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Ken Rosewall def. John Newcombe

8-6 7-5

Match Information

Date	Jun 8, 1970*
Tournament	St. Louis Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	QF
Winner	Ken Rosewall
Score	8-6 7-5
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Ken Rosewall	John Newcombe
Country	AUS	AUS
Birth date	Nov 2, 1934	May 23, 1944
Age	35	26
Height	170	183
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,997	1,942
Career W-L	541–195	556–224
Career earnings	$1,602,700	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Ken Rosewall 2 – 2 John Newcombe

Path

Ken Rosewall's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1970	R16	Mark Cox	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data

Ken Rosewall's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 8, 1970	SF	Fred Stolle	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jun 7, 1970	R16	Nikola Pilic	6-3 6-1	W	H2H	Match data