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Bob Lutz def. J. Newcombe#22

6-7(6) 6-3 6-2

Match Information

Date	Mar 14, 1976*
Tournament	Memphis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Bob Lutz
Score	6-7(6) 6-3 6-2
Loser	J. Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Bob Lutz	J. Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Aug 29, 1947	May 23, 1944
Age	28	31
Height	—	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	22
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	1,998	2,001
Career W-L	—	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Bob Lutz 3 – 3 J. Newcombe

Path

Bob Lutz's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1976	R16	B. Giltinan	6-2 6-0	W	—	Match data

Bob Lutz's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 14, 1976	SF	V. Amritraj	6-2 5-7 6-7(1)	L	—	Match data

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 13, 1976	R16	A. Stone	5-7 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data