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John Alexander #13 def. Russell Simpson #274

6-4 5-7 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 18, 1975*
Tournament	Tokyo Indoor
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John Alexander
Score	6-4 5-7 6-4
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Alexander	Russell Simpson
Country	AUS	NZL
Birth date	Jul 4, 1951	Feb 22, 1954
Age	23	21
Height	190	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	13	274
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,057	1,521
Career W-L	579–422	131–195
Career earnings	$1,214,079	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

John Alexander 0 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

John Alexander's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1975	R32	Paul Gerken	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Alexander's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1975	QF	Cliff Drysdale	7-6(6) 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 17, 1975	R32	Tom Gorman	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data