John Newcombe def. Tony Roche

6-3 8-6

John Newcombe defeated Tony Roche 6-3 8-6 in the 1970 Louisville semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

Detailed match statistics are not available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

FieldJohn NewcombeTony Roche
Country AUS AUS
Birth dateMay 23, 1944May 17, 1945
Age2625
Height183178
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,0732,043
Career W-L556–224360–191
Career earnings$1,062,408$529,199
Pre-match H2H

Path

John Newcombe's path

OpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Cliff Drysdale 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 7, 1970QF
Raymond Moore 6-0 6-4WH2HMatch dataAug 6, 1970R16

John Newcombe's next match

OpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Rod Laver 3-6 3-6LH2HMatch dataAug 8, 1970F

Tony Roche's path

OpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Andres Gimeno 8-6 1-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataAug 7, 1970QF
Ismail El Shafei 6-2 6-1WMatch dataAug 6, 1970R16