Career 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Mark Cox takes it, 8–1 on categories Cox wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Fairlie 459 matches, Cox 697 matches.
Cox has 15 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Fairlie’s 3 titles (one every 50 matches). Cox averages 13.4 games won a match to Fairlie’s 12.4 (8% more). Cox averages 1.5 sets won a match to Fairlie’s 1.3 (11% more). Winners’ edge: Cox’s team won 60%, Fairlie’s team won 52% of the matches they played. Longevity: Cox has 697 matches across 14 seasons, Fairlie 459 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 matches…): 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 0.0 15 total · best 1
12.4 5,674 total · best 31 Games wonper game 13.4 9,318 total · best 38
52.5 Sets won % 57.1
51.4 Games won % 52.5
0.0 8 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 28 total · best 1
1.3 603 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.5 1,020 total · best 3
Head to head 4 8 matches since 1971 4
Carpet · 6 matches Fairlie 2 Cox 4 Hard · 1 match Fairlie 1 Cox 0 Clay · 1 match Fairlie 1 Cox 0 Finals · 2 matches Fairlie 1 Cox 1 Last meetings 4 Mar 1975 · London WCT · Final · Carpet Cox won 6-1 7-5 23 Apr 1973 · Denver WCT · Quarterfinal · Carpet Cox won 1-6 7-6 6-4 18 Jan 1973 · London WCT · Final · Carpet Fairlie won 2-6 6-2 6-2 7-6 31 Oct 1972 · Gothenburg WCT · Round of 32 · Carpet Cox won 7-6 7-6 6 Oct 1972 · Midland · Semifinal · Hard Fairlie won 3-6 7-5 6-3 17 July 1972 · Washington WCT · Round of 32 · Clay Fairlie won 6-4 6-2 13 Mar 1972 · Chicago WCT · Round of 32 · Carpet Cox won 7-5 6-2 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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