Nikola Pilic def. John Newcombe

9-8 6-4

Nikola Pilic defeated John Newcombe 9-8 6-4 in the 1971 Bristol round of 32 on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Jun 10, 1971*
Tournament: Bristol
Edition: 1971
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Grass
Round: R32

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nikola Pilic	John Newcombe
Country	CRO	AUS
Birth date	Aug 27, 1939	May 23, 1944
Age	31	27
Height	191	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,800	2,082
Career W-L	301–248	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Nikola Pilic 4 – 16 John Newcombe

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.