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J. Newcombe#24 def. Tom Gullikson

6-3 6-1

Match Information

Date	Feb 16, 1978*
Tournament	St. Louis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-1
Loser	Tom Gullikson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	Tom Gullikson
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 8, 1951
Age	33	26
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	24	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,918	1,690
Career W-L	556–224	—
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$889,492

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 0 – 0 Tom Gullikson

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R32	C. Barazzutti	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 17, 1978	QF	E. Dibbs	6-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Tom Gullikson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 15, 1978	R32	B. Walts	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data