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I think Roche made four grand slam finals and won the French Open. I remember seeing Tony Roche back in 1985 when I lived with my parents in Darlinghurst. I think he shortly became Lendl's :or was already coach when Lendl started winning Grand Slam titles! My favourite sport is Rugby League and Tennis.

Near the end of an era. The Aussies owned the sport for a couple of decades. The 70s changed all that.

In the first game of final set Ashe should have seved, not Roche...Roche served in the first point of the tiebreak

Richey putting his arm around Rosewall at the end, despite having lost, is true sportsmanship. Sadly we just don’t see that sort of spirit anymore. Great match and it was fun to watch.

Gerard Depardieu reached the SF in 1975?

So many talents back then , Gene Mayer, Bob Lutz, Tom Okker, Ion Tiriac, Stan Smith, John Newcomer....

If you freeze the picture 'straight after the Roche Istserve at 15 love 3-5, you'll be able to get a good look at Ashes Boron Flex racquet , look at 'flat cutout style it was a buff dull grey/silver, the sales 'blurb' boasted that the material was the as used in that of 'space satellites !

Strangest thing, to see the instant continuation of play after Ashe goes two sets to one up.... Wimbledon should bring back the 'back to back seats for players.!

Qui jouait contre Connors ?

Rosewell may have been 36 but he was in exceptional physical shape. Great match.

Arthur mentioned Roche's stomach injury affecting his serve. He also cited his superior general fitness to Tony, who he said had played quite a bit of Team tennis that year, possibly where he picked up that injury. Arthur's court coverage and volleys were superb. His forehand volley is devastating, so Tony hit more to his backhand. Tie-break happened at 8-8 in the fourth.

Greats both of them !!

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1970's tennis was a golden era with players like Jimmy Connors, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Arthur Ashe, John Newcombe, Vitas Gerulaitis and many others.

What racket is Tony Roche using here? Looks a bit like a Wilson T-2000? ;-)

Summary: H2H: 6-5 Wilander Major H2H: 3-2 Wilander Number of GS: 7-7 Tie Weeks at #1: 170-20 Mcenroe Year end #1: 4-1 Mcenroe Number of ATP titles: 77-33 Mcenroe

I love this era but, to me, there are more unforced errors?

Grass

Good to see the Yankee loudmouth shut up by an honest dinkum Aussie

Thank-you, I never believed this match could be seen without paying the All England Club.

Connors should never have played the final. He was injured with a hyperextended knee in the first round of wimbledon. His manager knew this and bet against Connors. Bill Riodan

Does anyone know if Tony Roche is paying with a Chemold racquet? It looks like he is.

When I see these old videos, especially the women's matches, I wonder why the service returner never moved in and blocked the return back form three or four feet inside the baseline. IT's as though they were glued to the baseline for the return. Agassi used to return from way in there when the serves were much harder.

In those serve-and-volley days, your ground strokes had to be mustard. The number of strokes made by both men when the ball was all but past them and only six inches above the ground is unreal.

So lovely to hear the wonderful, caramel voice and great commentary of Dan Maskell. Tennis in the UK was never the same after he left us. God, how I would have loved to hear him commentate on Emma Raducanu's US Open run!

I think the first ever tennis matches I saw on TV were of players like Roche, Rosewall, Laver and Newcombe; then along came the Young Turks: Nastase, Connors, and then McEnroe. Crazy to think that Rosewall won slams *20 years apart!*

You know it's another era when the tennis balls were still white!

The wide serve to the duece court, so effective in this match, was a vital weapon against Connors in the finals.

6th game of 3rd set; some excellent backhand returns from Arthur.

Kenny always looks dejected until he beats you.

Fantastic.

Newcombe and Roche always beat by short guys Laver and Rosewall.

Great great stuff here w/Jimbo waiting for the kill shot in the final. Super hero Arthur at his best is something to treasure.

It is fascinating that Roche, clearly inferior to Connors by 1975, gave Ashe way more issues than Connors did in the final. Matchups are so intriguing.

I notice several things. First, Rosewall's classic tennis attire with the neatly pressed cream-colored shorts. Secondly, one notices how the players don't obsess over which balls to serve. The players also don't take a huge amount of time bouncing the ball or fidgeting with themslves before serving. They just immediately served. This respected the other player. Of course, the main difference was the serve and volley game. Players attempted to get to the net in order to put away the point and not engage in long baseline rallies.

Very eloquent, I love listening to Ashe talk

Jack Kramer calls this shot Rosewall hits at 3:13 easy (Kramer's commentary on the shot comes in at 4:48)? I don't think so! Hardest shot in tennis.

Listen to the interview at the very end -it is Arthur at his most calmly defiant and erudite. Love Ashe!

Tennis was much more of an art back then than it is today. Today it's a boxing match. Back then it was chess.

A match like this is appreciated. Extended footage of Rosewall is rare on RUclips.

John Newcombe won the tournament.

I did not know the great Tony Roche ever did so well at Wimbledon ! Bravo !

Ken Rosewal arguably had the greatest slice backhand. Couldn't survive and reach the top with only a slice backhand today.

I think I recall PBS airing some pro tennis back in the day.

Wow. Thank you for posting.

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Terrain en terre battue, comme a Rolland Garros..

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