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John Newcombe #2 def. Paul Gerken #45

6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	May 17, 1974*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-2
Loser	Paul Gerken

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Paul Gerken
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Mar 15, 1950
Age	29	24
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	45
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,177	1,749
Career W-L	556–224	124–129
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 1 Paul Gerken

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1974	R32	Marcello Lara	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 18, 1974	QF	Harold Solomon	6-0 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Paul Gerken's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 16, 1974	R32	John Alexander	(def.)	W	H2H	Match data