Rod Laver def. John Newcombe

6-0 6-1

Rod Laver defeated John Newcombe 6-0 6-1 in the 1971 London quarterfinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 27, 1971*
Tournament: London
Edition: 1971
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Hard
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	John Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 23, 1944
Age	32	26
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,274	2,043
Career W-L	576–147	556–224
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 10 – 2 John Newcombe

Path

Rod Laver's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Owen Davidson	7-6 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1971	R16

Rod Laver's next match

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tony Roche	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 27, 1971	SF

John Newcombe's path

Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
John Alexander	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1971	R16