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John Newcombe def. Tony Roche

6-3 8-6

Match Information

Date Aug 7, 1970*
Tournament Louisville
Category ATP 250
Surface Hard
RoundSF
Winner John Newcombe
Score6-3 8-6
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
Age2625
Height183178
HandednessRight-HandedLeft-Handed
Backhand style
Ranking (entering)
Ranking points (entering)
Elo (entering)2,0692,037
Career W-L556–224360–191
Career earnings$1,062,408$529,199
Pre-match H2H
John Newcombe 8 10 Tony Roche

Path

John Newcombe's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 7, 1970QF Cliff Drysdale 6-3 6-4WH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1970R16 Raymond Moore 6-0 6-4WH2HMatch data

John Newcombe's next match

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 8, 1970F Rod Laver 6-3 6-3LH2HMatch data

Tony Roche's path

DateRoundOpponentScoreW/LH2HMatch data
Aug 7, 1970QF Andres Gimeno 8-6 1-6 6-3WH2HMatch data
Aug 6, 1970R16 Ismail El Shafei 6-2 6-1WMatch data