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John Newcombe#2 def. Stan Smith#7

6-2 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Mar 9, 1974*
Tournament	Lacosta Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-2 4-6 6-4
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Stan Smith
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Dec 14, 1946
Age	29	27
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	2,074	2,010
Career W-L	556–224	—
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 4 – 4 Stan Smith

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	SF	Patricio Cornejo	6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 7, 1974	R16	Roy Emerson	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Mar 6, 1974	R32	Mike Machette	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 8, 1974	SF	Raul Ramirez	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	—	Match data
Mar 7, 1974	R16	Brian Fairlie	6-2 7-6	W	—	Match data
Mar 6, 1974	R32	Geoff Masters	7-6 7-6	W	—	Match data