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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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    and Australia, but he did not win any of them, although his loss to John Newcombe was close as Connors lost 9–7 in a fourth set tiebreak. He won nine...
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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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    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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    John William Peers OLY (born 25 July 1988) is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached a career-high ATP doubles...
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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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    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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    first tournament at La Quinta, California. He won his first match against John Austin, but then lost his second match to Mats Wilander. By the end of 1986...
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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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    John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1966: Ken Fletcher / John Newcombe 1967: Bob Hewitt / Frew McMillan Open Era 1968: John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1969: John Newcombe...
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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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    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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    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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  • musician Bertha Newcombe (1857–1947), English artist and suffrage activist Bobby Newcombe (born 1979), American football player Charles F. Newcombe (1851–1924)...
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    Anton Alfred Newcombe (born August 29, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and founder of the music group The Brian...
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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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    individuality, and has been described by three-time Wimbledon champion John Newcombe as an "exceptional talent" and "a real individual". Kyrgios has openly...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 22–8 Rafael Nadal 71.4 5–2 John Newcombe 68.8 11–5 Björn Borg 64.9 24–13 Novak Djokovic 64.5 20–11 Roger Federer 63.6 7–4 John McEnroe 7–4 Mats Wilander...
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    Schroeder, Jack Crawford, Pancho Segura, Frank Sedgman, Tony Trabert, John Newcombe, Arthur Ashe, Stan Smith, Björn Borg, and Jimmy Connors. He felt unable...
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    have been ranked world No. 1 in both singles and doubles, the other being John McEnroe. Edberg also won the Masters Grand Prix and was a part of the Swedish...
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    had been pushed to five sets at the French Open (the first being against John Isner in the first round of the 2011 French Open). This victory meant that...
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    because the organizers thought he was too clumsy. In 1971 Smith and John Newcombe were joint recipients of The Martini and Rossi Award, voted for by 11...
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    (95.2%) remains the third-best winning percentage in the Open Era behind John McEnroe's 1984 and Jimmy Connors's 1974. The 2006 season was statistically...
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    against Jimmy Connors and a 21–15 record (7–3 in major matches) against John McEnroe. Lendl's dominance of his era was most evident at the year-end championships...
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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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    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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    Gajdošová. Ebden won an Olympic gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics with John Peers. Ebden also finished runner-up at the 2022 Australian Open and 2023...
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