Cox v Smith
ATP Tour career
Lineball analyst1–8
Stan Smith takes it, 8–1 on categories
Smith wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Cox 697 matches, Smith 1,074 matches.
- Smith has 50 titles (one every 20 matches) to Cox’s 15 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
- Smith averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Cox’s 1.1.
- Smith averages 14.2 games won a match to Cox’s 13.4 (6% more).
- Winners’ edge: Smith’s team won 72%, Cox’s team won 60% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Smith has 1,074 matches across 18 seasons, Cox 697 in 14 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals 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.
- 0.015 total · best 1Titlesper game0.150 total · best 1
- –Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
- 13.49,318 total · best 38Games wonper game14.215,212 total · best 45
- 57.1Sets won %66.2
- 52.5Games won %55.3
- 0.028 total · best 1Finalsper game0.176 total · best 1
Head to head
613 matches
since 19687
since 19687
- Carpet · 9 matchesCox 5Smith 4
- Hard · 3 matchesCox 1Smith 2
- Grass · 1 matchCox 0Smith 1
- Finals · 1 matchCox 0Smith 1
Last meetings
- 22 Oct 1979 · Vienna · Quarterfinal · HardSmith won 6-4 6-3
- 27 Mar 1978 · Milan WCT · Round of 32 · CarpetSmith won 6-3 6-1
- 15 June 1976 · Nottingham · Round of 32 · GrassSmith won 6-3 6-4
- 2 Feb 1976 · Barcelona WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetCox won 6-3 7-6(2)
- 12 Jan 1976 · Indianapolis WCT · Round of 16 · CarpetSmith won 6-1 4-6 6-3
- 14 Apr 1975 · Tokyo WCT · Semifinal · CarpetSmith won 6-3 6-3
- 24 Mar 1975 · Atlanta WCT · Quarterfinal · CarpetCox won 6-4 1-6 7-6(3)
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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