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Roger Taylor def. John Newcombe

7-5 4-6 6-4

Match Information

Date	Feb 24, 1972*
Tournament	Toronto Wct
Category	ATP 250
Surface	Carpet
Round	R16
Winner	Roger Taylor
Score	7-5 4-6 6-4
Loser	John Newcombe

No match stats are available for this match.

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Roger Taylor	John Newcombe
Country	GBR	AUS
Birth date	Oct 14, 1941	May 23, 1944
Age	30	27
Height	183	183
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	—	—
Ranking (entering)	—	—
Ranking points (entering)	—	—
Elo (entering)	1,894	2,032
Career W-L	369–296	556–224
Career earnings	—	$1,062,408

Pre-match H2H

Roger Taylor 4 – 18 John Newcombe

Path

Roger Taylor's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1972	R32	Bill Bowrey	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Roger Taylor's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 25, 1972	QF	Rod Laver	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data

John Newcombe's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Feb 23, 1972	R32	Ismail El Shafei	4-6 6-1 6-1	W	—	Match data