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John Newcombe def. Nikola Pilic

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1972*
Tournament	St. Louis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Nikola Pilic

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Nikola Pilic
Country	AUS	CRO
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Aug 27, 1939
Age	28	32
Height	183	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,079	1,900
Career W-L	556–224	301–248
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 16 – 5 Nikola Pilic

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1972	SF	Charlie Pasarell	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1972	QF	Marty Riessen	7-6 3-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1972	R16	Ismail El Shafei	(w/o)	W	—	Match data
Jul 4, 1972	R32	Ray Ruffels	6-2 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Nikola Pilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1972	SF	Cliff Drysdale	4-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1972	QF	Tom Okker	7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1972	R16	Mark Cox	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1972	R32	Roy Emerson	(w/o)	W	H2H	Match data