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John Newcombe def. Cliff Drysdale

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Aug 7, 1970*
Tournament	Louisville
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-4
Loser	Cliff Drysdale

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Cliff Drysdale
Country	AUS	RSA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	May 26, 1941
Age	26	29
Height	183	188
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,061	1,859
Career W-L	556–224	402–253
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 7 – 3 Cliff Drysdale

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1970	R16	Raymond Moore	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1970	SF	Tony Roche	6-3 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

Cliff Drysdale's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 6, 1970	R16	Bob Lutz	6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data