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John Newcombe #2 def. Arthur Ashe #10

4-6 6-3 3-6 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 8, 1974*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	4-6 6-3 3-6 7-6 6-4
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Arthur Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jul 10, 1943
Age	30	31
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	10
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	2,149	1,988
Career W-L	556–224	800–258
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 9 – 2 Arthur Ashe

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1974	R16	Raymond Moore	6-3 6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1974	R32	Tony Roche	4-6 7-6 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1974	R64	Teimuraz Kakulia	7-6 6-2 6-2	W	—	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	Ramiro Benavides	6-2 6-0 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1974	SF	Ken Rosewall	7-6 4-6 6-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 6, 1974	R16	Guillermo Vilas	6-7 6-4 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 3, 1974	R32	Geoff Masters	2-6 6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 1, 1974	R64	Vitas Gerulaitis	7-6 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 30, 1974	R128	Trey Waltke	6-3 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data