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Fred Stolle v John Newcombe: stats compared | Lineball
Newcombe wins on titles. Stolle’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Stolle 344 matches, Newcombe 773 matches.
Newcombe has 42 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Stolle’s 6 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Newcombe averages 17.2 games won a match to Stolle’s 13.6 (27% more).
Newcombe averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Stolle’s 1.3.
Winners’ edge: Newcombe’s team won 72%, Stolle’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Newcombe has 773 matches across 14 seasons, Stolle 344 in 12 — 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.
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.
0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.142 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
13.64,677 total · best 42Games wonper game17.213,301 total · best 83
52.1Sets won %67.0
51.0Games won %54.6
0.113 total · best 1Finalsper game0.173 total · best 1
Head to head
314 matches since 196811
Grass · 4 matchesStolle 2Newcombe 2
Carpet · 4 matchesStolle 0Newcombe 4
Hard · 3 matchesStolle 1Newcombe 2
Clay · 3 matchesStolle 0Newcombe 3
Grand Slams · 3 matchesStolle 1Newcombe 2
Finals · 1 matchStolle 1Newcombe 0
Last meetings
5 Oct 1972 · Tokyo WCT · Semifinal · HardStolle won 1-6 6-3 6-3
30 Aug 1972 · US Open · Round of 32 · GrassStolle won 7-6 6-4 5-7 7-6
24 July 1972 · Louisville WCT · Round of 16 · ClayNewcombe won 6-2 6-4
2 Feb 1972 · Richmond WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetNewcombe won 7-6 7-6
26 Apr 1971 · Dallas WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.4469 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.71,329 total · best 3
1.3431 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9655 total · best 3
13.14,497 total · best 39Games lostper game · lower is better14.311,075 total · best 97
0.252 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2188 total · best 3
0.142 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.2114 total · best 1
0.05 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.110 total · best 1
–Tour Finals matchesper game0.18 total · best 1
–Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.02 total · best 1
Newcombe won 7-5 6-3
22 Mar 1971 · Chicago WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetNewcombe won 7-6 4-6 6-4
19 Sept 1970 · Los Angeles · Round of 16 · HardNewcombe won 5-7 6-3 6-3
27 Aug 1969 · US Open · Quarterfinal · GrassNewcombe won 7-9 3-6 6-1 6-4 13-11
9 July 1969 · Boston · Semifinal · CarpetNewcombe won 6-3 6-4 6-4
23 June 1969 · Wimbledon · Round of 16 · GrassNewcombe won 6-4 7-5 3-6 6-3