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J. Newcombe #1 def. G. Masters #44

9-8 6-3 8-6

Match Information

Date	Jun 28, 1974*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R64
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	9-8 6-3 8-6
Loser	G. Masters

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	G. Masters
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 19, 1950
Age	30	23
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	1	44
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,140	1,799
Career W-L	556–224	238–255
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 4 – 0 G. Masters

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1974	R128	G. Goven	6-3 6-2 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 30, 1974	R32	N. Pilic	6-2 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

G. Masters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1974	R128	B. Mitton	6-4 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data