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John Newcombe #7 def. Ion Tiriac #87

7-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date Sep 4, 1973*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Grass
RoundR32
Winner John Newcombe
Score7-6 6-3 6-4
Loser Ion Tiriac

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombeIon Tiriac
Country AUS ROU
Birth dateMay 23, 1944May 9, 1939
Age2934
Height183185
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)787
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)1,9791,722
Career W-L556–224228–190
Career earnings$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 0 0 Ion Tiriac

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 2, 1973R64 Jim Delaney 7-6 6-3 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 31, 1973R128 Marcello Lara 6-7 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-3WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 7, 1973R16 Andrew Pattison 6-7 6-1 7-5 6-4WMatch data

Ion Tiriac's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 2, 1973R64 Jeff Borowiak 6-4 7-6 7-5WH2HMatch data
Aug 31, 1973R128 Armistead Neely 4-6 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-0WH2HMatch data