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K. Rosewall#8 def. J. Newcombe#2

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

Match Information

Date	Sep 10, 1974*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	K. Rosewall
Score	6-7 6-4 7-6 6-3
Loser	J. Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	K. Rosewall	J. Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	May 23, 1944
Age	39	30
Height	170	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	8	2
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,162	2,163
Career W-L	541–195	556–224
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

K. Rosewall 11 – 9 J. Newcombe

Path

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1974	QF	V. Amritraj	2-6 6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1974	R16	R. Ramirez	6-1 6-7 7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1974	R32	C. Pasarell	6-1 6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1974	R64	Bob Lutz	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	C. Dibley	6-4 7-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

K. Rosewall's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1974	F	J. Connors	1-6 0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 8, 1974	QF	A. Ashe	4-6 6-3 3-6 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1974	R16	R. Moore	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1974	R32	T. Roche	4-6 7-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1974	R64	Teimuraz Kakulia	7-6 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	R. Benavides	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data