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John Newcombe#2 def. Tony Roche#25

4-6 7-6 6-3 7-5

Match Information

Date Sep 3, 1974*
Tournament US Open
Category Grand Slam
Surface Grass
RoundR32
Winner John Newcombe
Score4-6 7-6 6-3 7-5
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)2,1351,877
Career W-L556–224360–191
Career earnings$1,062,408$529,199
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 10 10 Tony Roche

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1974R64 Teimuraz Kakulia 7-6 6-2 6-2WMatch data
Aug 30, 1974R128 Ramiro Benavides 6-2 6-0 6-1WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 6, 1974R16 Raymond Moore 6-3 6-2 7-5WH2HMatch data

Tony Roche's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Sep 1, 1974R64 Onny Parun 6-4 6-4 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 30, 1974R128 John James 6-3 6-3 6-1WH2HMatch data