Roche v Newcombe
ATP Tour career
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John Newcombe takes it, 8–1 on categories
Newcombe wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Roche 537 matches, Newcombe 773 matches.
- Newcombe has 42 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Roche’s 20 titles (one every 20 matches).
- Newcombe averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Roche’s 0.9.
- Longevity: Newcombe has 773 matches across 14 seasons, Roche 537 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals matches…): 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 game0.142 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
- 17.79,493 total · best 97Games wonper game17.213,301 total · best 83
- 64.1Sets won %67.0
- 54.0Games won %54.6
- 0.140 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
1124 matches
since 196813
since 196813
- Grass · 8 matchesRoche 3Newcombe 5
- Hard · 6 matchesRoche 3Newcombe 3
- Clay · 5 matchesRoche 1Newcombe 4
- Carpet · 5 matchesRoche 4Newcombe 1
- Grand Slams · 5 matchesRoche 2Newcombe 3
- Finals · 7 matchesRoche 2Newcombe 5
Last meetings
- 13 Oct 1980 · Sydney Indoor · Round of 32 · HardRoche won 6-4 7-6
- 21 Dec 1974 · Australian Open · Semifinal · GrassNewcombe won 6-4 4-6 6-4 2-6 11-9
- 14 Oct 1974 · Sydney Indoor · Semifinal · HardNewcombe won 4-6 6-1 6-4
- 28 Aug 1974 · US Open · Round of 32 · GrassNewcombe won 4-6 7-6 6-3 7-5
- 10 May 1971 · Tehran WCT · Quarterfinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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