Gimeno v Newcombe
ATP Tour career
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John Newcombe takes it, 8–2 on categories
Newcombe wins on titles. Gimeno’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Gimeno 362 matches, Newcombe 773 matches.
- Newcombe has 42 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Gimeno’s 12 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Newcombe has 5 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Gimeno’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
- Newcombe averages 17.2 games won a match to Gimeno’s 14.9 (15% more).
- Winners’ edge: Newcombe’s team won 72%, Gimeno’s team won 65% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Newcombe has 773 matches across 14 seasons, Gimeno 362 in 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals matches…): 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.
- 0.012 total · best 1Titlesper game0.142 total · best 1
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
- 14.95,407 total · best 34Games wonper game17.213,301 total · best 83
- 62.4Sets won %67.0
- 54.9Games won %54.6
- 0.125 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
511 matches
since 19686
since 19686
- Carpet · 5 matchesGimeno 4Newcombe 1
- Grass · 3 matchesGimeno 1Newcombe 2
- Clay · 1 matchGimeno 0Newcombe 1
- Hard · 1 matchGimeno 0Newcombe 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchGimeno 0Newcombe 1
- Finals · 1 matchGimeno 0Newcombe 1
Last meetings
- 12 July 1971 · Washington WCT · Quarterfinal · ClayNewcombe won 6-1 4-6 6-4
- 22 Mar 1971 · Chicago WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetNewcombe won 7-6 6-1
- 29 Sept 1970 · Vancouver · Quarterfinal · CarpetGimeno won 6-3 6-3
- 22 June 1970 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · GrassNewcombe won 6-3 8-6 6-0
- 7 June 1970 · Casablanca WCT · Final
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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