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Mark Cox v Marty Riessen: stats compared | Lineball
Riessen wins on sets lost. Cox’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Cox 697 matches, Riessen 834 matches.
Cox has 15 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Riessen’s 15 titles (one every 50 matches).
Riessen averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Cox’s 1.1.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (masters/1000 matches, davis/bjk cup 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.
0.015 total · best 1Titlesper game0.015 total · best 1
13.49,318 total · best 38Games wonper game13.711,389 total · best 62
57.1Sets won %59.8
52.5Games won %53.3
0.028 total · best 1Finalsper game0.135 total · best 1
1.51,020 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.51,250 total · best 3
Head to head
412 matches since 19688
Carpet · 6 matchesCox 2Riessen 4
Clay · 4 matchesCox 2Riessen 2
Grass · 1 matchCox 0Riessen 1
Hard · 1 matchCox 0Riessen 1
Last meetings
9 Mar 1976 · Memphis WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetRiessen won 7-6(5) 7-6(3)
14 Apr 1975 · Tokyo WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetCox won 6-1 6-4
16 Apr 1973 · Charlotte WCT · Quarterfinal · ClayCox won 6-1 6-3
18 Jan 1973 · London WCT · Semifinal · CarpetCox won 7-5 3-6 7-5
10 Apr 1972 · Quebec WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetRiessen won 6-3 7-6
28 Feb 1972 · Miami WCT · Round of 16 · ClayCox won 3-6 6-3 6-2
9 Nov 1970 · Paris Indoor · Round of 32 · CarpetRiessen won 6-2 4-6 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.1767 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0839 total · best 3
12.18,423 total · best 40Games lostper game · lower is better12.09,964 total · best 60
0.3188 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2196 total · best 3
0.164 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.178 total · best 1
0.04 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.08 total · best 1
0.115 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game–
0.02 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.03 total · best 1
26 Aug 1970 · Newport 2 · Round robin · GrassRiessen won 6-4 6-1
12 May 1970 · Brussels · Round of 16 · ClayRiessen won 6-3 6-0 6-4
4 Mar 1970 · Wembley · Quarterfinal · CarpetRiessen won 25-27 8-6 7-5