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John Alexander vs Ken Rosewall Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Alexander seasons:19851984198319821981
Ken Rosewall seasons:19801979197819771976
🇦🇺 John Alexander
🇦🇺 Ken Rosewall
Age: 74y 314d (1951-07-04)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1934-11-02) Age: 91y 193d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
6 - 9
Wins: 40.0% - 60.0%
Hard 2–2Clay 2–4Grass 2–0
Others 5–9Slam 1–0
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🇦🇺John Alexander and 🇦🇺Ken Rosewall have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 15 times. Ken Rosewall currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 9–6.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺John Alexander has compiled an overall career record of 591–434 across 1025 matches, translating to a win rate of 57.66%. On hard courts his record stands at 103–87 (54.21%), while on clay he holds a 225–132 (63.03%) mark. On grass the numbers read 153–96 (61.45%) , and on carpet 110–119 (48.03%). Throughout his career he has won 8 titles (3 hard, 2 clay, 2 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 24–81 (22.86%).

🇦🇺Ken Rosewall, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 546–192 from 738 matches (73.98% win rate). His hard-court record is 136–51 (72.73%), on clay he stands at 134–36 (78.82%), and on grass he has gone 145–39 (78.80%) , with a carpet record of 131–66 (66.50%). He has accumulated 40 titles in total (10 hard, 14 clay, 8 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 13–27 (32.50%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 4 times, the record is tied 2–2 (50.00% each). The clay record between them sits at 4–2 (66.67% for Ken Rosewall) across 6 matches. On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 2–0 (100.00% for John Alexander).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-10-09BrisbaneGrassSF19🇦🇺John Alexander (2)24🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (3)6-1 6-13------0/0
1978-01-30Richmond WCTCarpetR3218🇦🇺Ken Rosewall22🇦🇺John Alexander3-6 6-0 6-33------0/0
1977-12-19Australian Open-2GrassQF23🇦🇺John Alexander (6)12🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (4)7-6 7-6 4-6 6-15------0/0
1977-11-14WCT Challenge CupCarpetRR12🇦🇺Ken Rosewall22🇦🇺John Alexander5-6 6-4 6-43------0/0
1977-04-25Las VegasHardR1626🇦🇺John Alexander15🇦🇺Ken Rosewall3-6 7-5 6-33------0/0
1977-04-19Charlotte WCTClayR1628🇦🇺John Alexander15🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (4)1-6 6-2 6-13------0/0
1976-05-23WCT Challenge CupHardRR10🇦🇺Ken Rosewall20🇦🇺John Alexander3-6 7-5 7-6 7-65------0/0
1975-08-04North ConwayClayQF3🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (2)14🇦🇺John Alexander6-0 6-33------0/0
1975-04-21Houston WCTClayQF6🇦🇺Ken Rosewall13🇦🇺John Alexander (1)6-1 7-53------0/0
1974-03-18TucsonHardR644🇦🇺Ken Rosewall (3)26🇦🇺John Alexander6-4 6-7 6-33------0/0
1972-09-25Alamo WCTHardR16-🇦🇺John Alexander-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall1-6 6-1 6-43------0/0
1972-04-18Charlotte WCTClaySF-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺John Alexander6-4 6-33------0/0
1971-07-19Louisville WCTClayR16-🇦🇺John Alexander-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall7-5 7-53------0/0
1971-07-12Washington WCTClayR32-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺John Alexander4-6 6-1 6-13------0/0
1971-04-21DenverCarpetRR-🇦🇺Ken Rosewall-🇦🇺John Alexander6-31------0/0

Wins

John Alexander
Ken Rosewall
6–9Overall
1–0Grand Slam
5–9Others
2–2Hard
2–4Clay
2–0Grass
0–3Indoor Hard

Sets Format

41.7%5
58.3%7
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
40.0%2
60.0%3
2 Sets
42.9%3
57.1%4
3 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Alexander
Ken Rosewall

Deciding

37.5%3
62.5%5
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Alexander
Ken Rosewall

Sets

45.0%18
55.0%22
All
75.0%3
25.0%1
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
46.2%6
53.8%7
Hard
83.3%5
16.7%1
Grass
35.7%5
64.3%9
Clay
28.6%2
71.4%5
Carpet
John Alexander
Ken Rosewall

Games

47.5%179
52.5%198
All
55.8%24
44.2%19
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
49.6%66
50.4%67
Hard
63.2%36
36.8%21
Grass
41.5%51
58.5%72
Clay
40.6%26
59.4%38
Carpet
John Alexander
Ken Rosewall

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

John Alexander
Ken Rosewall

By Tournament Level

John Alexander
Ken Rosewall

By Round

John Alexander
Ken Rosewall

By Opponent Ranking

John AlexanderKen Rosewall
7.7%1-12
vs Top 1
14.3%1-6
14.6%7-41
vs Top 5
30%6-14
22.9%24-81
vs Top 10
32.5%13-27
32.6%60-124
vs Top 20
39.7%29-44
49.2%227-234
vs Top 100
60.5%124-81
74.4%160-55
vs +100
90%63-7
34.3%82-157
vs Higher
33.3%17-34
69.8%305-132
vs Lower
75.9%170-54

Opponent Breakdown

John AlexanderKen Rosewall
54.5%234-195
Vs Younger
72.9%502-187
57.7%321-235
Vs Older
82.1%23-5
58.6%501-354
Vs Right-Handed
76.3%453-141
45.5%66-79
Vs Left-Handed
61.4%81-51
11.8%2-15
Vs 2H Backhand
11.1%1-8
42.4%36-49
Vs 1H Backhand
65.3%47-25
49.7%325-329
Vs Shorter
50%2-2
42.1%24-33
Vs Taller
67.1%340-167

Pressure Situations