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John Newcombe def. Guillermo Vilas

6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Aug 10, 1973*
Tournament	Louisville
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 7-6
Loser	Guillermo Vilas

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Guillermo Vilas
Country	AUS	ARG
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Aug 17, 1952
Age	29	20
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,971	1,787
Career W-L	556–224	898–282
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$4,923,882

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 0 Guillermo Vilas

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	QF	Nikola Pilic	6-4 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R16	Eddie Dibbs	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1973	R32	Fred Mcnair	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data
Aug 7, 1973	R64	Peter Burwash	(def.)	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 11, 1973	F	Manuel Orantes	6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Guillermo Vilas's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Aug 10, 1973	QF	Antonio Munoz	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 9, 1973	R16	John Alexander	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 8, 1973	R32	Clark Graebner	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 7, 1973	R64	Torben Ulrich	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data