Case v Newcombe
ATP Tour career
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John Newcombe takes it, 8–1 on categories
Newcombe wins on titles. Case’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Case 556 matches, Newcombe 773 matches.
- Newcombe has 42 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Case’s 4 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Newcombe averages 17.2 games won a match to Case’s 12.7 (36% more).
- Newcombe averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Case’s 1.3.
- Winners’ edge: Newcombe’s team won 72%, Case’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, 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.
- 0.04 total · best 1Titlesper game0.142 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
- 12.77,036 total · best 33Games wonper game17.213,301 total · best 83
- 50.1Sets won %67.0
- 49.9Games won %54.6
- 0.010 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
39 matches
since 19716
since 19716
- Grass · 4 matchesCase 1Newcombe 3
- Hard · 2 matchesCase 0Newcombe 2
- Clay · 2 matchesCase 2Newcombe 0
- Carpet · 1 matchCase 0Newcombe 1
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesCase 1Newcombe 2
- Finals · 1 matchCase 0Newcombe 1
Last meetings
- 15 Oct 1979 · Sydney Indoor · Round of 32 · HardNewcombe won 6-3 6-1
- 26 June 1978 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · GrassNewcombe won 6-4 6-2 9-8
- 13 Apr 1976 · Charlotte WCT · Round of 16 · ClayCase won 6-0 6-4
- 26 Dec 1975 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · GrassNewcombe won 6-4 6-4 6-1
- 4 Feb 1974 · St. Petersburg WCT · Semifinal · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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