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John Newcombe def. Roy Emerson

12-10 6-3

Match Information

Date May 11, 1970*
Tournament Atlanta
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundQF
Winner John Newcombe
Score12-10 6-3
Loser Roy Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombeRoy Emerson
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateMay 23, 1944Nov 3, 1936
Age2533
Height183183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)1,9491,886
Career W-L556–224275–174
Career earnings$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 0 0 Roy Emerson

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 10, 1970R16 Ron Holmberg 6-1 6-2WMatch data
May 6, 1970BR Ken Rosewall 8-5WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 11, 1970SF Tom Okker 2-6 10-8 6-1LH2HMatch data

Roy Emerson's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 10, 1970R16 Raymond Moore 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data