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Frank McDonald v Earl Butch Buchholz: stats compared | Lineball
Butch Buchholz wins on games won. McDonald’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: McDonald 12 matches, Butch Buchholz 178 matches.
Butch Buchholz averages 24.3 games won a match to McDonald’s 9.3 — 2.6 times as many.
Butch Buchholz has the better sets won %: 52.3 to McDonald’s 24.1.
Butch Buchholz averages 1.2 sets won a match to McDonald’s 0.6 — 2.1 times as many.
Best single match: Butch Buchholz 69 games won, McDonald 22.
Winners’ edge: Butch Buchholz’s team won 55%, McDonald’s team won 25% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Butch Buchholz has 178 matches across 8 seasons, McDonald 12 in 5 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (masters/1000 matches, 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.
–Titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
9.3111 total · best 22Games wonper game24.34,322 total · best 69
24.1Sets won %52.3
39.8Games won %50.3
–Finalsper game0.112 total · best 1
0.67 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.2217 total · best 3
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Head to head
01 match since 19701
Hard · 1 matchMcDonald 0Buchholz 1
Last meetings
24 Mar 1970 · Johannesburg · Round of 32 · HardBuchholz won 6-4 6-2 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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22 total · best 3
Sets lostper game · lower is better
1.1198 total · best 3
14168 total · best 30Games lostper game · lower is better24.04,267 total · best 99
00 total · best 0Tiebreaksper game0.05 total · best 1
–Grand Slam matchesper game0.118 total · best 1
–Masters/1000 matchesper game0.16 total · best 1
–Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.03 total · best 1