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J. Newcombe#2 def. C. Richey#20

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 11, 1974*
Tournament	New Orleans Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	C. Richey

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	C. Richey
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Dec 31, 1946
Age	29	27
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	20
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,122	1,876
Career W-L	556–224	488–224
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$7,500

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 2 – 1 C. Richey

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1974	R32	O. Davidson	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 12, 1974	QF	Bob Lutz	6-4 7-5	W	—	Match data

C. Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 10, 1974	R32	J. Bartlett	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data