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John Newcombe #25 def. Tomas Smid

6-3 6-7 6-4

Match Information

Date May 29, 1976*
Tournament Rome
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundR16
Winner John Newcombe
Score6-3 6-7 6-4
Loser Tomas Smid

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombeTomas Smid
Country AUS CZE
Birth dateMay 23, 1944May 20, 1956
Age3220
Height183190
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)25
Ranking points (entering)0
Elo (entering)1,9731,542
Career W-L556–224497–318
Career earnings$1,062,408$3,695,313
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 0 0 Tomas Smid

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1976R32 Chris Kachel 7-5 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 26, 1976R64 Jun Kamiwazumi 7-6 7-6WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 30, 1976QF Jan Kodes 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data

Tomas Smid's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 27, 1976R32 Steve Turner 7-5 6-0WH2HMatch data
May 26, 1976R64 Raul Ramirez 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data