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John Alexander vs Brian Gottfried H2H: 4-6

Brian Gottfried holds a 6–4 lead over John Alexander in their ATP head-to-head. Across 10 main-draw meetings, Brian Gottfried leads 3–1 on carpet, while John Alexander leads 2–0 on clay. Most recently, John Alexander won the 1984 Bristol round of 32 6-3 6-4.

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John Alexander
AUS Age 75 Right-Handed 190 cm / 6'3"
H2H
4 – 6
10 main-draw meetings
Brian Gottfried
USA Age 74 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
John Alexander #90 6-3 6-4 Brian Gottfried #40 Match data Jun 21, 1984* R32 Bristol ATP 250 Grass
John Alexander #58 6-3 7-6 Brian Gottfried #18 Match data Feb 10, 1982* R64 Memphis ATP 250 Carpet
Brian Gottfried #12 6-4 7-6 John Alexander Match data Jun 10, 1981* R64 Queen's Club Championships ATP 250 Grass
Brian Gottfried #8 6-2 6-4 John Alexander #23 Match data Mar 8, 1979 RR New Haven ATP 250 Carpet
John Alexander #21 6-2 3-6 7-6 Brian Gottfried #6 Match data Aug 4, 1978* R16 North Conway ATP 250 Clay
Brian Gottfried #5 7-5 6-4 John Alexander #17 Match data Mar 9, 1978 RR Hartford ATP 250 Carpet
Brian Gottfried #5 6-4 6-3 John Alexander #18 Match data Jan 13, 1978* R16 Birmingham Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Brian Gottfried #3 3-6 6-2 6-2 John Alexander #19 Match data Sep 23, 1977* R16 Los Angeles ATP 250 Hard
Brian Gottfried 6-2 6-3 John Alexander Match data Oct 19, 1975 QF Sydney Indoor ATP 250 Hard
John Alexander 7-6(3) 3-6 6-4 Brian Gottfried Match data Jul 20, 1973* R16 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships ATP 250 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
John Alexander #860 #8 0 2,015 567 419 57.5% 0 0 0 0 7 7
Brian Gottfried #431 #3 0 2,250 690 321 68.2% 0 0 0 0 25 25

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age John Alexander Brian Gottfried
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 1968 27–14 65.9% — 1,630 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 1969 29–21 58.0% — 1,636 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 1970 24–14 63.2% — 1,819 0 1 1970 0–4 0.0% — 1,446 0 0
19 1971 44–36 55.0% — 1,816 0 1 1971 5–8 38.5% — 1,524 0 0
20 1972 36–32 52.9% — 1,856 0 1 1972 11–13 45.8% — 1,583 0 0
21 1973 46–30 60.5% #29 1,917 0 1 1973 52–33 61.2% #21 1,789 0 2
22 1974 38–23 62.3% #26 1,849 0 1 1974 53–32 62.4% #33 1,947 0 3
23 1975 61–24 71.8% #8 1,946 0 2 1975 68–30 69.4% #23 1,966 0 6
24 1976 19–21 47.5% #47 1,841 0 2 1976 68–29 70.1% #10 2,130 0 7
25 1977 48–33 59.3% #21 1,878 0 3 1977 107–22 82.9% #4 2,092 0 12
26 1978 50–31 61.7% #22 1,810 0 3 1978 72–25 74.2% #7 1,999 0 15
27 1979 38–28 57.6% #20 1,798 0 4 1979 54–23 70.1% #16 1,982 0 17
28 1980 10–18 35.7% #100 1,686 0 4 1980 68–23 74.7% #11 1,998 0 21
29 1981 23–21 52.3% #75 1,744 0 4 1981 47–22 68.1% #18 1,949 0 22
30 1982 38–21 64.4% #31 1,792 0 6 1982 43–22 66.2% #22 1,950 0 24
31 1983 24–25 49.0% #77 1,658 0 7 1983 29–17 63.0% #21 1,876 0 25
32 1984 12–21 36.4% #142 1,565 0 7 1984 13–18 41.9% #90 1,723 0 25
