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Mark Edmondson #212 def. John Newcombe #20

6-7 6-3 7-6 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 9, 1976*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Grass
Round	F
Winner	Mark Edmondson
Score	6-7 6-3 7-6 6-1
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Mark Edmondson	John Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Jun 24, 1954	May 23, 1944
Age	21	31
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	212	20
Ranking points (entering)	0	0
Elo (entering)	1,684	2,050
Career W-L	244–231	556–224
Career earnings	$1,451,680	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Mark Edmondson 0 – 0 John Newcombe

Path

Mark Edmondson's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1976	SF	Ken Rosewall	6-1 2-6 6-2 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1976	QF	Dick Crealy	7-5 7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1976	R16	Brian Fairlie	3-6 6-3 6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1976	R32	Phil Dent	6-0 6-4 4-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1975	R64	Peter Feigl	6-1 4-6 7-6 4-6 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

Mark Edmondson's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 8, 1976	SF	Ray Ruffels	6-4 6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 6, 1976	QF	Ross Case	6-4 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 4, 1976	R16	Raymond Moore	7-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 1, 1976	R32	Jan Kukal	6-3 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Dec 30, 1975	R64	Rolf Gehring	7-6 6-1 7-6	W	H2H	Match data