# John Newcombe vs Tony Roche — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-newcombe-vs-tony-roche?player1_id=4575861&player2_id=4580080
Tour: ATP

## Overall
- John Newcombe: 13 wins
- Tony Roche: 11 wins
- Total meetings: 24

## By surface
- Grass: John Newcombe 5 - 3 Tony Roche
- Hard: John Newcombe 3 - 3 Tony Roche
- Carpet: John Newcombe 1 - 4 Tony Roche
- Clay: John Newcombe 4 - 1 Tony Roche

## By tournament category
- ATP 250: John Newcombe 9 - 9 Tony Roche
- Grand Slam: John Newcombe 3 - 2 Tony Roche
- Masters 1000: John Newcombe 1 - 0 Tony Roche

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1980-10-16 | Sydney Indoor | R32 | Hard | Tony Roche | 6-4 7-6 |
| 1975-01-03 | Australian Open | SF | Grass | John Newcombe | 6-4 4-6 6-4 2-6 11-9 |
| 1974-10-25 | Sydney Indoor | SF | Hard | John Newcombe | 4-6 6-1 6-4 |
| 1974-09-03 | US Open | R32 | Grass | John Newcombe | 4-6 7-6 6-3 7-5 |
| 1971-05-20 | Tehran Wct | QF | Clay | John Newcombe | 7-6 7-6 |
| 1970-08-07 | Louisville | SF | Hard | John Newcombe | 6-3 8-6 |
| 1970-02-07 | Philadelphia Wct | SF | Carpet | Tony Roche | 6-0 6-3 6-4 |
| 1970-01-16 | Melbourne | F | Grass | John Newcombe | 6-4 6-4 4-6 RET |
| 1970-01-10 | Australian Round Robin | F | Grass | Tony Roche | 5-7 7-5 7-5 |
| 1969-11-13 | Vienna | RR | Hard | Tony Roche | 8-6 6-1 |
| 1969-09-09 | US Open | SF | Grass | Tony Roche | 3-6 6-4 4-6 6-3 8-6 |
| 1969-07-18 | Milwaukee | BR | Clay | Tony Roche | 7-5 7-5 |
| 1969-07-06 | Wimbledon | SF | Grass | John Newcombe | 3-6 6-1 14-12 6-4 |
| 1969-05-28 | Rome | F | Clay | John Newcombe | 6-3 4-6 6-2 5-7 6-3 |
| 1969-01-31 | Australian Open | QF | Grass | Tony Roche | 10-8 4-6 6-8 7-5 6-3 |
| 1968-11-13 | Vienna Wct | F | Hard | Tony Roche | 6-4 7-5 |
| 1968-10-22 | Kimberley Wct | F | Clay | John Newcombe | 10-6 |
| 1968-10-12 | Durban Wct | F | Hard | John Newcombe | 6-3 6-4 |
| 1968-10-02 | Pretoria Wct | F | Clay | John Newcombe | 11-9 4-6 6-3 |
| 1968-06-17 | Boston 1 | SF | Grass | John Newcombe | 6-2 6-3 8-10 11-13 6-4 |

(+4 earlier meetings — see canonical URL)

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Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/rivalries/john-newcombe-vs-tony-roche?player1_id=4575861&player2_id=4580080
Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)