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John Newcombe def. Owen Davidson

7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 5, 1972*
Tournament	Las Vegas Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	7-6 6-3
Loser	Owen Davidson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Owen Davidson
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Oct 4, 1943
Age	27	28
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,022	1,619
Career W-L	556–224	89–111
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$513

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 5 – 0 Owen Davidson

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1972	R32	Mark Cox	6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 1972	QF	Ken Rosewall	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Owen Davidson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 4, 1972	R32	Bob Lutz	6-2 2-6 6-2	W	—	Match data