SF Australian Open (2) 1977

Vitas Gerulaitis def. John Alexander

6-1 6-2 6-4

Vitas Gerulaitis defeated John Alexander 6-1 6-2 6-4 in the 1977 Australian Open (2) semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 1, 1978*
Tournament: Australian Open (2)
Edition: 1977
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: SF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jul 4, 1951
Age	23	26
Height	183 cm	190 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,104	1,889
Current career W-L	528–234	567–419
Current career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 3 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ray Ruffels	6-7 6-4 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1977	QF
Dick R Bohrnstedt	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data	Dec 28, 1977	R16
Brad Drewett	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 25, 1977	R32
John Marks	7-6 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 23, 1977	R64

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Lloyd	6-3 7-6 5-7 3-6 6-2	W	—	Match data	Jan 2, 1978	F

John Alexander's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ken Rosewall	7-6 7-6 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1977	QF
Bill Scanlon	7-6 6-7 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 28, 1977	R16
Chris Kachel	6-3 6-4 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 25, 1977	R32
Woody Blocher	6-2 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 23, 1977	R64