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John Newcombe #2 def. Ken Rosewall #7

3-6 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 19, 1974*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	3-6 6-2 6-3
Loser	Ken Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Ken Rosewall
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Nov 2, 1934
Age	30	39
Height	183	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,171	2,181
Career W-L	556–224	541–195
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 9 – 12 Ken Rosewall

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1974	SF	Kim Warwick	2-6 6-1 1-0 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1974	QF	Onny Parun	5-6	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1974	R16	Grover Raz Reid	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1974	R32	Mitsuru Motoi	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1974	SF	Dick Stockton	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 18, 1974	QF	Ross Case	6-1 2-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 17, 1974	R16	Syd Ball	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Oct 16, 1974	R32	Kiyoshi Tanabe	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data