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Marty Riessen def. John Newcombe

6-2 7-5

Match Information

Date	Feb 28, 1969*
Tournament	Oakland
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Marty Riessen
Score	6-2 7-5
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	May 23, 1944
Age	27	24
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,722	1,783
Career W-L	533–316	556–224
Career earnings	$465	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Marty Riessen 2 – 4 John Newcombe

Path

Marty Riessen's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 27, 1969	R16	Raymond Moore	7-5 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Marty Riessen's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 28, 1969	SF	Tony Roche	6-4 6-3	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

No prior matches in this tournament.