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John Newcombe#2 def. Gerald Battrick#65

6-0 4-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Sep 24, 1973*
Tournament	Columbia
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-0 4-6 7-5
Loser	Gerald Battrick

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Gerald Battrick
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	May 23, 1944	May 27, 1947
Age	29	26
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	65
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,067	1,696
Career W-L	556–224	186–200
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 4 – 0 Gerald Battrick

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1973	R16	Graham Stilwell	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1973	SF	Clark Graebner	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Gerald Battrick's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1973	R16	Torben Ulrich	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data