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John Alexander v Marty Riessen: stats compared | Lineball
Riessen wins on sets lost. ATP Tour career: Alexander 1,005 matches, Riessen 834 matches.
Riessen averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Alexander’s 1.1.
Riessen has the better sets won %: 59.8 to Alexander’s 55.8.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, masters/1000 matches, davis/bjk cup 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.
0.09 total · best 1Titlesper game0.015 total · best 1
13.513,561 total · best 40Games wonper game13.711,389 total · best 62
55.8Sets won %59.8
52.3Games won %53.3
0.032 total · best 1Finalsper game0.135 total · best 1
1.41,438 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.51,250 total · best 3
Head to head
717 matches since 196810
Clay · 7 matchesAlexander 3Riessen 4
Carpet · 5 matchesAlexander 2Riessen 3
Hard · 3 matchesAlexander 2Riessen 1
Grass · 2 matchesAlexander 0Riessen 2
Grand Slams · 3 matchesAlexander 1Riessen 2
Finals · 1 matchAlexander 0Riessen 1
Last meetings
23 Jan 1978 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 64 · CarpetRiessen won 7-6 6-7 6-3
27 Aug 1975 · US Open · Round of 128 · ClayAlexander won 7-6 6-1
21 Apr 1975 · Houston WCT · Round of 16 · ClayAlexander won 6-3 6-1
31 Mar 1975 · Tuscon · Round of 16 · HardAlexander won 7-6 6-2
24 Feb 1975 · San Antonio WCT · Quarterfinal · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.11,139 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0839 total · best 3
12.312,349 total · best 38Games lostper game · lower is better12.09,964 total · best 60
0.4375 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2196 total · best 3
0.1123 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.178 total · best 1
0.16 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.08 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game–
–Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.03 total · best 1
Alexander won 6-3 6-4
23 July 1974 · Washington · Quarterfinal · ClayRiessen won 7-5 6-7 6-1
15 Jan 1974 · Lakeway · Semifinal · HardAlexander won 4-6 7-6 7-5
16 Oct 1972 · Vancouver WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetRiessen won 7-6 6-2
8 Feb 1972 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetRiessen won 4-6 6-3 7-6
16 Aug 1971 · Fort Worth WCT · Quarterfinal · HardRiessen won 7-6 1-6 6-3