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Tony Roche def. John 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	Tony Roche
Score	3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 8-6
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Tony Roche	John 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

Tony Roche 6 – 7 John Newcombe

Path

Tony Roche's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1969	QF	Earl Butch 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	Luis Ayala	6-2 6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Aug 31, 1969	R64	Thomaz 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

Tony Roche's next match

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

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Sep 7, 1969	QF	Fred Stolle	7-9 3-6 6-1 6-4 13-11	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 5, 1969	R16	Marty Riessen	4-6 6-3 6-4 25-23	W	H2H	Match data
Sep 2, 1969	R32	Pierre 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