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Richard Gonzalez v Roy Emerson: stats compared | Lineball
Emerson wins on games lost. Gonzalez’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Gonzalez 165 matches, Emerson 431 matches.
Gonzalez averages 16 games won a match to Emerson’s 13.7 (17% more).
Emerson averages 12 games lost a match to Gonzalez’s 14.5.
Emerson averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Gonzalez’s 1.1.
Longevity: Emerson has 431 matches across 11 seasons, Gonzalez 165 in 3 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, 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.
0.05 total · best 1Titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
16.02,643 total · best 56Games wonper game13.75,913 total · best 42
59.5Sets won %59.8
52.5Games won %53.3
0.111 total · best 1Finalsper game0.122 total · best 1
1.6270 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.5653 total · best 3
Head to head
48 matches since 19684
Hard · 3 matchesGonzalez 1Emerson 2
Carpet · 2 matchesGonzalez 0Emerson 2
Clay · 2 matchesGonzalez 2Emerson 0
Grass · 1 matchGonzalez 1Emerson 0
Grand Slams · 1 matchGonzalez 1Emerson 0
Finals · 1 matchGonzalez 1Emerson 0
Last meetings
19 Aug 1970 · Fort Worth · Quarterfinal · HardEmerson won 7-9 6-1 6-1
16 July 1970 · Champions Classic · Round robin · CarpetEmerson won 6-3 6-2 6-3
21 Aug 1969 · Baltimore · Round robin · GrassGonzalez won 1-6 9-7 6-4 9-7
15 May 1969 · New York 2 · Round robin · CarpetEmerson won 8-5
4 Oct 1968 · Corpus Christi NTL · Quarterfinal · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.1184 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0439 total · best 3
14.52,396 total · best 56Games lostper game · lower is better12.05,175 total · best 50
0.18 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.281 total · best 2
0.227 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.144 total · best 1
0.13 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.01 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.03 total · best 1
Emerson won 7-5 6-0
27 Sept 1968 · Midland NTL · Final · HardGonzalez won 7-5 6-3
7 July 1968 · Paris 2 · Round of 16 · ClayGonzalez won 6-0 6-4 2-6 3-6 6-3
27 May 1968 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClayGonzalez won 7-5 6-3 3-6 4-6 6-4