Career 1975 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Jim Osborne takes it, 6–0 on categories Osborne wins on games won. ATP Tour career: Osborne 230 matches, Curtis 117 matches.
Osborne averages 13 games won a match to Curtis’ 11.4 (14% more). Osborne averages 1.2 sets lost a match to Curtis’ 1.5. Osborne has the better sets won %: 50.6 to Curtis’s 42.1. Best single match: Curtis 34 games won, Osborne 33. Winners’ edge: Osborne’s team won 50%, Curtis’s team won 39% of the matches they played. Longevity: Osborne has 230 matches across 11 seasons, Curtis 117 in 7 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (finals, masters/1000 matches, retired hurt): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
13.0 2,988 total · best 33 Games wonper game 11.4 1,338 total · best 34
50.6 Sets won % 42.1
50.7 Games won % 46.9
0.0 3 total · best 1 Finalsper game –
1.2 285 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.1 126 total · best 3
1.2 278 total · best 3 Sets lostper game · lower is better 1.5 173 total · best 3
Head to head 4 8 matches since 1968 4
Carpet · 3 matches Osborne 2 Curtis 1 Hard · 3 matches Osborne 2 Curtis 1 Grass · 2 matches Osborne 0 Curtis 2 Grand Slams · 1 match Osborne 0 Curtis 1 Last meetings 14 Feb 1971 · Salisbury · Round of 16 · Carpet Curtis won 2-3 ret. 22 June 1970 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · Grass Curtis won 6-3 6-3 1-6 6-4 29 Mar 1970 · San Juan · Round of 64 · Hard Curtis won 4-6 6-1 6-3 9 Mar 1970 · Caracas · Round of 16 · Hard Osborne won 6-1 6-3 15 Feb 1970 · Salisbury · Round of 16 · Hard Osborne won 3-6 6-3 6-3 26 Dec 1969 · New Orleans · Semifinal · Carpet Osborne won 6-3 3-6 6-2 17 Feb 1969 · Macon · Round of 32 · Carpet Osborne won Last 10 games Games won, oldest to newest.
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