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Gene Mayer#65 def. John Newcombe#21

6-3 6-4

Match Information

Date Apr 22, 1978*
Tournament Guadalajara
Category ATP 250
Surface Clay
RoundF
Winner Gene Mayer
Score6-3 6-4
Loser John Newcombe

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Pre-match Comparison

FieldGene MayerJohn Newcombe
Country USA AUS
Birth dateApr 11, 1956May 23, 1944
Age2233
Height183183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)6521
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,7691,880
Career W-L311–159556–224
Career earnings$1,382,422$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
Gene Mayer 0 – 0 John Newcombe

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Path

Gene Mayer's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 21, 1978SF Sandy Mayer 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Apr 21, 1978QF Marcello Lara 6-2 6-2WH2HMatch data
Apr 20, 1978R16 Butch Walts 6-1 6-0WH2HMatch data
Apr 19, 1978R32 Dick Bohrnstedt 6-2 6-0W—Match data

Gene Mayer's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Apr 21, 1978SF Ricardo Ycaza 3-6 7-6 7-6WH2HMatch data
Apr 21, 1978QF Sherwood Stewart 2-6 7-6 6-3W—Match data
Apr 20, 1978R16 Russell Simpson 7-5 6-4WH2HMatch data
Apr 19, 1978R32 Richard Lewis 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data