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John Newcombe#2 def. Dick Crealy#73

6-3 7-6(6)

Match Information

Date	Apr 19, 1974*
Tournament	Charlotte
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 7-6(6)
Loser	Dick Crealy

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Dick Crealy
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 18, 1944
Age	29	29
Height	183	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	73
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,161	1,701
Career W-L	556–224	335–317
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 0 Dick Crealy

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Brian Fairlie	6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1974	QF	Jeff Borowiak	6-2 6-4	L	H2H	Match data

Dick Crealy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 18, 1974	R32	Zeljko Franulovic	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data