Career 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 Jan Kodes takes it, 8–0 on categories Kodes wins on games won. ATP Tour career: Spear 283 matches, Kodes 746 matches.
Kodes averages 13.7 games won a match to Spear’s 11.3 (22% more). Kodes averages 1.6 sets won a match to Spear’s 1.1 (50% more). Kodes has the better sets won %: 60.2 to Spear’s 43.2. Best single match: Kodes 35 games won, Spear 28. Winners’ edge: Kodes’s team won 63%, Spear’s team won 40% of the matches they played. Longevity: Kodes has 746 matches across 16 seasons, Spear 283 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam 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.
– Titlesper game 0.0 10 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 3 total · best 1
11.3 3,199 total · best 28 Games wonper game 13.7 10,250 total · best 35
43.2 Sets won % 60.2
48.1 Games won % 53.9
0.0 3 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 31 total · best 1
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Head to head 2 9 matches since 1969 7
Clay · 9 matches Spear 2 Kodes 7 Last meetings 10 Oct 1977 · Madrid · Round of 64 · Clay Kodes won 6-4 2-6 6-4 19 May 1975 · Hamburg · Round of 16 · Clay Kodes won 6-1 6-2 14 Oct 1974 · Barcelona · Round of 64 · Clay Kodes won 6-2 7-5 7 Oct 1974 · Madrid · Round of 64 · Clay Kodes won 6-3 6-4 15 Oct 1973 · Madrid · Round of 64 · Clay Spear won 6-3 6-3 16 Oct 1972 · Barcelona · Round of 64 · Clay Kodes won 6-0 6-2 15 Apr 1970 · Charlotte · Round of 16 · Clay Kodes won 3-6 6-4 6-0 16 Mar 1970 · Barranquilla · Semifinal · Clay Spear won 6-4 10-8 3-6 5-5 7 Apr 1969 · Charlotte · Round of 16 · Clay Kodes won 7-5 6-1 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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