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John Newcombe def. Ken Rosewall

5-7 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jul 6, 1970*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	5-7 6-3 6-3 3-6 6-1
Loser	Ken Rosewall

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Ken Rosewall
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Nov 2, 1934
Age	26	35
Height	183	170
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,071	2,087
Career W-L	556–224	541–195
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,602,700

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 2 – 3 Ken Rosewall

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1970	SF	Andres Gimeno	6-3 8-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1970	QF	Roy Emerson	6-1 5-7 3-6 6-2 11-9	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1970	R16	Dennis Ralston	14-12 9-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1970	R32	Owen Davidson	9-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1970	R64	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1970	R128	Roy Barth	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1970	SF	Roger Taylor	6-3 4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 3, 1970	QF	Tony Roche	10-8 6-1 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1970	R16	Tom Gorman	6-2 6-2 3-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1970	R32	Terry Addison	6-2 6-4 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1970	R64	Jean Claude Barclay	6-2 6-1 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1970	R128	Colin Dibley	6-3 7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data