Career 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Arthur Ashe takes it, 8–0 on categories Ashe wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Emerson 431 matches, Ashe 1,065 matches.
Ashe has 48 titles (one every 20 matches) to Emerson’s 6 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Ashe averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Emerson’s 1.0. Ashe averages 1.8 sets won a match to Emerson’s 1.5 (18% more). Winners’ edge: Ashe’s team won 76%, Emerson’s team won 62% of the matches they played. Longevity: Ashe has 1,065 matches across 12 seasons, Emerson 431 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 6 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 48 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 3 total · best 1
13.7 5,913 total · best 42 Games wonper game 14.3 15,265 total · best 44
59.8 Sets won % 69.2
53.3 Games won % 56.1
0.1 22 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 89 total · best 1
Head to head 2 17 matches since 1968 15
Carpet · 9 matches Emerson 1 Ashe 8 Hard · 5 matches Emerson 1 Ashe 4 Clay · 2 matches Emerson 0 Ashe 2 Grass · 1 match Emerson 0 Ashe 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Emerson 0 Ashe 1 Finals · 2 matches Emerson 0 Ashe 2 Last meetings 24 Sept 1973 · Alamo · Semifinal · Hard Emerson won 5-7 6-2 6-1 9 Mar 1973 · WCT Aetna World Cup · Round robin · Carpet Emerson won 6-4 4-6 6-3 23 Oct 1972 · Essen WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet Ashe won 6-2 6-2 26 Sept 1972 · Alamo WCT · Quarterfinal · Hard Ashe won 6-4 3-6 6-4 11 Sept 1972 · Montreal WCT · Final · Carpet Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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