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Jan Kodes v Arthur Ashe: stats compared | Lineball
Ashe wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Kodes 746 matches, Ashe 1,065 matches.
Ashe has 48 titles (one every 20 matches) to Kodes’ 10 titles (one every 50 matches).
Ashe averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Kodes’ 1.1.
Ashe has the better sets won %: 69.2 to Kodes’s 60.2.
Winners’ edge: Ashe’s team won 76%, Kodes’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Ashe has 1,065 matches across 12 seasons, Kodes 746 in 16 — 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.
0.010 total · best 1Titlesper game0.148 total · best 1
0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
13.710,250 total · best 35Games wonper game14.315,265 total · best 44
60.2Sets won %69.2
53.9Games won %56.1
0.131 total · best 1Finalsper game0.189 total · best 1
Head to head
511 matches since 19696
Clay · 4 matchesKodes 3Ashe 1
Hard · 4 matchesKodes 0Ashe 4
Carpet · 2 matchesKodes 1Ashe 1
Grass · 1 matchKodes 1Ashe 0
Grand Slams · 3 matchesKodes 2Ashe 1
Finals · 1 matchKodes 0Ashe 1
Last meetings
29 May 1978 · Roland Garros · Round of 32 · ClayAshe won 4-6 6-3 7-6 6-4
1 Sept 1976 · US Open · Round of 64 · ClayKodes won 6-1 6-2
19 Aug 1974 · Boston · Quarterfinal · ClayKodes won 6-3 6-2
25 Mar 1974 · Palm Desert WCT · Quarterfinal · HardAshe won 3-6 6-3 6-4
30 Oct 1971 · Stockholm WCT · Final · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.61,207 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.81,903 total · best 3
1.1797 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.8848 total · best 3
11.88,785 total · best 32Games lostper game · lower is better11.211,958 total · best 42
0.2118 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2253 total · best 3
0.2117 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.1134 total · best 1
0.124 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.112 total · best 1
0.112 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game0.08 total · best 1
0.112 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.116 total · best 1
0.06 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.01 total · best 1
Ashe won 6-1 3-6 6-2 1-6 6-4
1 Sept 1971 · US Open · Semifinal · GrassKodes won 7-6 3-6 4-6 6-3 6-4
9 Dec 1970 · Masters · Round robin · CarpetAshe won 6-3 4-6 6-3
7 Oct 1970 · Denver · Semifinal · HardAshe won 6-4 6-4
19 Sept 1970 · Los Angeles · Round of 16 · HardAshe won 2-6 7-5 6-3
21 May 1969 · Rome · Round of 16 · ClayKodes won 6-4 6-3 6-3