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John Newcombe #25 def. Jan Kodes #15

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date May 30, 1976*
Tournament Rome
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundQF
Winner John Newcombe
Score6-3 6-4
Loser Jan Kodes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombeJan Kodes
Country AUS CZE
Birth dateMay 23, 1944Mar 1, 1946
Age3230
Height183175
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)2515
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9751,906
Career W-L556–224465–274
Career earnings$1,062,408$693,197
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 4 2 Jan Kodes

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 29, 1976R16 Tomas Smid 6-3 6-7 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 27, 1976R32 Chris Kachel 7-5 6-4WH2HMatch data
May 26, 1976R64 Jun Kamiwazumi 7-6 7-6WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 30, 1976SF Adriano Panatta 2-6 4-6 4-6LH2HMatch data

Jan Kodes's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 29, 1976R16 Jun Kuki 6-3 6-2WH2HMatch data
May 27, 1976R32 Lito Alvarez 6-3 6-3WMatch data
May 26, 1976R64 Steve Krulevitz 6-3 6-0WH2HMatch data