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Rod Laver def. John Newcombe

4-6 6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 25, 1970*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	4-6 6-4 7-6
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	John Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 23, 1944
Age	32	26
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,199	2,077
Career W-L	576–147	556–224
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 8 – 1 John Newcombe

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1970	SF	Arthur Ashe	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1970	QF	Stan Smith	6-3 4-6 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 23, 1970	R16	Nikola Pilic	7-5 6-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1970	R32	Alan Fox	6-3 6-1	W	—	Match data
Sep 21, 1970	R64	Dick Knight	6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data

Rod Laver'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
Sep 24, 1970	SF	Tom Gorman	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1970	QF	Richard Gonzalez	6-7 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 23, 1970	R16	Fred Stolle	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1970	R32	Ron Holmberg	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 21, 1970	R64	Ken Stuart	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data