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John Newcombe #2 def. Jimmy Connors #1

7-5 3-6 6-4 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jan 4, 1975*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	7-5 3-6 6-4 7-6
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Jimmy Connors
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 2, 1952
Age	30	22
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,142	2,308
Career W-L	556–224	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 0 Jimmy Connors

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1975	SF	Tony Roche	6-4 4-6 6-4 2-6 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1975	QF	Geoff Masters	1-6 6-3 6-7 6-3 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1974	R16	Bob Carmichael	7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 27, 1974	R32	Rolf Gehring	6-7 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 25, 1974	R64	Trevor Fancutt	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 3, 1975	SF	Dick Crealy	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1975	QF	Kim Warwick	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1974	R16	Grover Raz Reid	6-2 6-3 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 27, 1974	R32	Ulrich Pinner	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 25, 1974	R64	Chris Kachel	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data