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J. Newcombe def. T. Gorman

7-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 24, 1970*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	7-6 7-6
Loser	T. Gorman

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	T. Gorman
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jan 19, 1946
Age	26	24
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,071	1,826
Career W-L	556–224	418–293
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$10,000

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 2 – 0 T. Gorman

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1970	QF	Richard Gonzalez	6-7 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Sep 23, 1970	R16	F. Stolle	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1970	R32	Ron Holmberg	6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 21, 1970	R64	Ken Stuart	6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 25, 1970	F	R. Laver	6-4 4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data

T. Gorman's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 24, 1970	QF	M. Riessen	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 23, 1970	R16	A. Gimeno	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 22, 1970	R32	T. Okker	7-5 0-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 21, 1970	R64	F. McMillan	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data