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R. Laver def. J. Newcombe

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date	Jun 21, 1970*
Tournament	London / Queen's Club
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	R. Laver
Score	6-4 6-3
Loser	J. Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	R. Laver	J. Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Aug 9, 1938	May 23, 1944
Age	31	26
Height	175	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,134	2,015
Career W-L	576–147	556–224
Career earnings	$1,565,413	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

R. Laver 6 – 1 J. Newcombe

Path

R. Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1970	SF	C. Richey	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1970	QF	D. Crealy	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1970	R16	Bob Lutz	6-1 8-6	W	—	Match data
Jun 18, 1970	R32	P. Lall	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 1970	R64	J. Osborne	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

R. Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1970	SF	M. Riessen	2-6 6-4 10-8	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 20, 1970	QF	C. Pasarell	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 19, 1970	R16	T. Gorman	3-6 10-8 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 18, 1970	R32	D. Contet	6-3 1-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Jun 17, 1970	R64	Alexander Volkov	6-4 7-9 6-2	W	H2H	Match data