33 1985 0–6 0.0% #405 1,492 0 7 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age John Alexander Brian Gottfried
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
16 1968 0 1 1 0.0% 22 10 32 68.8% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1969 0 1 1 0.0% 7 7 14 50.0% 21 12 33 63.6% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1970 4 1 5 80.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 6 6 12 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1970 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
19 1971 21 12 33 63.6% 12 9 21 57.1% 4 5 9 44.4% 7 10 17 41.2% 1971 2 4 6 33.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
20 1972 11 10 21 52.4% 9 5 14 64.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 10 14 24 41.7% 1972 2 3 5 40.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 3 3 6 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0%
21 1973 8 6 14 57.1% 14 11 25 56.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 21 10 31 67.7% 1973 28 11 39 71.8% 8 8 16 50.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 9 9 18 50.0%
22 1974 12 5 17 70.6% 13 6 19 68.4% 9 5 14 64.3% 4 7 11 36.4% 1974 21 11 32 65.6% 17 12 29 58.6% 2 3 5 40.0% 13 6 19 68.4%
23 1975 13 3 16 81.3% 20 8 28 71.4% 6 3 9 66.7% 22 10 32 68.8% 1975 24 12 36 66.7% 21 11 32 65.6% 4 2 6 66.7% 19 5 24 79.2%
24 1976 3 5 8 37.5% 9 7 16 56.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 5 7 12 41.7% 1976 14 6 20 70.0% 23 11 34 67.6% 3 2 5 60.0% 28 10 38 73.7%
25 1977 4 5 9 44.4% 19 6 25 76.0% 18 8 26 69.2% 7 14 21 33.3% 1977 34 5 39 87.2% 32 8 40 80.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 33 6 39 84.6%
26 1978 2 5 7 28.6% 24 10 34 70.6% 18 6 24 75.0% 6 10 16 37.5% 1978 16 6 22 72.7% 21 8 29 72.4% 8 2 10 80.0% 27 9 36 75.0%
27 1979 12 5 17 70.6% 13 8 21 61.9% 6 6 12 50.0% 7 9 16 43.8% 1979 23 6 29 79.3% 9 5 14 64.3% 7 3 10 70.0% 15 9 24 62.5%
28 1980 4 5 9 44.4% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 2 8 10 20.0% 1980 15 5 20 75.0% 16 5 21 76.2% 16 4 20 80.0% 21 9 30 70.0%
29 1981 7 9 16 43.8% 8 6 14 57.1% 7 5 12 58.3% 1 1 2 50.0% 1981 27 9 36 75.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 11 8 19 57.9%
30 1982 6 5 11 54.5% 10 7 17 58.8% 16 5 21 76.2% 6 4 10 60.0% 1982 26 10 36 72.2% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 12 8 20 60.0%
31 1983 7 5 12 58.3% 11 9 20 55.0% 2 6 8 25.0% 4 5 9 44.4% 1983 13 7 20 65.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 6 2 8 75.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
32 1984 4 6 10 40.0% 4 5 9 44.4% 3 7 10 30.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 1984 4 5 9 44.4% 7 6 13 53.8% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
33 1985 0 3 3 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 118 92 210 56.2% 208 123 331 62.8% 133 90 223 59.6% 108 114 222 48.6% — 249 101 350 71.1% 169 92 261 64.8% 74 39 113 65.5% 198 89 287 69.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age John Alexander Brian Gottfried
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
