QF US Open 1973

John Newcombe #7 def. Jimmy Connors #10

6-4 7-6 7-6

John Newcombe defeated Jimmy Connors 6-4 7-6 7-6 in the 1973 US Open quarterfinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Date: Sep 9, 1973*
Tournament: US Open
Edition: 1973
Category: Grand Slam
Surface: Grass
Round: QF

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Jimmy Connors
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 2, 1952
Age	29	21
Height	183 cm	177 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	7	10
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,001	2,072
Current career W-L	544–220	1,266–298
Current career earnings	$1,062,408	$8,641,040

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe #7 0 – 0 Jimmy Connors #10

Path

John Newcombe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Andrew Pattison	6-7 6-1 7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data	Sep 7, 1973	R16
Ion Tiriac #87	7-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1973	R32
Jim Delaney #84	7-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1973	R64
Marcello Lara #80	6-7 6-3 6-3 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1973	R128

John Newcombe's next match

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

Jimmy Connors's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Tom Okker #9	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 7, 1973	R16
Charlie Pasarell #64	6-3 6-4 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 4, 1973	R32
Jaime Fillol #24	6-4 4-6 7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1973	R64
Herb Fitzgibbon #128	6-3 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 1973	R128