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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Jimmy Connors (section Rod Laver and John Newcombe)
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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2024 ATP Finals – Singles (section John Newcombe Group)
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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Nick Kyrgios (section John McEnroe)
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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