16 1968 1630 115.5 — — — — — +31 -45 58.8% +0.55 5–3 (63%) — — -0.26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1969 1636 120.9 — — — — -112 0 +83 58.9% +0.61 5–8 (38%) — — +3.74 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1970 1819 138.4 — — — — -86 -41 -114 59.1% +0.62 6–6 (50%) 2–1 (67%) — +1.24 1970 1446 93.4 — — — — — — — 25.0% -1.75 0–2 0–1 — +0.15
19 1971 1817 144.4 — — — — -5 +8 -82 55.2% +0.33 7–16 (30%) 18–12 (60%) 97.4 -3.22 1971 1525 121.6 — — — — +18 +48 — 42.9% -0.57 3–4 (43%) 4–3 (57%) 103.9 -1.20
20 1972 1856 153.5 — — — — -29 +48 -73 53.7% +0.51 13–16 (45%) 13–24 (35%) 93.7 -8.33 1972 1584 123.4 — — — — +1 +10 -60 49.2% +0.03 2–4 (33%) 1–4 (20%) 96.3 -0.60
21 1973 1917 150.8 — — — — +40 -78 -95 57.3% +0.44 13–12 (52%) 19–14 (58%) 101.4 -3.87 1973 1790 142.5 — — — — +67 -133 -163 56.9% +0.58 13–8 (62%) 9–9 (50%) 106.0 -1.09
22 1974 1850 146.4 — — — — +26 +47 +21 60.4% +0.86 9–8 (53%) 12–14 (46%) 96.7 +0.22 1974 1948 144.7 — — — — +47 -171 -312 59.2% +0.66 16–10 (62%) 11–9 (55%) 103.7 -3.32
23 1975 1946 155.4 — — — — +65 +20 -94 66.4% +1.04 15–9 (63%) 23–11 (68%) 107.1 -0.91 1975 1966 153.4 — — — — +58 -84 -266 65.3% +1.12 18–17 (51%) 6–9 (40%) 95.1 -2.87
24 1976 1841 150.1 — — — — +55 +53 -1 48.4% -0.02 5–7 (42%) 8–12 (40%) 90.9 -2.96 1976 2130 163.6 — — — — +44 -145 -384 64.8% +1.11 19–10 (66%) 16–10 (62%) 106.5 -9.57
25 1977 1878 156.4 — — — — -38 +46 +16 58.5% +0.69 13–18 (42%) 16–15 (52%) 96.3 -1.53 1977 2092 165.3 — — — — +120 -27 -298 73.9% +1.70 31–8 (79%) 11–13 (46%) 104.2 -2.47
26 1978 1810 149.4 — — — — -79 +125 +104 58.6% +0.69 15–14 (52%) 10–14 (42%) 93.8 +2.66 1978 2000 164.5 — — — — +106 -19 -69 69.3% +1.32 17–14 (55%) 14–9 (61%) 95.8 -2.64
27 1979 1799 156.8 — — — — +64 +143 -3 53.0% +0.25 15–10 (60%) 15–13 (54%) 105.4 -3.64 1979 1982 159.7 — — — — +81 -11 -51 67.2% +1.36 12–10 (55%) 9–10 (47%) 92.4 -2.54
28 1980 1687 138.0 — — — — +72 +209 +52 38.8% -0.58 4–5 (44%) 7–8 (47%) 95.5 -0.32 1980 1999 156.9 — — — — +21 +11 +43 70.0% +1.36 14–9 (61%) 16–10 (62%) 101.6 -2.29
29 1981 1744 136.6 — — — — -49 +128 0 52.7% +0.29 7–8 (47%) 9–11 (45%) 97.3 +0.63 1981 1950 153.8 — — — — +48 +6 +46 62.4% +0.92 12–5 (71%) 10–9 (53%) 100.2 -2.94
30 1982 1792 141.1 — — — — -49 +33 +52 57.6% +0.56 17–7 (71%) 13–14 (48%) 107.8 +0.78 1982 1950 154.9 — — — — +55 -43 -5 62.1% +1.01 12–7 (63%) 11–11 (50%) 98.6 -1.35
31 1983 1658 134.7 — — — — +55 +150 +81 47.5% +0.09 7–5 (58%) 10–14 (42%) 95.8 +1.71 1983 1876 141.1 — — — — +61 -48 +103 56.9% +0.45 11–3 (79%) 9–8 (53%) 101.9 -1.19
32 1984 1565 130.2 — — — — +79 +244 +37 39.0% -0.49 5–6 (45%) 6–10 (38%) 93.1 -0.48 1984 1724 135.1 — — — — +113 +69 +143 46.3% -0.15 4–6 (40%) 4–1 (80%) 98.1 -1.29
33 1985 1493 102.7 — — — — +110 — — 13.3% -2.13 0–1 1–2 (33%) — -0.02 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2015 150.6 — — — — +12 +56 +17 55.6% +0.46 161–159 (50%) 182–189 (49%) 95.7 -1.49 — 2251 158.8 — — — — +67 -60 -86 63.8% +1.01 184–117 (61%) 131–116 (53%) 99.7 -3.50

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.