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John Newcombe #2 def. Arthur Ashe #6

6-3 7-6

Match Information

Date	Apr 5, 1974*
Tournament	Tuscon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	F
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	6-3 7-6
Loser	Arthur Ashe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Arthur Ashe
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Jul 10, 1943
Age	29	30
Height	183	185
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	6
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	2,103	2,107
Career W-L	556–224	800–258
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,584,909

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 8 – 2 Arthur Ashe

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1974	SF	Stan Smith	7-5 6-7 7-6	W	—	Match data
Apr 4, 1974	QF	Brian Gottfried	6-2 7-5	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1974	R16	Harold Solomon	6-4 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1974	R32	Ion Tiriac	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1974	R64	Jeff Borowiak	7-5 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's next match

No later same-event match found for the winner.

Arthur Ashe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1974	SF	Tom Okker	6-1 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1974	QF	Rod Laver	7-6 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 3, 1974	R16	Gerald Battrick	6-1 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 2, 1974	R32	Guillermo Vilas	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
Apr 1, 1974	R64	Ray Ruffels	6-4 7-6	W	H2H	Match data