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this is absolutely legendary. both of these guys were very special stylists. believe-it-or-not Rosewall's backhand is one of the ultimate strokes in tennis history. Rosewall was also a " lobber " , quite expert. Rosewall seems like he is having the worst day of his career.

Look how small the racquets are and the court is lightening quick. 😯 Today's players would cry if they played in the 70s.

It's a bummer in the modern game with the racquet develpment that the net game is over! Boring to watch baseline all day long! No strategy

No histrionic. No falling to the ground. No nancy boy handshakes. Just real sportsmen of a bygone era behaving like real men.

1:28 A surprise guest umpire in the form of Adolf Hitler there

Where is part 2??

It wont be a surprise if people from 2050s look at Federer , Rafa and Novak and say the same things some of us say about these guys from 1970s

FUN FACT: Ballboys are your parents age now, maybe even older.

No chairs on changeovers. Water from the cooler (and Robinsons if wanted). Wooden rackets. The majority of players didn't need to play double-handed shots. No huge entourage. Yet STILL played thrilling tennis. AND could jump over the net at the end of the match. Shake hands properly. Made 'em tough, but gentlemanly in those days.

No grunting, incessant ball bouncing, histrionics or fake BS. Tennis played as it should be.

Newcombe was a better athlete than he was given credit for. In his era he was incredibly dynamic. I think that he truly proved his greatness when he beat Jimmy Connors in the 1975 Australian Open final. Newcombe was supposed to be past his prime and Connors at 23/24 was just heading into his best years after coming off of an unbelievable 1974. Rosewall is not the kind of player one can look good against. Newcombe kept his cool here and came through.

Serve and volley style is so booring.

Rosewall had such a slow 1st serve. Amazing he was so successful.

A time of Tennis without Benoît Paire, Kyrgios and others morons, no insults, no unacceptable behavior on court, a time of class and respect. Today too many " pros " players are only pigs who deserve to be disqualified.

Amazing how they can play such high standards with such crude tennis rackets.

Everyone in the Centre Court galleries, Newcombe recorded later, cheered for Risewall except one person. That one person was Newcombe's wife

I wonder if there is a market today for an all wood racquet tennis tour?

This is realy a GAME, not a fight.

Perfect example of way tennis fasten the court to make more rallies and tennis more physical and interesting to watch ... This serve voley game is so boring ... Like 1 shot , I win point .. 1-2 shots , win point , 1 shot you win point , 1-2 shot ,you win , totally slow and boring

Newcombe without porn stache.

it's different from today's game

Thank God technology has created the brilliant game of modern tennis. I watched as long as I could, like watching paint dry.

Thanks for uploading this. Beautiful. White balls. Look at the angles in the 3-3 and 3-4 games in the first set. Newk leaves several balls that are only an inch out. Kenny out-thinks Newk, gets him to volley where Kenny wants it, to get to 0-40 in 4-4 game in first set. But this can't be tennis, no 'come on's, no tantrums (Newk raises eyebrows at Kenny's ace at about 14:00), no arguing with the umpire. Kenny has his own towel in his pocket. Newk mainly slicing and spinning his serve, serving to his own next volley, as is Kenny. Stats would be interesting: error rate seems a little on the high side. Kenny runs around his backhand in the ad court to hit an off forehand at 1:30:30. Everything old is new again.

😂 Real Crap Tennis. So staid it's almost in slow motion compared to today's players & game. Why these two would both have trouble in the Wimbledon Qualifying event let alone anything else. Remember watching this Final as a young kid on a valve Black & White Telly.

Very little topspin and no topspin on the lobs due primarily to the small racquet heads.

1970..but it look like 2nd World war 😮😅

The court appears worn even, both on the net and on the baseline, denoting the old serve & net style of play. Today, with better rackets and faster play, it only deteriorates at the point of serve.

Is it so wrong to sit during changeovers?

This was going to be a tough one for Rosewall. Except for the backhand Newcombe did everything better than Rosewall. Yes Rosewall moved better but the difference between them in that regard isn't as great as one would think. Two historically great players of their time and men of great character.

Wimbledon eluded Rosewall for ever. This particular final, Newcombe later described, in the whole of the centre court Newcombe's wife was the only who wanted him to win.

The transcript is hilarious.

When tennis was tennis, constructing points. small sweet spots on those racquets. I've played since 1971 I know.

Watched tennis in the back yard with a little portable number when I was a dot. I remember it

All that was left was legitimate tennis Standing behavior during play and a wooden racket that should be standardized

The ball was livelier. It called for percentage play, unlike now.The heavy ball killed classic play.

Love that Stan Smith backhand overhead!

Players back then were more elegant than today. I love those one-handed backhands as opposed to the sissy two-handed ones.

I remember when I got the prince pro and not using the wood racquet anymore Couldn’t believe how my game improved And that was just at the recreational level

You can see the big difference in pace and speed of the ball and players

serve and volley is incredibly boring

Just watched the first game expecting it to be rubbish. But it was fantastic! Of course, I have to make allowances for shitty old racquets with sweet spots the size of a penny, 'less than perfectly even!' Wimbledon courts and players who probably had a couple of pints the evening before. But, having done that - this is more than excellent play.

19:30 A handkerchief in his pocket, that's what makes Mr. Rosewall the best tennis player of all time.

Beauty Newk!

The great Dan Maskell commentating, I loved his voice.

Very first Wimbledon I remember (more because of Goolagong’s breakthrough than these fine gentlemen) I was 9

52 year old gentleman vs 41 year old gentleman

Wooden racquets was a totally different game. You simply couldn’t stand on the baseline and crank winners, swinging as hard as you can. The equipment wouldn’t allow it.

I think I was the only person among all our friends who rooted for Stan Smith to beat Ille Nastase in the Wimbledon final the following year .

They seem older than current players, no ?

Playing with wooden racket bad grass great tennis. Different today The racket is forgiving