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Tony Roche v Earl Butch Buchholz: stats compared | Lineball
Roche wins on titles. Butch Buchholz’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Roche 537 matches, Butch Buchholz 178 matches.
Roche has 20 titles (one every 20 matches) to Butch Buchholz’s 6 titles (one every 25 matches).
Butch Buchholz averages 24.3 games won a match to Roche’s 17.7 (37% more).
Roche averages 15.1 games lost a match to Butch Buchholz’s 24.
Winners’ edge: Roche’s team won 67%, Butch Buchholz’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Roche has 537 matches across 13 seasons, Butch Buchholz 178 in 8 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (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.
0.120 total · best 1Titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
17.79,493 total · best 97Games wonper game24.34,322 total · best 69
64.1Sets won %52.3
54.0Games won %50.3
0.140 total · best 1Finalsper game0.112 total · best 1
1.6883 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.2217 total · best 3
Head to head
1017 matches since 19687
Carpet · 8 matchesRoche 2Buchholz 6
Clay · 4 matchesRoche 4Buchholz 0
Hard · 3 matchesRoche 2Buchholz 1
Grass · 2 matchesRoche 2Buchholz 0
Grand Slams · 2 matchesRoche 2Buchholz 0
Finals · 3 matchesRoche 1Buchholz 2
Last meetings
17 Nov 1969 · Wembley · Semifinal · CarpetRoche won 6-3 7-9 15-13
12 Sept 1969 · Atlanta · Semifinal · HardBuchholz won 12-10 6-2
27 Aug 1969 · US Open · Quarterfinal · GrassRoche won 6-1 9-7 5-7 6-0
18 July 1969 · Milwaukee · Quarterfinal · ClayRoche won 7-5 6-4
22 May 1969 · Amsterdam · Round robin · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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0.9495 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1198 total · best 3
15.18,088 total · best 78Games lostper game · lower is better24.04,267 total · best 99
0.2101 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.05 total · best 1
0.292 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.118 total · best 1
0.16 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.16 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.03 total · best 1
Roche won 6-2 8-6
1 May 1969 · Japanese Championships · Round robin · CarpetBuchholz won 6-5 6-4
13 Feb 1969 · Hollywood · Quarterfinal · ClayRoche won 6-2 6-1
11 Oct 1968 · Cape Town WCT · Semifinal · HardRoche won 9-7
2 Oct 1968 · Johannesburg WCT · Final · HardRoche won 6-2 9-7