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John Newcombe

John Newcombe

ATP AUS DOB: May 23, 1944 (age 82) Hand: Right-handed Height: 183 cm (6'0")

Last ranked

#826
0 pts · Jan 4, 1982

Career high

#1
first reached Jun 3, 1974

Overall record

569-228
71.4% win rate · 797 matches

Record by surface

SurfaceWinsLossesMatchesWin %
Hard 145 59 204 71.1%
Clay 125 52 177 70.6%
Grass 162 46 208 77.9%
Carpet 103 68 171 60.2%

Titles (41)

YearTourTournamentSurfaceLevel
1974 ATP Australian Open Grass Grand Slam
1974 ATP Sydney Indoor Hard ATP 500/250
1974 ATP Tokyo — ATP 500/250
1974 ATP Maui Hard ATP 500/250
1974 ATP Dallas WCT Carpet ATP 500/250
1974 ATP Orlando WCT Hard ATP 500/250
1974 ATP New Orleans WCT — ATP 500/250
1974 ATP Tuscon Hard ATP 500/250
1974 ATP Lacosta WCT Hard ATP 500/250
1974 ATP St. Petersburg WCT Hard ATP 500/250
1973 ATP Djkarta — ATP 500/250
1973 ATP Columbia Carpet ATP 500/250
1973 ATP US Open Grass Grand Slam
1972 ATP Australian Open Grass Grand Slam
1972 ATP Johannesburg-2 Hard ATP 500/250
1972 ATP Gothenberg WCT Carpet ATP 500/250
1972 ATP Vancouver WCT — ATP 500/250
1972 ATP Alamo WCT — ATP 500/250
1972 ATP Fort Worth WCT Hard ATP 500/250
1972 ATP St. Louis WCT Carpet ATP 500/250
1972 ATP Las Vegas WCT Hard ATP 500/250
1971 ATP Montreal / Toronto Clay Masters 1000
1971 ATP Gstaad Clay ATP 500/250
1971 ATP Wimbledon Grass Grand Slam
1971 ATP Dallas WCT Carpet ATP 500/250
1971 ATP Chicago WCT Carpet ATP 500/250
1971 ATP Philadelphia WCT Carpet ATP 500/250
1970 ATP Hoylake Grass ATP 500/250
1970 ATP Wimbledon Grass Grand Slam
1970 ATP Casablanca WCT — ATP 500/250
1970 ATP Melbourne Grass ATP 500/250
1969 ATP Rome Clay Masters 1000
1969 ATP Bournemouth Clay ATP 500/250
1968 ATP Kimberley WCT Clay ATP 500/250
1968 ATP East London WCT Hard ATP 500/250
1968 ATP Durban WCT Hard ATP 500/250
1968 ATP Pretoria WCT Clay ATP 500/250
1968 ATP Hamburg Clay ATP 500/250
1968 ATP Cannes WCT Hard ATP 500/250
1968 ATP Evansville WCT Carpet ATP 500/250
1968 ATP Bakersfield WCT Carpet ATP 500/250

Last 20 matches

DateTournamentRoundSurfaceResultOpponentScore
1981-04-20 Las Vegas Round of 32 Hard L Vitas Gerulaitis 6-3 6-2
1980-10-13 Sydney Indoor Round of 32 Hard L Tony Roche 6-4 7-6
1980-09-29 Maui Round of 32 Hard L Sandy Mayer 6-3 6-1
1979-11-05 Hong Kong Round of 16 Hard L Jimmy Connors 6-0 6-2
1979-11-05 Hong Kong Round of 32 Hard W Matt Mitchell 6-2 6-3
1979-10-15 Sydney Indoor Quarterfinal Hard L Vitas Gerulaitis 6-1 6-3
1979-10-15 Sydney Indoor Round of 16 Hard W Vijay Amritraj 6-4 6-4
1979-10-15 Sydney Indoor Round of 32 Hard W Ross Case 6-3 6-1
1979-10-01 Maui Round of 32 Hard L Gene Stuart Malin 6-3 6-4
1979-10-01 Maui Round of 64 Hard W Hank Pfister 4-6 7-5 6-3
1978-11-20 Manila Round of 32 Clay L Mike Cahill 6-3 6-7 6-1
1978-10-22 Sydney Indoor Quarterfinal Hard L Jimmy Connors 6-4 7-6
1978-10-22 Sydney Indoor Round of 16 Hard W Peter Mcnamara 6-1 6-4
1978-10-22 Sydney Indoor Round of 32 Hard W Fred Mcnair 3-6 7-5 6-2
1978-10-02 Maui Round of 16 Hard L Peter Fleming 6-3 6-3
1978-10-02 Maui Round of 32 Hard W Sashi Menon 6-1 7-5
1978-09-18 Los Angeles Round of 16 Carpet L Brian Gottfried 6-2 6-3
1978-09-18 Los Angeles Round of 32 Carpet W Colin Dibley 6-2 6-1
1978-07-10 Forest Hills WCT Round Robin Clay L Billy Martin 6-3 7-6
1978-07-10 Forest Hills WCT Round Robin Clay L Wojtek Fibak 6-1 6-2

Most-played opponents

OpponentWinsLossesTotalH2H
Roger Taylor 22 6 28 view H2H
Nikola Pilic 20 6 26 view H2H
Tony Roche 13 11 24 view H2H
Marty Riessen 11 13 24 view H2H
Tom Okker 11 11 22 view H2H
Ken Rosewall 10 12 22 view H2H
Rod Laver 4 15 19 view H2H
Cliff Drysdale 14 5 19 view H2H
Pierre Barthes 12 5 17 view H2H
Arthur Ashe 11 5 16 view H2H