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Vitas Gerulaitis #4 def. John Alexander #18

6-1 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jan 1, 1978*
Tournament	Australian Open (2)
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Vitas Gerulaitis
Score	6-1 6-2 6-4
Loser	John Alexander

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Vitas Gerulaitis	John Alexander
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 26, 1954	Jul 4, 1951
Age	23	26
Height	183	190
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	4	18
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,099	1,886
Career W-L	527–231	579–422
Career earnings	$2,778,748	$1,214,079

Pre-match H2H

Vitas Gerulaitis 3 – 1 John Alexander

Path

Vitas Gerulaitis's path

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

Vitas Gerulaitis's next match

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

John Alexander's path

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