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Andres Gimeno def. John Newcombe

7-5 6-3

Match Information

Date	Feb 9, 1969*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Andres Gimeno
Score	7-5 6-3
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Andres Gimeno	John Newcombe
Country	ESP	AUS
Birth date	Aug 3, 1937	May 23, 1944
Age	31	24
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,831	1,815
Career W-L	246–131	556–224
Career earnings	$2,500	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Andres Gimeno 1 – 0 John Newcombe

Path

Andres Gimeno's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 1969	R32	Jim Mcmanus	4-6 6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Andres Gimeno's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 10, 1969	QF	Ken Rosewall	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 1969	R32	Peter Curtis	6-2 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data