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J. Newcombe#18 def. V. Amaya#45

4-6 9-8 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 1978*
Tournament	Birmingham
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	4-6 9-8 6-4
Loser	V. Amaya

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	V. Amaya
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jul 2, 1954
Age	34	23
Height	183	201
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	18	45
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,849	1,776
Career W-L	556–224	187–173
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$694,304

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 0 – 1 V. Amaya

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	John Austin	7-5 6-4	W	—	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1978	R16	V. Pecci	3-6 9-8 8-6	W	H2H	Match data

V. Amaya's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1978	R64	G. Mayer	6-2 2-6 7-5	W	H2H	Match data