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John Newcombe def. Rod Laver

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 1969*
Tournament	London / Queen's Club
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Rod Laver
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Aug 9, 1938
Age	25	30
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,989	2,129
Career W-L	556–224	576–147
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 4 Rod Laver

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1969	QF	Andres Gimeno	8-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1969	R16	Roger Taylor	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1969	R32	Earl Butch Buchholz	8-10 6-0 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 1969	R64	Ken Fletcher	6-1 6-2	W	—	Match data
Jun 17, 1969	R128	Thomaz Koch	2-6 6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 22, 1969	F	Fred Stolle	6-3 22-20	L	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 21, 1969	QF	Charlie Pasarell	3-6 7-5 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1969	R16	Nikola Pilic	6-3 4-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1969	R32	Terry Addison	8-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 1969	R64	Peter Curtis	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data