Career 1980 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Tony Roche takes it, 7–1 on categories Roche wins on titles. Ralston’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Ralston 268 matches, Roche 537 matches.
Roche has 20 titles (one every 20 matches) to Ralston’s 6 titles (one every 25 matches). Ralston averages 20.2 games won a match to Roche’s 17.7 (14% more). Roche averages 15.1 games lost a match to Ralston’s 19.3. Winners’ edge: Roche’s team won 67%, Ralston’s team won 55% of the matches they played. Longevity: Roche has 537 matches across 13 seasons, Ralston 268 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, 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 6 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 20 total · best 1
20.2 5,401 total · best 78 Games wonper game 17.7 9,493 total · best 97
54.4 Sets won % 64.1
51.1 Games won % 54.0
0.1 13 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 40 total · best 1
1.3 355 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.6 883 total · best 3
Head to head 10 17 matches since 1968 7
Carpet · 13 matches Ralston 9 Roche 4 Hard · 3 matches Ralston 1 Roche 2 Grass · 1 match Ralston 0 Roche 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Ralston 0 Roche 1 Finals · 1 match Ralston 1 Roche 0 Last meetings 30 Mar 1971 · Miami WCT · Quarterfinal · Hard Roche won 6-4 6-2 9 Feb 1971 · Philadelphia WCT · Round of 16 · Carpet Ralston won 7-5 6-4 9 Aug 1970 · Boston · Round of 32 · Hard Roche won 6-1 6-4 23 June 1969 · Wimbledon · Round of 16 · Grass Roche won 6-3 4-6 7-5 8-10 6-2 15 May 1969 · New York 2 · Round robin · Carpet Roche won 8-3 28 Nov 1968 · New York 3 · Quarterfinal · Carpet Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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