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John Newcombe#2 def. Bob Giltinan#125

6-7 7-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Oct 11, 1973*
Tournament	Tokyo
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	R32
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-7 7-6 6-4
Loser	Bob Giltinan

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Bob Giltinan
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jul 4, 1949
Age	29	24
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	125
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,087	1,695
Career W-L	556–224	106–117
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 0 Bob Giltinan

Path

John Newcombe's path

No prior matches in this tournament.

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 12, 1973	R16	Geoff Masters	6-3 5-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Bob Giltinan's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Oct 10, 1973	R64	Eddie Cruz	6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data