Career 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 Jan Kodes takes it, 6–1 on categories Kodes wins on games won. Kary’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Kary 375 matches, Kodes 746 matches.
Kary has 1 title (one every 25 matches) to Kodes’ 10 titles (one every 50 matches). Kodes averages 13.7 games won a match to Kary’s 11.1 (24% more). Kodes averages 1.6 sets won a match to Kary’s 1.1 (54% more). Winners’ edge: Kodes’s team won 63%, Kary’s team won 41% of the matches they played. Longevity: Kodes has 746 matches across 16 seasons, Kary 375 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, finals…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 10 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 3 total · best 1
11.1 4,171 total · best 34 Games wonper game 13.7 10,250 total · best 35
42.3 Sets won % 60.2
47.0 Games won % 53.9
0.1 2 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 31 total · best 1
Head to head 1 9 matches since 1971 8
Clay · 7 matches Kary 0 Kodes 7 Hard · 1 match Kary 1 Kodes 0 Carpet · 1 match Kary 0 Kodes 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Kary 0 Kodes 1 Last meetings 26 Feb 1979 · Lagos · Semifinal · Hard Kary won 6-4 6-7 10-8 9 Oct 1978 · Barcelona · Round of 32 · Clay Kodes won 7-5 6-3 5 Apr 1976 · Nice · Round of 16 · Clay Kodes won 6-4 6-1 13 Oct 1975 · Barcelona · Round of 64 · Clay Kodes won 6-3 6-8 6-2 27 Aug 1975 · US Open · Round of 64 · Clay Kodes won 6-1 5-7 7-5 7 July 1975 · Kitzbuhel · Quarterfinal · Clay Kodes won 5-7 6-4 6-2 5 May 1975 · Munich · Round of 16 · Clay Kodes won 6-3 6-2 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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