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T. Roche def. J. Newcombe

3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 8-6

Match Information

Date	Sep 9, 1969*
Tournament	US Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	SF
Winner	T. Roche
Score	3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 8-6
Loser	J. Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	T. Roche	J. Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 17, 1945	May 23, 1944
Age	24	25
Height	178	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,045	2,025
Career W-L	360–191	556–224
Career earnings	$529,199	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

T. Roche 6 – 7 J. Newcombe

Path

T. Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1969	QF	E. Buchholz	6-1 9-7 5-7 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1969	R16	Richard Gonzalez	6-3 10-12 7-5 6-0	W	—	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	L. Ayala	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1969	R64	T. Koch	6-3 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 29, 1969	R128	Bob Lutz	9-11 6-4 6-4 9-7	W	—	Match data

T. Roche's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 10, 1969	F	R. Laver	9-7 1-6 2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

J. Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1969	QF	F. Stolle	7-9 3-6 6-1 6-4 13-11	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1969	R16	M. Riessen	4-6 6-3 6-4 25-23	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	P. Barthes	6-8 6-1 6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1969	R64	Jasjit Singh	6-3 6-4 6-4	W	—	Match data
Aug 29, 1969	R128	Paul Sullivan	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	—	Match data