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    John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He is one of the few men to have attained a world No...
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    Manuel Orantes) and Australia (losing to John Newcombe), but he did not win any of them, although his loss to Newcombe was close as Connors lost 9–7 in a fourth...
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  • Jannik Sinner defeated Taylor Fritz in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the singles tennis title at the 2024 ATP Finals. Sinner became the first Italian to win...
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    1969 and 1970, losing to Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall. With compatriot John Newcombe, he won 12 Grand Slam men's doubles tournaments. In January 1968, Roche...
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    John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his...
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    first time in the world group of the Davis Cup in six years. Rafter and John Newcombe are the only other two Australian men to have been ranked No. 1 since...
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    exhausting!", provoking laughter among the crowd.[citation needed] John Newcombe, former Australian world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, remarked...
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    98 champions in 261 events. Australians Ken Rosewall, Rod Laver and John Newcombe are the only players to have become champions in both the Amateur Era...
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    and in November, captured the Wembley Pro tournament over WCT player John Newcombe. At age 34, Rosewall was sranked No. 3 in the world behind Laver and...
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    John Gilbert Alexander (born 4 July 1951), nicknamed JA, is an Australian former professional tennis player, sports broadcaster, and federal politician...
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  • defeat a top-5 seeded opponent at a major since Ken Rosewall defeated John Newcombe at the 1974 US Open, and the oldest to do so at the Australian Open...
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  • musician Bertha Newcombe (1857–1947), English artist and suffrage activist Bobby Newcombe (born 1979), American football player C. P. Newcombe (1825–1913)...
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    world No. 10 on 22 November 2021. In the Davis Cup Finals, Sinner defeated John Isner becoming only the second player (after Thiemo de Bakker) ever to bagel...
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    Championships on grass and the French Pro Championship on clay (both over John Newcombe). Laver also won the last big open event of the year, the Pacific Southwest...
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    round, making him the second fastest player to reach this milestone after John McEnroe, and faster than the Big 3. After reaching the semifinals, Alcaraz...
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  • John Newcombe (1/2)  NZL Onny Parun 6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 6–1 1974  USA Jimmy Connors (1/1)  AUS Phil Dent 7–6(9–7), 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 1975  AUS John Newcombe (2/2)...
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    consecutive weeks during the North American summer hard-court season. He defeated John McEnroe in the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open, but then lost to Chang...
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  • a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player John Newcombe. A sudden-death tie-break instead of fifth set As listed by the ATP...
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    quarterfinal appearance of the year after defeating John Millman and Frances Tiafoe. He lost to John Isner in straight sets. In the next Masters at the...
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    world at that time, behind the Australians Rod Laver, Ken Rosewall, John Newcombe, and Tony Roche and the American Arthur Ashe. Năstase's high ranking...
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    Team World in 2024, beginning with the 2025 annual competition, succeeding John McEnroe. Andre Agassi was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, to Emmanuel "Mike" Agassi...
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    modern best behind Laver: "Borg, McEnroe, Connors, Hoad, Jack Kramer, John Newcombe, Ken Rosewall, Manuel Santana". In 1988, a panel consisting of Bud Collins...
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  • 11.   Julian Cash / Lloyd Glasspool (quarterfinals) 12.   Jamie Murray / John Peers (second round) 13.   Sander Gillé / Jan Zieliński (third round) 14...
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    independent history, winning both singles matches against Sam Querrey and John Isner in a 3–2 victory. After early exits at the Indian Wells and Miami Masters...
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  • Carpet Van Winitsky John McEnroe Bill Maze 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 Loss 7. 1978 Sydney Indoor, Australia Hard (i) John Marks John Newcombe Tony Roche 4–6, 3–6 Win...
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    Nadal had been pushed to five sets at the French Open (the first was against John Isner in the first round in 2011). This victory meant that since returning...
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    points on 6 June 2016, the most ATP points ever accumulated by any player. John McEnroe held the No. 1 ranking a record 14 times, Sampras and Djokovic are...
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  • John Newcombe defeated the defending champion Jimmy Connors in the final, 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(9–7) to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1975 Australian...
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    Schroeder, Jack Crawford, Pancho Segura, Frank Sedgman, Tony Trabert, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Björn Borg, and Jimmy Connors. Kramer felt...
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  • 1966: Manuel Santana 1967: John Newcombe Open Era 1968: Rod Laver 1969: Rod Laver 1970: John Newcombe 1971: John Newcombe 1972: Stan Smith 1973: Jan Kodeš...
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