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John Newcombe#2 def. Roy Emerson#17

6-1 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 7, 1974*
Tournament	Lacosta Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-1 6-2
Loser	Roy Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Roy Emerson
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Nov 3, 1936
Age	29	37
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	17
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,054	1,946
Career W-L	556–224	275–174
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 4 – 4 Roy Emerson

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1974	R32	Mike Machette	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data

Roy Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1974	R32	Cliff Richey	6-3 6-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data