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John Newcombe #20 def. Jan Kukal #306

6-3 6-4 6-2

Match Information

Date	Jan 1, 1976*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	R32
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 6-4 6-2
Loser	Jan Kukal

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Jan Kukal
Country	AUS	CZE
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Sep 13, 1942
Age	31	33
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	20	306
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	2,007	1,479
Career W-L	556–224	57–81
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 0 Jan Kukal

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1975	R64	Rolf Gehring	7-6 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1976	R16	Raymond Moore	7-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Kukal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1975	R64	Ulf Eriksson	7-5 7-5 7-5	W	H2H	Match data