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Rod Laver def. John Newcombe

6-4 6-3

Match Information

Date Jun 21, 1970*
Tournament London / Queen's Club
Category ATP 250
Surface Grass
RoundF
Winner Rod Laver
Score6-4 6-3
Loser John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldRod LaverJohn Newcombe
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateAug 9, 1938May 23, 1944
Age3126
Height175183
HandednessLeft-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style——
Ranking (entering)——
Ranking points (entering)——
Elo (entering)2,1342,015
Career W-L576–147556–224
Career earnings$1,565,413$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
Rod Laver 6 – 1 John Newcombe

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Path

Rod Laver's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 20, 1970SF Cliff Richey 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data
Jun 20, 1970QF Dick Crealy 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jun 19, 1970R16 Bob Lutz 6-1 8-6W—Match data
Jun 18, 1970R32 Premjit Lall 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Jun 17, 1970R64 Jim Osborne 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data

Rod Laver's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Jun 20, 1970SF Marty Riessen 2-6 6-4 10-8WH2HMatch data
Jun 20, 1970QF Charlie Pasarell 6-1 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jun 19, 1970R16 Tom Gorman 3-6 10-8 6-2WH2HMatch data
Jun 18, 1970R32 Daniel Contet 6-3 1-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Jun 17, 1970R64 Alexander Volkov 6-4 7-9 6-2WH2HMatch data