Head to head
1
Hard
0
0
Clay
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3
Grass
2
3
Carpet
0
John Alexander's wins on the left · Phil Dent's on the right · bar lengths share one scale
Momentum
Running lead across all meetings, oldest to newest (walkovers excluded).
All meetings (10)
| 1981 | Brisbane | Grass | QF | Phil Dent | 6-3 5-7 7-6 |
| 1980 | Florence | Clay | QF | Phil Dent | 6-2 7-6 |
| 1979 | Memphis | Carpet | R64 | John Alexander | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1978 | Brisbane | Grass | QF | John Alexander | 6-4 6-1 |
| 1975 | Las Vegas | Hard | R16 | John Alexander | 6-0 6-3 |
| 1975 | Atlanta WCT | Carpet | QF | John Alexander | 6-3 6-7(6) 6-1 |
| 1974 | Toronto WCT | Carpet | QF | John Alexander | 7-6(5) 6-4 |
| 1972 | US Open | Grass | R128 | John Alexander | 4-6 7-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 |
| 1971 | South Orange | Grass | R32 | John Alexander | 6-3 3-6 6-4 |
| 1971 | Sydney | Grass | F | Phil Dent | 4-6 5-7 6-3 6-1 6-3 |
Methodology
Head-to-head totals and surface splits exclude walkovers (no match was played), which follows ATP convention — walkover meetings still appear in the match list. The momentum chart plots the running lead across all counted meetings, oldest to newest.