16	Rick Fagel	7-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1979	R32	Bernie Mitton	7-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1979	R64	Butch Walts	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 29, 1979	F	Terry Moor	7-6 6-7 3-3 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data

Eliot Teltscher's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 28, 1979	QF	Deon Joubert	7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 27, 1979	R16	Jose Higueras	5-7 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 26, 1979	R32	Jaime Fillol	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 25, 1979	R64	John Sadri	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data