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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. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. At the majors , he won seven singles titles, a former record 17 men's doubles titles, and two mixed doubles titles.
The 1974 St. Petersburg WCT, also known as the Raymond-James World Championship Tennis Classic, was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Bayfront Center Arena in St. Petersburg, Florida in the United States. The tournament was part of Blue Group of the 1974 World Championship Tennis circuit. It was the inaugural ...
Connors became the first player to win three majors in a season (having been banned from the fourth, the French Open, due to his being a member of World Team Tennis) since Rod Laver in 1969. John Newcombe was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Rosewall.
The 1977 Custom Credit Australian Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney in Australia and was part of the 1977 Colgate-Palmolive Grand Prix. The tournament was held from 17 October through 23 October 1977. First-seeded Jimmy Connors won the singles title. [3]
Before he went on the junior circuit, Ryan trained at the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels, Texas. His first junior Grand Slam was the 2007 US Open, where as a wildcard, at the age of 15, he lost in the first round to a qualifier.
Defending champion Rod Laver defeated John Newcombe in the final, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4 to win the gentlemen's singles tennis title at the 1969 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was his fourth Wimbledon singles title and tenth Grand Slam tournament singles title overall.
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 Open. Newcombe became the first man in the Open Era to win a major after saving match points, saving three against Tony Roche in the semifinals.
John Newcombe defeated Jan Kodeš in the final, 6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 1973 US Open. It was his second US Open singles title and sixth major singles title overall.