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John Newcombe def. Gerald Battrick

9-7 6-3

Match Information

Date Jul 10, 1970*
Tournament Newport
Category ATP 250
Surface Grass
RoundQF
Winner John Newcombe
Score9-7 6-3
Loser Gerald Battrick

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombeGerald Battrick
Country AUS GBR
Birth dateMay 23, 1944May 27, 1947
Age2623
Height183178
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,0981,691
Career W-L556–224186–200
Career earnings$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 1 0 Gerald Battrick

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jul 9, 1970R16 Terry Ryan 6-3 6-4WMatch data
Jul 8, 1970R32 R P Tuck 6-1 6-0WMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jul 10, 1970SF Nikola Pilic 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data

Gerald Battrick's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jul 9, 1970R16 John De Mendoza 6-3 6-1WMatch data
Jul 8, 1970R32 A G Barker 6-2 6-2WMatch data