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Rod Laver def. John Newcombe

6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jul 7, 1969*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Rod Laver
Score	6-4 5-7 6-4 6-4
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rod Laver	John Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 23, 1944
Age	30	25
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,142	2,068
Career W-L	576–147	556–224
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Rod Laver 4 – 1 John Newcombe

Path

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1969	SF	Arthur Ashe	2-6 6-2 9-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1969	QF	Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1969	R16	Stan Smith	6-4 6-2 7-9 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 29, 1969	R32	Jan Leschly	6-3 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data
Jun 27, 1969	R64	Premjit Lall	3-6 4-6 6-3 6-0 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1969	R128	Nicola Pietrangeli	6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 6, 1969	SF	Tony Roche	3-6 6-1 14-12 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 4, 1969	QF	Tom Okker	8-6 3-6 6-1 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jul 2, 1969	R16	Fred Stolle	6-4 7-5 3-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 29, 1969	R32	Mal Anderson	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 27, 1969	R64	Brian Fairlie	7-5 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 25, 1969	R128	Nikola Pilic	12-10 6-4 4-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data