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John Newcombe def. Tony Roche

3-6 6-1 14-12 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1969*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	3-6 6-1 14-12 6-4
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Tony Roche
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	May 17, 1945
Age	25	24
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,047	2,003
Career W-L	556–224	360–191
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 6 – 5 Tony Roche

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1969	QF	Tom Okker	8-6 3-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1969	R16	Fred Stolle	6-4 7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1969	R32	Mal Anderson	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1969	R64	Brian Fairlie	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1969	R128	Nikola Pilic	12-10 6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 7, 1969	F	Rod Laver	6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1969	QF	Clark Graebner	4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1969	R16	Dennis Ralston	6-3 4-6 7-5 8-10 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1969	R32	Hans Joachim Ploetz	6-1 9-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1969	R64	Abe Segal	6-1 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1969	R128	Jean Claude Barclay	7-5 4-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data