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John Fitzgerald v Brad Gilbert: stats compared | Lineball
Gilbert wins on titles. Fitzgerald’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Fitzgerald 452 matches, Gilbert 792 matches.
Gilbert has 21 titles (one every 25 matches) to Fitzgerald’s 6 titles (one every 50 matches).
Gilbert averages 5.4 aces a match to Fitzgerald’s 2.1 — 2.6 times as many.
Fitzgerald has the better first serve in %: 61.8 to Gilbert’s 56.3.
Winners’ edge: Gilbert’s team won 64%, Fitzgerald’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Gilbert has 792 matches across 15 seasons, Fitzgerald 452 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, aces, double faults): 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.
0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.021 total · best 1
61.8First serve in %56.3
67.8First-serve points won %72.3
54.8Break points saved %59.8
39.0Return points won %39.7
2.190 total · best 8Acesper game5.41,200 total · best 29
Head to head
47 matches since 19823
Hard · 4 matchesFitzgerald 2Gilbert 2
Grass · 1 matchFitzgerald 1Gilbert 0
Carpet · 1 matchFitzgerald 0Gilbert 1
Clay · 1 matchFitzgerald 1Gilbert 0
Grand Slams · 2 matchesFitzgerald 2Gilbert 0
Last meetings
30 Sept 1991 · Sydney Indoor · Round of 32 · HardGilbert won 6-2 6-2
26 June 1989 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassFitzgerald won 6-2 7-5 1-6 3-6 6-2
22 Apr 1985 · Atlanta · Round of 16 · CarpetGilbert won 3-6 6-3 6-1
19 Nov 1984 · Johannesburg · Quarterfinal · HardGilbert won 6-0 6-2
23 May 1983 · Roland Garros · Round of 128 · ClayFitzgerald won 5-7 6-1 1-6 7-5 6-3
14 Mar 1983 · Rotterdam · Round of 32 · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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12.85,776 total · best 34
Games wonper game
13.010,257 total · best 34
41.3Break points converted %45.3
49.8Sets won %60.4
50.1Games won %53.6
0.011 total · best 1Finalsper game0.142 total · best 1
1.3588 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.51,216 total · best 3
1.3592 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0799 total · best 3
12.85,762 total · best 36Games lostper game · lower is better11.28,865 total · best 30
0.4182 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.3251 total · best 3
4.0171 total · best 10Double faultsper game · lower is better3.6799 total · best 11