Ralston v Roche
ATP Tour career
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Tony Roche takes it, 7–1 on categories
Roche wins on titles. Ralston’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Ralston 268 matches, Roche 537 matches.
- Roche has 20 titles (one every 20 matches) to Ralston’s 6 titles (one every 25 matches).
- Ralston averages 20.2 games won a match to Roche’s 17.7 (14% more).
- Roche averages 15.1 games lost a match to Ralston’s 19.3.
- Winners’ edge: Roche’s team won 67%, Ralston’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Roche has 537 matches across 13 seasons, Ralston 268 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, masters/1000 matches, retired hurt): 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 game0.120 total · best 1
- 20.25,401 total · best 78Games wonper game17.79,493 total · best 97
- 54.4Sets won %64.1
- 51.1Games won %54.0
- 0.113 total · best 1Finalsper game0.140 total · best 1
- 1.3355 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.6883 total · best 3
Head to head
1017 matches
since 19687
since 19687
- Carpet · 13 matchesRalston 9Roche 4
- Hard · 3 matchesRalston 1Roche 2
- Grass · 1 matchRalston 0Roche 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchRalston 0Roche 1
- Finals · 1 matchRalston 1Roche 0
Last meetings
- 30 Mar 1971 · Miami WCT · Quarterfinal · HardRoche won 6-4 6-2
- 9 Feb 1971 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetRalston won 7-5 6-4
- 9 Aug 1970 · Boston · Round of 32 · HardRoche won 6-1 6-4
- 23 June 1969 · Wimbledon · Round of 16 · GrassRoche won 6-3 4-6 7-5 8-10 6-2
- 15 May 1969 · New York 2 · Round robin · CarpetRoche won 8-3
- 28 Nov 1968 · New York 3 · Quarterfinal · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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