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John Newcombe def. Andres Gimeno

6-3 8-6 6-0

Match Information

Date	Jul 5, 1970*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 8-6 6-0
Loser	Andres Gimeno

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Andres Gimeno
Country	AUS	ESP
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Aug 3, 1937
Age	26	32
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,047	2,038
Career W-L	556–224	246–131
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$2,500

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 3 – 4 Andres Gimeno

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1970	QF	Roy Emerson	6-1 5-7 3-6 6-2 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1970	R16	Dennis Ralston	14-12 9-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1970	R32	Owen Davidson	9-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1970	R64	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1970	R128	Roy Barth	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1970	F	Ken Rosewall	5-7 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Andres Gimeno's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1970	QF	Bob Carmichael	6-1 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1970	R16	Arthur Ashe	7-5 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1970	R32	Torben Ulrich	4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1970	R64	Allan Stone	7-5 4-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1970	R128	Pierre Barthes	4-6 6-1 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data