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J. Newcombe#21 def. Sherwood Stewart

2-6 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Apr 21, 1978*
Tournament	Guadalajara
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	J. Newcombe
Score	2-6 7-6 6-3
Loser	Sherwood Stewart

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	J. Newcombe	Sherwood Stewart
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jun 6, 1946
Age	33	31
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	21	—
Ranking points (entering)	0	—
Elo (entering)	1,867	1,679
Career W-L	556–224	—
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,602,565

Pre-match H2H

J. Newcombe 1 – 1 Sherwood Stewart

Path

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 20, 1978	R16	R. Simpson	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 19, 1978	R32	R. Lewis	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 21, 1978	SF	R. Ycaza	3-6 7-6 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Sherwood Stewart's path

No prior matches in this tournament.