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John Newcombe #2 def. Ion Tiriac #72

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Apr 2, 1974*
Tournament	Tuscon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Ion Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Ion Tiriac
Country	AUS	ROU
Birth date	May 23, 1944	May 9, 1939
Age	29	34
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	72
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,091	1,745
Career W-L	556–224	228–190
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 0 Ion Tiriac

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1974	R64	Jeff Borowiak	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1974	R16	Harold Solomon	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Ion Tiriac's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1974	R64	Dick Dell	6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data