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Rod Laver def. John Newcombe

6-0 6-1

Match Information

Date	Mar 27, 1971*
Tournament	London
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	QF
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-0 6-1
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are 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)	2,271	2,040
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

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

Rod Laver's next match

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

John Newcombe's path

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