Pilic v Newcombe
ATP Tour career
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John Newcombe takes it, 9–0 on categories
Newcombe wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Pilic 542 matches, Newcombe 773 matches.
- Newcombe has 42 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Pilic’s 6 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Newcombe averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Pilic’s 1.1.
- Newcombe averages 1.7 sets won a match to Pilic’s 1.4 (26% more).
- Winners’ edge: Newcombe’s team won 72%, Pilic’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Newcombe has 773 matches across 14 seasons, Pilic 542 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.142 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
- 17.09,194 total · best 99Games wonper game17.213,301 total · best 83
- 54.5Sets won %67.0
- 51.5Games won %54.6
- 0.016 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
626 matches
since 196820
since 196820
- Grass · 8 matchesPilic 3Newcombe 5
- Carpet · 8 matchesPilic 2Newcombe 6
- Clay · 5 matchesPilic 1Newcombe 4
- Hard · 4 matchesPilic 0Newcombe 4
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesPilic 0Newcombe 2
- Finals · 2 matchesPilic 0Newcombe 2
Last meetings
- 24 June 1974 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · GrassNewcombe won 6-2 7-5 7-5
- 20 Aug 1973 · Montreal / Toronto · Round of 16 · ClayNewcombe won 6-4 6-4
- 30 July 1973 · Louisville · Quarterfinal · ClayNewcombe won 6-4 4-6 6-1
- 23 Oct 1972 · Essen WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetPilic won 6-2 6-4
- 26 June 1972 · St. Louis WCT · Final · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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