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John Newcombe def. Rod Laver

7-6(5) 7-6(1) 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 15, 1971*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	7-6(5) 7-6(1) 6-4
Loser	Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Rod Laver
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Aug 9, 1938
Age	26	32
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,067	2,238
Career W-L	556–224	576–147
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 9 Rod Laver

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1971	SF	Cliff Drysdale	3-6 2-6 6-1 6-4 7-6(4)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1971	QF	Tom Okker	4-6 6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1971	R16	Roger Taylor	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1971	R32	Roy Barth	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1971	SF	Arthur Ashe	6-3 7-6(1) 3-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1971	QF	Brian Fairlie	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 13, 1971	R16	John Alexander	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1971	R32	Ray Ruffels	6-0 6-4	W	H2H	Match data