Career 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 Stan Smith takes it, 8–1 on categories Smith wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Dibley 621 matches, Smith 1,074 matches.
Smith has 50 titles (one every 20 matches) to Dibley’s 3 titles (one every 50 matches). Smith averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Dibley’s 1.3. Smith averages 1.7 sets won a match to Dibley’s 1.3 (34% more). Winners’ edge: Smith’s team won 72%, Dibley’s team won 51% of the matches they played. Longevity: Smith has 1,074 matches across 18 seasons, Dibley 621 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, finals…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 3 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 50 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 2 total · best 1
12.7 7,881 total · best 33 Games wonper game 14.2 15,212 total · best 45
50.4 Sets won % 66.2
50.7 Games won % 55.3
0.0 7 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 76 total · best 1
Head to head 1 9 matches since 1971 8
Hard · 5 matches Dibley 1 Smith 4 Clay · 3 matches Dibley 0 Smith 3 Grass · 1 match Dibley 0 Smith 1 Finals · 2 matches Dibley 1 Smith 1 Last meetings 11 June 1979 · London / Queen's Club · Round of 64 · Grass Smith won 6-4 6-7 9-7 21 Mar 1977 · La Costa · Round of 64 · Hard Smith won 6-2 7-5 8 Nov 1976 · Stockholm · Round of 64 · Hard Smith won 7-6 6-2 2 Aug 1976 · Columbus · Quarterfinal · Hard Smith won 7-6 6-3 26 July 1976 · Louisville · Round of 16 · Clay Smith won 4-6 7-6 6-0 22 Jan 1973 · Lacosta WCT · Final · Hard Dibley won 6-3 7-6(6) 16 Oct 1972 · Barcelona · Quarterfinal · Clay Smith won 4-6 6-4 6-1 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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