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John Newcombe #2 def. Cliff Richey #20

6-3 6-3

Match Information

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

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Cliff 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

John Newcombe 2 – 1 Cliff Richey

Path

John Newcombe's path

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

John 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

Cliff Richey's path

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