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Stan Smith def. John Newcombe

8-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 20, 1971*
Tournament	Queen's Club
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Stan Smith
Score	8-6 6-3
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Stan Smith	John Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 14, 1946	May 23, 1944
Age	24	27
Height	—	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,099	2,076
Career W-L	—	556–224
Career earnings	$1,774,811	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Stan Smith 1 – 2 John Newcombe

Path

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1971	SF	Tom Gorman	7-5 9-8	W	—	Match data
Jun 19, 1971	QF	Marty Riessen	6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data
Jun 18, 1971	R16	Ray Ruffels	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 17, 1971	R32	Gerald Battrick	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 16, 1971	R64	Onny Parun	6-1 6-4	W	—	Match data

Stan Smith's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1971	SF	Owen Davidson	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1971	QF	Ross Case	6-2 9-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 1971	R16	Clark Graebner	8-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 1971	R32	Istvan Gulyas	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data