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Erik Van Dillen v Marty Riessen: stats compared | Lineball
Riessen wins on games won. Van Dillen’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Van Dillen 405 matches, Riessen 834 matches.
Van Dillen has 2 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Riessen’s 15 titles (one every 50 matches).
Riessen averages 13.7 games won a match to Van Dillen’s 12 (14% more).
Riessen averages 1.5 sets won a match to Van Dillen’s 1.1 (34% more).
Winners’ edge: Riessen’s team won 63%, Van Dillen’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Riessen has 834 matches across 14 seasons, Van Dillen 405 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 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.
0.02 total · best 1Titlesper game0.015 total · best 1
12.04,844 total · best 30Games wonper game13.711,389 total · best 62
45.3Sets won %59.8
48.9Games won %53.3
0.04 total · best 1Finalsper game0.135 total · best 1
1.1452 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.51,250 total · best 3
Head to head
29 matches since 19707
Carpet · 3 matchesDillen 0Riessen 3
Hard · 3 matchesDillen 2Riessen 1
Clay · 2 matchesDillen 0Riessen 2
Grass · 1 matchDillen 0Riessen 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchDillen 0Riessen 1
Last meetings
15 Jan 1979 · Baltimore · Round of 16 · CarpetRiessen won 6-4 6-4
13 Feb 1978 · Palm Springs · Round of 64 · HardDillen won 6-0 7-6
1 Jan 1977 · Australian Open · Round of 32 · GrassRiessen won 7-6 7-6 6-3
16 Mar 1976 · La Costa · Round of 16 · HardDillen won 6-3 3-6 6-4
15 Sept 1975 · Los Angeles · Round of 32 · CarpetRiessen won 6-3 7-6
15 July 1974 · Chicago · Round of 16 · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.4546 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0839 total · best 3
12.55,067 total · best 31Games lostper game · lower is better12.09,964 total · best 60
0.3121 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2196 total · best 3
0.155 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.178 total · best 1
0.26 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.08 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.03 total · best 1
Riessen won 6-3 6-0
23 July 1973 · Washington · Round of 16 · ClayRiessen won 6-4 6-4
13 Apr 1971 · Charlotte · Round of 16 · ClayRiessen won 6-3 6-4
7 Oct 1970 · Denver · Round robin · HardRiessen won 6-2