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1. Voo de Mar says:

   November 12, 2022 at 11:53 pm

   The stats of the last two sets only, so 15 out of 44 games (34%). Number of aces & double faults valid for the entire match.

   Points won by each set: | …, …, …, 34-25, 30-20 |
   Newcombe faced the only break point of the last two sets at 1-all in the 4th set. It was his sixth Grand Slam title. Kodes beat Newcombe 2-6, 7-6, 7-6, 6-3 in the US Open first round two years before…

   Newcombe’s route to the title
   1 Marcelo Lara 6-7, 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
   2 Jim Delaney 7-6, 6-3, 6-3
   3 Ion Tiriac 7-6, 6-3, 6-4
   4 Andrew Pattison 6-7, 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
   Q Jimmy Connors 6-4, 7-6, 7-6
   S Ken Rosewall 6-4, 7-6, 6-3
   W Jan Kodes 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

   Newcombe played eight sudden-death tie-breaks (5:3)

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