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Also known as John David Newcombe, Newk

Australian tennis player

Person · Open Library

Born
1944
Works
5

Top works

  • The young tennis player
  • Bedside tennis
  • Beside Tennis
  • Newk
  • The family tennis book

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1967-08-29

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
24
Total plays
29

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 200,169x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 41,509x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,302x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 34,187x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 28,819x

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Key facts

Full name
John David Newcombe
Country sports
Australia
Residence
Sydney, Australia
Born
( 1944-05-23 ) 23 May 1944 (age 82) , Sydney , Australia
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro
1967 (amateur from 1960)
Plays
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money
US$1,062,408
Int tennis hof
1986 ( member page )
Career record
1072–401 (72.8%)
Career titles
68 (41 open era titles listed by ATP)
Highest ranking
No. 1 (1967 , Lance Tingay ) , No. 1 (3 June 1974, ATP)
Australian open
W ( 1973 , 1975 )
French open
QF ( 1965 , 1969 )
Wimbledon
W ( 1967 , 1970 , 1971 )
Us open
W ( 1967 , 1973 )
Tour finals
SF ( 1973 , 1974 )
Wct finals
W ( 1974 )

via Wikipedia infobox

Sports profile

Sport
Tennis
Team
_Retired Tennis
Position
Tennis Player
Nationality
Australia

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Wikidata facts

Mass
80
Image
John Newcombe 1968.jpg
Height
183
Show 10 more facts
date of birth
1944-05-23
doubles record
333–115
singles record
520–181
birth name
John David Newcombe
Commons category
John Newcombe
prize money
1062408
end of work period
1981-00-00
start of work period
1967-00-00
ranking
455
nickname
Newk
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Article

John David Newcombe AO OBE (born 23 May 1944) is an Australian former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in both men's singles and men's doubles. Newcombe won a combined 26 major titles: seven in singles, a former record 17 in men's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. He also contributed to five Davis Cup titles for Australia during an age when the Davis Cup was deemed as significant as the majors.

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