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Peter Szoke def. John Newcombe

7-6 7-6

Match Information

Date	Jun 4, 1973*
Tournament	Rome
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	R64
Winner	Peter Szoke
Score	7-6 7-6
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Peter Szoke	John Newcombe
Country	HUN	AUS
Birth date	Aug 8, 1947	May 23, 1944
Age	25	29
Height	—	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,585	2,013
Career W-L	60–76	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Peter Szoke 0 – 0 John Newcombe

Path

Peter Szoke's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 3, 1973	R128	Nicola Pietrangeli	6-2 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Peter Szoke's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 5, 1973	R32	Colin Dibley	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

No prior matches in this tournament.