Marty Riessen def. John Newcombe

3-6 14-12 6-3

Marty Riessen defeated John Newcombe 3-6 14-12 6-3 in the 1970 Wembley round of 16 on carpet courts.

Match Information

Date: Mar 8, 1970*
Tournament: Wembley
Edition: 1970
Category: ATP 250
Surface: Carpet
Round: R16

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Marty Riessen	John Newcombe
Country	USA	AUS
Birth date	Dec 4, 1941	May 23, 1944
Age	28	25
Height	185	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,787	1,990
Career W-L	533–316	556–224
Career earnings	$465	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Marty Riessen 4 – 5 John Newcombe

No prior-path match data is available for this tournament stage.