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John Newcombe def. Jan Kodes

6-3 4-6 6-1 7-9 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 27, 1969*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 4-6 6-1 7-9 6-3
Loser	Jan Kodes

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Jan Kodes
Country	AUS	CZE
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Mar 1, 1946
Age	25	23
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,922	1,769
Career W-L	556–224	465–274
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$693,197

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 0 – 0 Jan Kodes

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1969	QF	Martin Mulligan	7-5 6-4 6-0	W	—	Match data
May 26, 1969	R16	Gerald Battrick	6-2 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1969	R32	Daniel Contet	6-1 3-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1969	R64	Stepan Koudelka	6-3 6-2	W	—	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 28, 1969	F	Tony Roche	6-3 4-6 6-2 5-7 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Jan Kodes's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 27, 1969	QF	Ismail El Shafei	6-3 6-2 6-1	W	—	Match data
May 26, 1969	R16	Arthur Ashe	6-4 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 24, 1969	R32	Nicola Pietrangeli	4-6 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 23, 1969	R64	Roger Taylor	6-3 3-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data