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J. Newcombe#21 def. John McEnroe#14

1-6 6-2 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 28, 1978*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	1-6 6-2 6-3
Loser	John McEnroe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	John McEnroe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Feb 16, 1959
Age	33	19
Height	183	180
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	14
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,862	1,904
Career W-L	556–224	833–189
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$12,552,132

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 0 – 0 John McEnroe

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1978	R32	G. Fritz	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 29, 1978	QF	C. Barazzutti	6-7 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

John McEnroe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 27, 1978	R32	J. Fillol	6-0 2-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data