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Cliff Richey v Arthur Ashe: stats compared | Lineball
Ashe wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Richey 706 matches, Ashe 1,065 matches.
Ashe has 48 titles (one every 20 matches) to Richey’s 24 titles (one every 25 matches).
Ashe averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Richey’s 0.9.
Winners’ edge: Ashe’s team won 76%, Richey’s team won 69% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Ashe has 1,065 matches across 12 seasons, Richey 706 in 12 — 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.
0.024 total · best 1Titlesper game0.148 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
13.79,671 total · best 32Games wonper game14.315,265 total · best 44
64.6Sets won %69.2
55.5Games won %56.1
0.141 total · best 1Finalsper game0.189 total · best 1
Head to head
517 matches since 196812
Hard · 8 matchesRichey 2Ashe 6
Carpet · 4 matchesRichey 2Ashe 2
Grass · 2 matchesRichey 0Ashe 2
Clay · 2 matchesRichey 1Ashe 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchRichey 0Ashe 1
Finals · 4 matchesRichey 2Ashe 2
Last meetings
22 Mar 1976 · Palm Springs · Round of 16 · HardAshe won 6-3 6-4
22 Sept 1975 · San Francisco · Round of 16 · CarpetAshe won 6-4 6-1
16 June 1975 · Nottingham · Round of 16 · GrassAshe won 6-2 7-5
11 Sept 1972 · Montreal WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetAshe won 6-4 6-4
30 Aug 1972 · US Open · Semifinal · Grass
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.71,168 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.81,903 total · best 3
0.9639 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.8848 total · best 3
11.07,770 total · best 35Games lostper game · lower is better11.211,958 total · best 42
0.2155 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2253 total · best 3
0.164 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.1134 total · best 1
0.121 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.112 total · best 1
0.16 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game0.08 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.116 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.01 total · best 1
Ashe won 6-1 6-4 7-6
5 July 1972 · Bretton Woods · Semifinal · ClayRichey won 6-2 6-4
1 May 1972 · Las Vegas WCT · Round of 32 · HardAshe won 7-6 4-6 6-4
13 Apr 1971 · Charlotte · Semifinal · ClayAshe won 7-6 4-6 7-6
1 Nov 1970 · Stockholm Open · Semifinal · HardAshe won 7-5 6-4
28 Sept 1970 · Berkeley · Final · HardAshe won 6-4 6-2 6-4