Newcombe v Rosewall
ATP Tour career
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Too close to call — 5–2 on categories
Rosewall wins on games lost. Newcombe’s case rests on grand slam titles. ATP Tour career: Newcombe 773 matches, Rosewall 730 matches.
- Newcombe has 5 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Rosewall’s 4 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Newcombe averages 17.2 games won a match to Rosewall’s 14.2 (22% more).
- Rosewall averages 10.6 games lost a match to Newcombe’s 14.3.
- 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.
- 0.142 total · best 1Titlesper game0.140 total · best 1
- 0.05 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.04 total · best 1
- 17.213,301 total · best 83Games wonper game14.210,336 total · best 35
- 67.0Sets won %69.4
- 54.6Games won %57.3
- 0.173 total · best 1Finalsper game0.169 total · best 1
Head to head
1022 matches
since 196812
since 196812
- Grass · 7 matchesNewcombe 3Rosewall 4
- Clay · 6 matchesNewcombe 3Rosewall 3
- Hard · 5 matchesNewcombe 3Rosewall 2
- Carpet · 4 matchesNewcombe 1Rosewall 3
- Grand Slams · 6 matchesNewcombe 3Rosewall 3
- Finals · 8 matchesNewcombe 3Rosewall 5
Last meetings
- 7 Oct 1974 · Tokyo · Final · ClayNewcombe won 3-6 6-2 6-3
- 28 Aug 1974 · US Open · Semifinal · GrassRosewall won 6-7 6-4 7-6 6-3
- 24 June 1974 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassRosewall won 6-1 1-6 6-0 7-5
- 8 Oct 1973 · Tokyo · Final · ClayRosewall won 6-1 6-4
- 29 Aug 1973 · US Open · Semifinal · Grass
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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