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John Newcombe def. Rod Laver

1-6 7-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	Mar 26, 1972*
Tournament	Hilton Head
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	1-6 7-6 6-3
Loser	Rod Laver

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Rod Laver
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Aug 9, 1938
Age	27	33
Height	183	175
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,982	2,236
Career W-L	556–224	576–147
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,565,413

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 2 – 12 Rod Laver

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1972	R16	Charlie Pasarell	6-2 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 26, 1972	SF	Cliff Drysdale	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Rod Laver's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Mar 25, 1972	R16	Nikola Pilic	6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data