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Jeff Borowiak v John Newcombe: stats compared | Lineball
Newcombe wins on titles. Borowiak’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Borowiak 593 matches, Newcombe 773 matches.
Newcombe has 42 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Borowiak’s 5 titles (one every 25 matches).
Newcombe averages 17.2 games won a match to Borowiak’s 12 (43% more).
Newcombe averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Borowiak’s 1.2.
Winners’ edge: Newcombe’s team won 72%, Borowiak’s team won 48% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, finals…): 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.
0.05 total · best 1Titlesper game0.142 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
127,115 total · best 25Games wonper game17.213,301 total · best 83
49.2Sets won %67.0
49.8Games won %54.6
0.011 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
212 matches since 197110
Hard · 5 matchesBorowiak 0Newcombe 5
Carpet · 4 matchesBorowiak 1Newcombe 3
Clay · 3 matchesBorowiak 1Newcombe 2
Finals · 1 matchBorowiak 0Newcombe 1
Last meetings
30 Sept 1974 · Maui · Round of 16 · HardNewcombe won 6-3 4-6 7-6
15 Apr 1974 · Charlotte WCT · Quarterfinal · ClayBorowiak won 6-2 6-4
1 Apr 1974 · New Orleans WCT · Final · CarpetNewcombe won 6-4 6-2
18 Mar 1974 · Tuscon · Round of 64 · HardNewcombe won 7-5 7-6
27 Nov 1972 · Johannesburg-2 · Round of 16 · HardNewcombe won 6-4 6-3
27 Nov 1972 · Johannesburg-2 · Round of 16 · HardNewcombe won 6-4 6-3
16 Oct 1972 · Vancouver WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetNewcombe won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.2711 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.71,329 total · best 3
1.2735 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9655 total · best 3
12.17,175 total · best 31Games lostper game · lower is better14.311,075 total · best 97
0.3194 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2188 total · best 3
0.156 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.2114 total · best 1
0.23 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.110 total · best 1
–Tour Finals matchesper game0.18 total · best 1
0.18 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.02 total · best 1
5-7 6-2 6-1
14 Aug 1972 · Fort Worth WCT · Round of 16 · HardNewcombe won 6-2 6-3
3 Apr 1972 · Houston WCT · Round of 32 · ClayNewcombe won 6-2 7-5
8 Feb 1972 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetBorowiak won 6-1 5-7 6-4