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John Newcombe def. Nikola Pilic

31-20 31-27

Match Information

Date	May 9, 1968*
Tournament	Minneapolis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	31-20 31-27
Loser	Nikola Pilic

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Nikola Pilic
Country	AUS	CRO
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Aug 27, 1939
Age	23	28
Height	183	191
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,555	1,507
Career W-L	556–224	301–248
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 4 – 1 Nikola Pilic

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1968	QF	Pierre Barthes	31-21	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 10, 1968	F	Dennis Ralston	26-31 31-19 4-5	L	H2H	Match data

Nikola Pilic's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 9, 1968	QF	Cliff Drysdale	31-30	W	H2H	Match data