Roche v Ralston
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst7–1
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: Roche 537 matches, Ralston 268 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.
- 0.120 total · best 1Titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
- 17.79,493 total · best 97Games wonper game20.25,401 total · best 78
- 64.1Sets won %54.4
- 54.0Games won %51.1
- 0.140 total · best 1Finalsper game0.113 total · best 1
- 1.6883 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.3355 total · best 3
Head to head
717 matches
since 196810
since 196810
- Carpet · 13 matchesRoche 4Ralston 9
- Hard · 3 matchesRoche 2Ralston 1
- Grass · 1 matchRoche 1Ralston 0
- Grand Slams · 1 matchRoche 1Ralston 0
- Finals · 1 matchRoche 0Ralston 1
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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