Drysdale v Newcombe
ATP Tour career
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John Newcombe takes it, 7–1 on categories
Newcombe wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Drysdale 655 matches, Newcombe 773 matches.
- Newcombe has 42 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Drysdale’s 8 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Newcombe averages 17.2 games won a match to Drysdale’s 15.8 (9% more).
- Newcombe averages 1.7 sets won a match to Drysdale’s 1.5 (19% more).
- Winners’ edge: Newcombe’s team won 72%, Drysdale’s team won 62% of the matches they played.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, masters/1000 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.
- 0.08 total · best 1Titlesper game0.142 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
- 15.810,357 total · best 99Games wonper game17.213,301 total · best 83
- 59.2Sets won %67.0
- 52.7Games won %54.6
- 0.127 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
519 matches
since 196814
since 196814
- Carpet · 8 matchesDrysdale 3Newcombe 5
- Hard · 7 matchesDrysdale 1Newcombe 6
- Clay · 3 matchesDrysdale 1Newcombe 2
- Grass · 1 matchDrysdale 0Newcombe 1
- Finals · 6 matchesDrysdale 1Newcombe 5
Last meetings
- 22 Mar 1976 · Palm Springs · Round of 16 · HardNewcombe won 6-2 7-6
- 26 Sept 1972 · Alamo WCT · Final · HardNewcombe won 6-1 6-1 7-5
- 1 May 1972 · Las Vegas WCT · Final · HardNewcombe won 6-3 6-4
- 24 Apr 1972 · Denver WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetNewcombe won 6-3 6-7 7-5
- 21 Mar 1972 · Hilton Head WCT · Semifinal · ClayNewcombe won 6-4 6-2
- 2 Feb 1972 · Richmond WCT · Semifinal · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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