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J. Newcombe #2 def. R. Gehring #249

6-7 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-4

Match Information

Date	Dec 27, 1974*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	6-7 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-4
Loser	R. Gehring

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	R. Gehring
Country	AUS	GER
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Nov 25, 1955
Age	30	19
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	249
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,116	1,539
Career W-L	556–224	113–130
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$355,057

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 0 – 0 R. Gehring

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 25, 1974	R64	T. Fancutt	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1974	R16	B. Carmichael	7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

R. Gehring's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 25, 1974	R64	C. Stubs	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data