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John Newcombe#2 def. Alex Metreveli

6-0 7-6(3)

Match Information

Date	Feb 10, 1974*
Tournament	St. Petersburg Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-0 7-6(3)
Loser	Alex Metreveli

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Alex Metreveli
Country	AUS	RUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Nov 2, 1944
Age	29	29
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,000	2,010
Career W-L	556–224	—
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 0 Alex Metreveli

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1974	SF	Ross Case	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1974	QF	Dick Stockton	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Feb 8, 1974	R16	Boro Jovanovic	6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Feb 7, 1974	R32	Milan Holecek	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Alex Metreveli's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 9, 1974	SF	Raul Ramirez	5-7 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Feb 9, 1974	QF	Jiri Hrebec	4-6 6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data
Feb 8, 1974	R16	Geoff Masters	7-5 6-2	W	—	Match data
Feb 7, 1974	R32	Brian Fairlie	6-4 4-6 6-4	W	—	Match data