Career 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Mal Anderson takes it, 7–2 on categories Anderson wins on titles. Taylor’s case rests on sets lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Anderson 125 matches, Taylor 654 matches.
Anderson has 2 titles (one every 25 matches) to Taylor’s 9 titles (one every 50 matches). Anderson averages 1.7 sets won a match to Taylor’s 1.4 (18% more). Taylor averages 1.1 sets lost a match to Anderson’s 1.3. Longevity: Taylor has 654 matches across 13 seasons, Anderson 125 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 2 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 9 total · best 1
16.4 2,046 total · best 39 Games wonper game 15.9 10,366 total · best 91
56.6 Sets won % 55.3
52.4 Games won % 50.8
0.1 5 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 17 total · best 1
1.7 206 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.4 916 total · best 3
Head to head 1 4 matches since 1968 3
Grass · 2 matches Anderson 0 Taylor 2 Clay · 1 match Anderson 0 Taylor 1 Hard · 1 match Anderson 1 Taylor 0 Finals · 1 match Anderson 0 Taylor 1 Last meetings 21 Aug 1972 · Merion · Final · Grass Taylor won 6-4 6-0 6-4 27 July 1969 · Gstaad · Round of 16 · Clay Taylor won 6-3 6-3 7 July 1969 · Dublin · Quarterfinal · Grass Taylor won 13-11 6-2 1 Aug 1968 · Cannes WCT · Bronze medal match · Hard Anderson won 10-7 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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