Roche v Drysdale
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst7–1
Tony Roche takes it, 7–1 on categories
Roche wins on titles. Drysdale’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Roche 537 matches, Drysdale 655 matches.
- Roche has 20 titles (one every 20 matches) to Drysdale’s 8 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Roche averages 17.7 games won a match to Drysdale’s 15.8 (12% more).
- Roche averages 1.6 sets won a match to Drysdale’s 1.5 (13% more).
- 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.
- 0.120 total · best 1Titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
- 17.79,493 total · best 97Games wonper game15.810,357 total · best 99
- 64.1Sets won %59.2
- 54.0Games won %52.7
- 0.140 total · best 1Finalsper game0.127 total · best 1
- 1.6883 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5949 total · best 3
Head to head
719 matches
since 196812
since 196812
- Carpet · 9 matchesRoche 3Drysdale 6
- Hard · 5 matchesRoche 2Drysdale 3
- Clay · 4 matchesRoche 2Drysdale 2
- Grass · 1 matchRoche 0Drysdale 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchRoche 0Drysdale 1
- Finals · 1 matchRoche 1Drysdale 0
Last meetings
- 9 Mar 1976 · Memphis WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetDrysdale won 4-6 6-2 6-2
- 26 June 1972 · St. Louis WCT · Quarterfinal · HardDrysdale won 6-7 6-2 6-4
- 30 Mar 1971 · Miami WCT · Semifinal · HardDrysdale won 6-4 7-6
- 7 Mar 1971 · Australian Open · Round of 16 · GrassDrysdale won 4-6 6-4 6-7 7-6 6-1
- 26 Feb 1971 · London Indoor · Round of 16 · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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