Rive v Bates
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst7–4
Joey Rive takes it, 7–4 on categories
Rive wins on first serve in %. Bates’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Rive 125 matches, Bates 298 matches.
- Bates has the better first-serve points won %: 70.2 to Rive’s 52.9.
- Bates averages 3.4 aces a match to Rive’s 2.5 (36% more).
- Rive has the better first serve in %: 58.6 to Bates’s 55.6.
- Longevity: Bates has 298 matches across 17 seasons, Rive 125 in 7 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, aces, finals…): 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.
- –Titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 58.6First serve in %55.6
- 52.9First-serve points won %70.2
- 56.3Break points saved %55.5
- 31.9Return points won %36.3
- 2.55 total · best 3Acesper game3.4448 total · best 12
- 11.91,493 total · best 28
Head to head
23 matches
since 19871
since 19871
- Hard · 3 matchesRive 2Bates 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchRive 1Bates 0
Last meetings
- 6 Aug 1990 · ATP Masters 1000 Cincinnati · Round of 64 · HardRive won 7-5 3-6 6-4
- 11 Jan 1988 · Australian Open · Round of 64 · HardRive won 5-7 6-1 6-2 6-4
- 26 Oct 1987 · Hong Kong · Round of 16 · HardBates won 5-7 6-4 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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