F Australian Open 1975

John Newcombe #2 def. Jimmy Connors #1

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

John Newcombe defeated Jimmy Connors 7-5 3-6 6-4 7-6 in the 1975 Australian Open final on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jan 4, 1975*
Tournament: Australian Open
Edition: 1975
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: F

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Jimmy Connors
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 2, 1952
Age	30	22
Height	183 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	2	1
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,146	2,333
Current career W-L	544–220	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$1,062,408	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe #2 1 – 0 Jimmy Connors #1

Path

John Newcombe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tony Roche #27	6-4 4-6 6-4 2-6 11-9	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 1975	SF
Geoff Masters #53	1-6 6-3 6-7 6-3 10-8	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 1, 1975	QF
Bob Carmichael #112	7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1974	R16
Rolf Gehring #249	6-7 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 27, 1974	R32
Trevor Fancutt	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 25, 1974	R64

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Dick Crealy #71	6-4 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 3, 1975	SF
Kim Warwick #48	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jan 1, 1975	QF
Grover Raz Reid #78	6-2 6-3 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 30, 1974	R16
Ulrich Pinner #117	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 27, 1974	R32
Chris Kachel #274	7-5 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 25, 1974	R64