R16 St. Louis 1974

John Newcombe #2 def. Buster C Mottram #35

6-3 6-2

John Newcombe defeated Buster C Mottram 6-3 6-2 in the 1974 St. Louis round of 16 on clay courts.

Match Information

Date: Apr 26, 1974*
Tournament: St. Louis
Edition: 1974
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Clay
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Our current data sources do not include detailed match statistics for this match.

Player Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Buster C Mottram
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Apr 25, 1955
Age	29	19
Height	183 cm	193 cm
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	One-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	2	35
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,134	1,751
Current career W-L	544–220	271–174
Current career earnings	$1,062,408	$14,500

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe #2 1 – 0 Buster C Mottram #35

Path

John Newcombe's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Brian Fairlie #47	6-7(2) 6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1974	R32

John Newcombe's next match

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Ismail El Shafei	7-6(2) 7-6(1)	W	—	Match data	Apr 27, 1974	QF

Buster C Mottram's path

Opponent	Score	W-L	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round
Geoff Masters #59	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 25, 1974	R32