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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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    John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 1971: John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1972: Ken Rosewall / Owen Davidson 1973: John Newcombe / Mal Anderson 1974: Ross Case / Geoff Masters 1975: John Alexander...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    the fourth round at the French Open after beating Andreas Seppi, 21st seed John Isner and fellow qualifier Pedro Martínez. He lost to defending (and eventual)...
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    The Truth About The Titanic (1913), New York, Mitchell Kennerley Grasso, John (2011). Historical Dictionary of Tennis. Lanham, Maryland, USA: Rowman &...
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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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    John Gilbert Alexander OAM (born 4 July 1951), nicknamed JA, is an Australian former professional tennis player, sports broadcaster, and federal politician...
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  • 22–8 Rafael Nadal 71.4 5–2 John Newcombe 68.8 11–5 Björn Borg 66.7 24–12 Novak Djokovic 64.5 20–11 Roger Federer 63.6 7–4 John McEnroe 7–4 Mats Wilander...
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    have been ranked world No. 1 in both singles and doubles (the other being John McEnroe). He also won the Masters Grand Prix and was a part of the Swedish...
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    with the other three best that I ever saw: von Cramm's, Gonzales's, and Newcombe's." In his autobiography, Riggs wrote, "In the 1946 match with Budge [for...
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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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