Mcnamee v Palmer
ATP Tour career
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Too close to call — 4–3 on categories
Mcnamee wins on sets lost. De Palmer’s case rests on games won. ATP Tour career: Mcnamee 460 matches, De Palmer 161 matches.
- De Palmer averages 13.3 games won a match to Mcnamee’s 12.4 (7% more).
- Mcnamee averages 1.3 sets lost a match to De Palmer’s 1.4.
- Mcnamee averages 12.3 games lost a match to De Palmer’s 13.9.
- Best single match: De Palmer 36 games won, Mcnamee 34.
- Longevity: Mcnamee has 460 matches across 15 seasons, De Palmer 161 in 7 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, retired hurt): 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 game–
- 12.45,686 total · best 34Games wonper game13.32,135 total · best 36
- 50.6Sets won %48.5
- 50.1Games won %48.9
- 0.08 total · best 1Finalsper game0.01 total · best 1
- 1.3594 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.3215 total · best 3
Head to head
36 matches
since 19833
since 19833
- Carpet · 3 matchesMcnamee 1Palmer 2
- Grass · 2 matchesMcnamee 2Palmer 0
- Hard · 1 matchMcnamee 0Palmer 1
Last meetings
- 10 Nov 1986 · Wembley · Round of 32 · CarpetPalmer won 6-4 6-3
- 10 June 1985 · London / Queen's Club · Round of 16 · GrassMcnamee won 6-2 7-6
- 8 Oct 1984 · Sydney Indoor · Round of 16 · HardPalmer won 6-4 7-5
- 12 Dec 1983 · Sydney Outdoor · Round of 64 · GrassMcnamee won 7-6 7-6
- 14 Feb 1983 · Memphis · Round of 16 · CarpetMcnamee won 6-1 1-6 7-6
- 31 Jan 1983 · Philadelphia · Round of 64 · CarpetPalmer won 7-6 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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