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John Newcombe#2 def. Brian Fairlie#25

6-4 6-4

Match Information

Date Feb 23, 1974*
Tournament Hempstead Wct
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundSF
Winner John Newcombe
Score6-4 6-4
Loser Brian Fairlie

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombeBrian Fairlie
Country AUS NZL
Birth dateMay 23, 1944Jun 13, 1948
Age2925
Height183173
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)225
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,0331,812
Career W-L556–224233–220
Career earnings$1,062,408
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 3 1 Brian Fairlie

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 23, 1974QF Jiri Hrebec 6-2 6-3WH2HMatch data
Feb 22, 1974R16 Barry Phillips Moore 6-2 6-2WMatch data
Feb 21, 1974R32 Frank Froehling 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 24, 1974F Stan Smith 6-4 3-6 6-3LMatch data

Brian Fairlie's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Feb 23, 1974QF Cliff Richey 4-6 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Feb 22, 1974R16 Jasjit Singh 6-3 6-4WMatch data
Feb 21, 1974R32 Ross Case 6-2 6-4WH2HMatch data