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John Newcombe#2 def. Tony Roche#25

4-6 6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date Oct 25, 1974*
Tournament Sydney Indoor
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundSF
Winner John Newcombe
Score4-6 6-1 6-4
Loser Tony Roche

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombeTony Roche
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateMay 23, 1944May 17, 1945
Age3029
Height183178
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)225
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,1961,871
Career W-L556–224360–191
Career earnings$1,062,408$529,199
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 11 10 Tony Roche

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 25, 1974QF Onny Parun 7-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Oct 24, 1974R16 Mike Estep 6-1 7-6WH2HMatch data
Oct 23, 1974R32 Ray Ruffels 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 26, 1974F Cliff Richey 6-4 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data

Tony Roche's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Oct 25, 1974QF Allan Stone 7-6 4-6 6-1WH2HMatch data
Oct 24, 1974R16 Fred Mcnair 6-2 6-4WMatch data
Oct 23, 1974R32 Syd Ball 6-4 7-5WH2HMatch data