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John Newcombe #25 def. Chris Kachel #166

7-5 6-4

Match Information

Date May 27, 1976*
Tournament Rome
Category Masters 1000
Surface Clay
RoundR32
Winner John Newcombe
Score7-5 6-4
Loser Chris Kachel

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombeChris Kachel
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateMay 23, 1944Jun 19, 1955
Age3220
Height183
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)25166
Ranking points (entering)00
Elo (entering)1,9711,420
Career W-L556–22432–86
Career earnings$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 0 0 Chris Kachel

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 26, 1976R64 Jun Kamiwazumi 7-6 7-6WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 29, 1976R16 Tomas Smid 6-3 6-7 6-4WH2HMatch data

Chris Kachel's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
May 26, 1976R64 Alvin Gardiner 6-0 3-0 (ret.)WH2HMatch data