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John Newcombe #7 def. Jimmy Connors #10

6-4 7-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1973*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-4 7-6 7-6
Loser	Jimmy Connors

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Jimmy Connors
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 2, 1952
Age	29	21
Height	183	177
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	7	10
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,000	2,074
Career W-L	556–224	1,262–294
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 0 Jimmy Connors

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	Andrew Pattison	6-7 6-1 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	Ion Tiriac	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1973	R64	Jim Delaney	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	Marcello Lara	6-7 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 11, 1973	SF	Ken Rosewall	6-4 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jimmy Connors's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1973	R16	Tom Okker	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 4, 1973	R32	Charlie Pasarell	6-3 6-4 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1973	R64	Jaime Fillol	6-4 4-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1973	R128	Herb Fitzgibbon	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data