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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 known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his...
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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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    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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    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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    more so than many of his contemporaries. San Francisco tennis researcher John Yandell used a high-speed video camera and special software to count the...
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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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  • 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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    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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