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John Newcombe def. Roger Taylor

6-1 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 13, 1971*
Tournament	Philadelphia Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-1 6-4
Loser	Roger Taylor

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Roger Taylor
Country	AUS	GBR
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Oct 14, 1941
Age	26	29
Height	183	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Left-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,026	1,921
Career W-L	556–224	369–296
Career earnings	$1,062,408	—

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 15 – 4 Roger Taylor

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1971	R32	Roy Barth	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 14, 1971	QF	Tom Okker	4-6 6-4 7-6(2)	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 12, 1971	R32	Bill Bowrey	7-5 6-2	W	H2H	Match data