Buchholz v Roche
ATP Tour career
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Tony Roche takes it, 7–1 on categories
Roche wins on titles. Butch Buchholz’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Butch Buchholz 178 matches, Roche 537 matches.
- Roche has 20 titles (one every 20 matches) to Butch Buchholz’s 6 titles (one every 25 matches).
- Butch Buchholz averages 24.3 games won a match to Roche’s 17.7 (37% more).
- Roche averages 15.1 games lost a match to Butch Buchholz’s 24.
- Winners’ edge: Roche’s team won 67%, Butch Buchholz’s team won 55% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Roche has 537 matches across 13 seasons, Butch Buchholz 178 in 8 — 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.
- 0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.120 total · best 1
- 24.34,322 total · best 69Games wonper game17.79,493 total · best 97
- 52.3Sets won %64.1
- 50.3Games won %54.0
- 0.112 total · best 1Finalsper game0.140 total · best 1
- 1.2217 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.6883 total · best 3
Head to head
717 matches
since 196810
since 196810
- Carpet · 8 matchesBuchholz 6Roche 2
- Clay · 4 matchesBuchholz 0Roche 4
- Hard · 3 matchesBuchholz 1Roche 2
- Grass · 2 matchesBuchholz 0Roche 2
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesBuchholz 0Roche 2
- Finals · 3 matchesBuchholz 2Roche 1
Last meetings
- 17 Nov 1969 · Wembley · Semifinal · CarpetRoche won 6-3 7-9 15-13
- 12 Sept 1969 · Atlanta · Semifinal · HardBuchholz won 12-10 6-2
- 27 Aug 1969 · US Open · Quarterfinal · GrassRoche won 6-1 9-7 5-7 6-0
- 18 July 1969 · Milwaukee · Quarterfinal · ClayRoche won 7-5 6-4
- 22 May 1969 · Amsterdam · Round robin · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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