Career 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 John Alexander takes it, 6–1 on categories Alexander wins on games won. ATP Tour career: Bourne 158 matches, Alexander 1,005 matches.
Alexander averages 1.1 sets lost a match to Bourne’s 1.5. Alexander averages 13.5 games won a match to Bourne’s 12.4 (9% more). Alexander has the better sets won %: 55.8 to Bourne’s 44.1. Best single match: Alexander 40 games won, Bourne 29. Winners’ edge: Alexander’s team won 58%, Bourne’s team won 42% of the matches they played. Longevity: Alexander has 1,005 matches across 18 seasons, Bourne 158 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
– Titlesper game 0.0 9 total · best 1
12.4 1,955 total · best 29 Games wonper game 13.5 13,561 total · best 40
44.1 Sets won % 55.8
47.4 Games won % 52.3
0.1 2 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 32 total · best 1
1.2 185 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.4 1,438 total · best 3
Head to head 1 4 matches since 1982 3
Grass · 2 matches Bourne 1 Alexander 1 Hard · 1 match Bourne 0 Alexander 1 Carpet · 1 match Bourne 0 Alexander 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Bourne 0 Alexander 1 Last meetings 18 June 1984 · Bristol · Quarterfinal · Grass Bourne won 6-3 6-4 29 Nov 1983 · Australian Open · Round of 128 · Grass Alexander won 5-7 6-3 3-6 6-1 6-4 16 Aug 1982 · Stowe · Round of 16 · Hard Alexander won 4-6 7-5 6-2 22 Feb 1982 · Monterrey · Round of 32 · Carpet Alexander won 6-0 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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