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J. Newcombe#7 def. K. Rosewall#6

6-4 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Sep 11, 1973*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-4 7-6 6-3
Loser	K. Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	K. Rosewall
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Nov 2, 1934
Age	29	38
Height	183	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	6
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,029	2,106
Career W-L	556–224	541–195
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 8 – 9 K. Rosewall

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1973	QF	J. Connors	6-4 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	Andrew Pattison	6-7 6-1 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	I. Tiriac	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1973	R64	J. Delaney	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	M. Lara	6-7 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 12, 1973	F	J. Kodes	6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

K. Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 9, 1973	QF	V. Amritraj	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	C. Richey	6-3 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	J. Kamiwazumi	7-6 6-1 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1973	R64	Bob Mckinley	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	G. Stilwell	6-3 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data