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Cliff Richey#38 def. John Newcombe#27

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date	May 14, 1976*
Tournament	Las Vegas
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	R16
Winner	Cliff Richey
Score	6-4 6-4
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Cliff Richey	John Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 31, 1946	May 23, 1944
Age	29	31
Height	175	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	38	27
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,829	1,991
Career W-L	488–224	556–224
Career earnings	$7,500	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Cliff Richey 1 – 4 John Newcombe

Path

Cliff Richey's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1976	R32	John Andrews	6-7 6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data

Cliff Richey's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 15, 1976	QF	Jimmy Connors	7-6 6-2	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 13, 1976	R32	Erik Van Dillen	6-2 6-3	W	—	Match data