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John Newcombe def. Patrick Proisy

7-6 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 8, 1973*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	7-6 6-4 6-2
Loser	Patrick Proisy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Patrick Proisy
Country	AUS	FRA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 10, 1949
Age	28	23
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,109	1,758
Career W-L	556–224	220–193
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 0 Patrick Proisy

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1973	QF	Bob Carmichael	6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1973	R16	Georges Goven	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1973	R32	Jean Louis Haillet	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 9, 1973	F	Onny Parun	6-3 6-7 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Patrick Proisy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1973	QF	John Cooper	6-4 3-6 6-1 7-6	W	—	Match data
Jan 4, 1973	R16	Patrice Dominguez	7-5 4-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1973	R32	Will Coghlan	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1972	R64	William Durham	7-6 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data