John Alexander (tennis)

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John Alexander

Nickname(s)	JA
Country	Australia
Residence	Australia
Date of birth	July 4, 1951 (1951-07-04) (age 56)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	81kg
Turned pro	1968
Retired	1985
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$1,214,079
Singles
Career record:	506 - 364
Career titles:	7
Highest ranking:	8 (December 15, 1975)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	SF (1973, 1977)
French Open	4R (1975, 1978, 1983)
Wimbledon	4R (1969, 1978)
US Open	4R (1971, 1973)
Doubles
Career record:	448 - 300
Career titles:	27
Highest ranking:	30 (January 3, 1983)
Infobox last updated on: January 24, 2007.

John Gilbert Alexander OAM (born July 4, 1951 in Sydney) is a former professional touring tennis player.

During an ATP tour career spanning the late 1960s to mid 1980s, Alexander won 7 singles titles and 27 doubles titles. He achieved a career best singles ranking of World No. 8 in December 1975.

The 6'3, 180 lb (82 kg) Alexander is the youngest player ever to represent Australia in Davis Cup. He also was one of the longest serving Davis Cup players; he played Davis Cup from 1968 to 1980.

Alexander appeared on the Australian TV series of Gladiators as a referee in the mid-1990s. He is currently captain of the Australian Federation Cup team and a well respected sports' commentator for Australian and British television networks. Alexander is known for his good manners, easy going nature and extensive knowledge (historical and technical) of the game of tennis.

John Alexander was married to Rosemary Brown, a former swimmer, for almost 10 years. They had three children; Emily in 1990, Georgia in 1991 and Charles in 1994.

John Alexander currently lives in Sydney's Northern Suburbs with his long term partner Gayle Meredith, one of Sydney's leading family lawyers.

Contents 1 Career finals 1.1 Singles wins 1.2 Singles runner-ups 2 Doubles wins 3 Doubles runner-ups 4 Singles performance timeline 5 External links

[edit] Career finals

[edit] Singles wins

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	February 17, 1975	Fort Worth, USA	Hard	Dick Stockton	7–6(2) 4–6 6–3
2.	March 31, 1975	Tucson, USA	Hard	Ilie Nastase	7–5 6–2
3.	July 31, 1977	North Conway, USA	Clay	Manuel Orantes	2–6 6–4 6–4
4.	May 7, 1979	Nations Cup, Germany	Clay	Corrado Barazzutti	6–2 6–0
5.	July 23, 1979	Louisville, USA	Hard	Terry Moor	7–6 6–7 3–3 RET
6.	December 13, 1982	Sydney, Australia	Grass	John Fitzgerald	4–6 7–6 6–4
7.	January 10, 1983	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Russell Simpson	6–4 6–3 6–3

[edit] Singles runner-ups

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	August 9, 1970	Kitzbuehel, Austria	Clay	Zeljko Franulovic	4–6 7–9 4–6
2.	January 18, 1971	Hobart, Australia	Hard	Alex Metreveli	6–7 3–6 6–4 3–6
3.	May 15, 1971	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Marty Riessen	7–6 1–6 3–6 6–7
4.	December 2, 1972	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	John Newcombe	1–6 6–7
5.	April 23, 1973	Gothenberg, Sweden	Carpet	Stan Smith	7–5 4–6 2–6
6.	September 16, 1973	Seattle, USA		Tom Okker	5–7 4–6
7.	April 15, 1974	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Andrew Pattison	3–6 5–7
7.	March 24, 1975	Atlanta, USA	Carpet	Mark Cox	3–6 6–7(3)
8.	July 20, 1975	Chicago, USA	Carpet	Roscoe Tanner	1–6 7–6 6–7
9.	March 14, 1977	St Louis, USA	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	6–7(5) 2–6
10.	July 30, 1978	Louisville, USA	Clay	Harold Solomon	2–6 2–6
11.	October 9, 1978	Brisbane, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson	4–6 6–7

[edit] Doubles wins

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	22 May 1989	Australian Open, Australia	Grass	Phil Dent	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6 6–8 3–6

[edit] Doubles runner-ups

[edit] Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Australian Open	A	2R	2R	3R	1R	SF	3R	A	A	SF	QF	1R	1R	3R	4R	2R	1R	1R
French Open	3R	1R	1R	2R	A	1R	A	4R	A	A	4R	A	A	A	1R	4R	2R	A
Wimbledon	2R	4R	2R	2R	A	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	4R	3R	A	1R	2R	2R	1R	A
US Open	A	2R	A	4R	2R	4R	3R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	A	1R	1R	A	A	A

A = Did not participate

[edit] External links

• ATPtennis.com player profile for Alexander

• Save White City Tennis Club