Career 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 Tony Roche takes it, 8–0 on categories Roche wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Taylor 654 matches, Roche 537 matches.
Roche has 20 titles (one every 20 matches) to Taylor’s 9 titles (one every 50 matches). Roche averages 17.7 games won a match to Taylor’s 15.9 (12% more). Roche averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Taylor’s 1.1. Winners’ edge: Roche’s team won 67%, Taylor’s team won 56% of the matches they played. Not every stat was recorded for every match (masters/1000 matches, retired hurt): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 9 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 20 total · best 1
15.9 10,366 total · best 91 Games wonper game 17.7 9,493 total · best 97
55.3 Sets won % 64.1
50.8 Games won % 54.0
0.0 17 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 40 total · best 1
1.4 916 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.6 883 total · best 3
Head to head 4 16 matches since 1968 12
Carpet · 9 matches Taylor 1 Roche 8 Grass · 4 matches Taylor 1 Roche 3 Clay · 2 matches Taylor 1 Roche 1 Hard · 1 match Taylor 1 Roche 0 Grand Slams · 1 match Taylor 1 Roche 0 Finals · 1 match Taylor 1 Roche 0 Last meetings 16 Apr 1973 · Charlotte WCT · Round of 32 · Clay Taylor won 6-3 4-6 7-6 26 Feb 1971 · London Indoor · Quarterfinal · Carpet Roche won 2-6 6-3 6-4 19 Jan 1970 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · Grass Taylor won 9-7 7-5 7-5 4 Jan 1970 · Australian Round Robin · Round robin · Grass Roche won 8-6 6-3 7 Nov 1969 · Paris · Quarterfinal · Carpet Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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