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Stan Smith v Arthur Ashe: stats compared | Lineball
Ashe wins on sets lost. ATP Tour career: Smith 1,074 matches, Ashe 1,065 matches.
Ashe averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Smith’s 0.9.
Ashe averages 1.8 sets won a match to Smith’s 1.7 (5% more).
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.
0.150 total · best 1Titlesper game0.148 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
14.215,212 total · best 45Games wonper game14.315,265 total · best 44
66.2Sets won %69.2
55.3Games won %56.1
0.176 total · best 1Finalsper game0.189 total · best 1
Head to head
1024 matches since 196814
Carpet · 8 matchesSmith 2Ashe 6
Hard · 8 matchesSmith 4Ashe 4
Grass · 4 matchesSmith 2Ashe 2
Clay · 3 matchesSmith 2Ashe 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchSmith 0Ashe 1
Finals · 6 matchesSmith 3Ashe 3
Last meetings
19 Feb 1979 · Denver · Round of 16 · CarpetAshe won 6-4 4-6 6-4
14 Nov 1978 · Wembley · Quarterfinal · CarpetAshe won 6-3 6-2
20 Feb 1978 · Denver · Semifinal · CarpetSmith won 6-4 7-5
4 Oct 1976 · Maui · Quarterfinal · HardSmith won 6-4 6-4
10 May 1976 · Las Vegas · Round of 16 · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.71,821 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.81,903 total · best 3
0.9929 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.8848 total · best 3
11.512,317 total · best 42Games lostper game · lower is better11.211,958 total · best 42
0.3293 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2253 total · best 3
0.1143 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.1134 total · best 1
0.113 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.112 total · best 1
0.114 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game0.08 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.116 total · best 1
0.11 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.01 total · best 1
Ashe won 7-5 3-6 7-5
23 Feb 1976 · Rotterdam WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetAshe won 6-4 6-2
17 Feb 1976 · Rome WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetAshe won 5-7 6-4 6-4
10 Feb 1976 · Lagos WCT · Round of 16 · HardAshe won 6-4 7-5
9 May 1973 · Dallas WCT · Final · CarpetSmith won 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-4
30 Aug 1972 · US Open · Quarterfinal · GrassAshe won 7-6 6-4 7-5