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Tom Leonard def. John Newcombe

1-6 6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date	Sep 17, 1968*
Tournament	Los Angeles
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Tom Leonard
Score	1-6 6-3 6-4
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tom Leonard	John Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Jul 15, 1948	May 23, 1944
Age	20	24
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,464	1,810
Career W-L	59–130	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Tom Leonard 0 – 0 John Newcombe

Path

Tom Leonard's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	Steve Avoyer	6-3 4-6 6-0	W	—	Match data

Tom Leonard's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 18, 1968	R16	Roy Emerson	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 16, 1968	R64	Jim Sheperd	6-2 6-4	W	—	Match data