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John Newcombe def. Stan Smith

6-3 5-7 2-6 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1971*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 5-7 2-6 6-4 6-4
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Stan Smith
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Dec 14, 1946
Age	27	24
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,124	2,146
Career W-L	556–224	—
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 2 – 2 Stan Smith

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1971	SF	Ken Rosewall	6-1 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1971	QF	Colin Dibley	6-1 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1971	R16	Alex Metreveli	9-8 6-3 4-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 27, 1971	R32	Gerald Battrick	6-4 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1971	R64	Ian Fletcher	7-5 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 23, 1971	R128	Bob Hewitt	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1971	SF	Tom Gorman	6-3 8-6 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jul 2, 1971	QF	Onny Parun	8-6 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 30, 1971	R16	Roy Emerson	2-6 6-1 6-3 9-7	W	—	Match data
Jun 25, 1971	R64	John Paish	6-1 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data