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John Newcombe #2 def. Bob Carmichael #142

6-3 6-3

Match Information

Date	Oct 25, 1974*
Tournament	Melbourne
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-3
Loser	Bob Carmichael

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Bob Carmichael
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jul 4, 1940
Age	30	34
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	142
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,191	1,623
Career W-L	556–224	215–256
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$414

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 2 – 1 Bob Carmichael

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1974	R32	Robert Rheinberger	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 26, 1974	QF	Cliff Letcher	7-5 7-6	W	—	Match data

Bob Carmichael's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 24, 1974	R32	Karl Coombes	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data