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John Newcombe#2 def. Tony Roche#27

6-4 4-6 6-4 2-6 11-9

Match Information

Date	Jan 3, 1975*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-4 4-6 6-4 2-6 11-9
Loser	Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Tony Roche
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	May 17, 1945
Age	30	29
Height	183	178
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	27
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,128	1,977
Career W-L	556–224	360–191
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$529,199

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 12 – 10 Tony Roche

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1975	QF	Geoff Masters	1-6 6-3 6-7 6-3 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1974	R16	Bob Carmichael	7-6 6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 27, 1974	R32	Rolf Gehring	6-7 6-4 3-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 25, 1974	R64	Trevor Fancutt	6-2 6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1975	F	Jimmy Connors	7-5 3-6 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1975	QF	Alex Metreveli	7-6 3-6 6-4 6-3	W	—	Match data
Dec 30, 1974	R16	Peter Mcnamara	6-7 7-5 6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data
Dec 27, 1974	R32	Colin Dibley	6-1 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 25, 1974	R64	Mike Machette	7-5 6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data