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J. Newcombe#2 def. G. Masters#56

6-3 5-7 6-2

Match Information

Date	Oct 12, 1973*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-3 5-7 6-2
Loser	G. Masters

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	G. Masters
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 19, 1950
Age	29	23
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	56
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,093	1,724
Career W-L	556–224	238–255
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 1 – 0 G. Masters

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1973	R32	B. Giltinan	6-7 7-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 13, 1973	QF	C. Dibley	7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

G. Masters's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 11, 1973	R32	I. Fletcher	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data