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John Newcombe def. Roy Emerson

6-1 5-7 3-6 6-2 11-9

Match Information

Date	Jul 3, 1970*
Tournament	Wimbledon
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	QF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-1 5-7 3-6 6-2 11-9
Loser	Roy Emerson

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Roy Emerson
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Nov 3, 1936
Age	26	33
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,031	1,914
Career W-L	556–224	275–174
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 1 – 1 Roy Emerson

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1970	R16	Dennis Ralston	14-12 9-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 28, 1970	R32	Owen Davidson	9-7 6-3 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1970	R64	Nicholas Kalogeropoulos	6-1 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 24, 1970	R128	Roy Barth	6-2 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 5, 1970	SF	Andres Gimeno	6-3 8-6 6-0	W	H2H	Match data

Roy Emerson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jul 1, 1970	R16	Stan Smith	2-6 6-3 6-4 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jun 28, 1970	R32	Byron Bertram	8-10 6-0 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 26, 1970	R64	Jan Leschly	6-3 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Jun 24, 1970	R128	Alexander Volkov	6-4 6-2 6-0	W	H2H	Match data