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John Newcombe#21 def. Russell Simpson#109

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date	Apr 20, 1978*
Tournament	Guadalajara
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	7-5 6-4
Loser	Russell Simpson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Russell Simpson
Country	AUS	NZL
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Feb 22, 1954
Age	33	24
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	109
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,864	1,467
Career W-L	556–224	131–195
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$326,467

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 0 Russell Simpson

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1978	R32	Richard Lewis	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1978	QF	Sherwood Stewart	2-6 7-6 6-3	W	—	Match data

Russell Simpson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1978	R32	Bill Lloyd	6-4 6-1	W	—	Match data