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Ken Rosewall def. John Newcombe

6-3 6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 15, 1970*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	Ken Rosewall
Score	6-3 6-4 6-3
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	May 23, 1944
Age	35	26
Height	170	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,093	2,074
Career W-L	541–195	556–224
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 5 – 3 John Newcombe

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1970	QF	Stan Smith	6-2 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 11, 1970	R16	Nikola Pilic	7-5 6-7 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	Charlie Pasarell	7-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	R64	Stanley Pasarell	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1970	R128	Robert Potthast	6-2 6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data

Ken Rosewall's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1970	F	Tony Roche	2-6 6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 13, 1970	QF	Arthur Ashe	6-1 7-6 5-7 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1970	R16	Clark Graebner	6-4 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1970	R32	Gene Scott	6-4 6-7 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1970	R64	Joaquin Loyo Mayo	6-3 6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data