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Bruce Manson #152 def. John Alexander #19

6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Aug 25, 1978*
Tournament	Atlanta
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Bruce Manson
Score	6-4 6-2
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bruce Manson	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Mar 20, 1956	Jul 4, 1951
Age	22	27
Height	173	190
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	152	19
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,580	1,924
Career W-L	129–171	579–422
Career earnings	$492,338	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Bruce Manson 0 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Bruce Manson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1978	R32	Matt Mitchell	6-4 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Bruce Manson's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 26, 1978	QF	Butch Walts	6-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 24, 1978	R32	Tim Wilkison	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data