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John Newcombe#2 def. Stan Smith#7

7-5 6-7 7-6

Match Information

Date	Apr 4, 1974*
Tournament	Tuscon
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Hard
Round	SF
Winner	John Newcombe
Score	7-5 6-7 7-6
Loser	Stan Smith

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	John Newcombe	Stan Smith
Country	AUS	USA
Birth date	May 23, 1944	Dec 14, 1946
Age	29	27
Height	183	—
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	2	7
Ranking points (entering)	—	0
Elo (entering)	2,119	2,006
Career W-L	556–224	—
Career earnings	$1,062,408	$1,774,811

Pre-match H2H

John Newcombe 5 – 4 Stan Smith

Path

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	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

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 5, 1974	F	Arthur Ashe	6-3 7-6	W	H2H	Match data

Stan Smith's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Apr 4, 1974	QF	Cliff Drysdale	2-6 7-5 6-3	W	—	Match data
Apr 3, 1974	R16	Jaime Fillol	7-6 6-2	W	—	Match data
Apr 2, 1974	R32	Geoff Masters	6-3 6-4	W	—	Match data
Apr 1, 1974	R64	Zeljko Franulovic	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	—	Match data