Marks v Dent
ATP Tour career
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Phil Dent takes it, 7–1 on categories
Dent wins on games won. ATP Tour career: Marks 109 matches, Dent 754 matches.
- Dent averages 12.8 games won a match to Marks’ 10.3 (24% more).
- Dent has the better sets won %: 53.1 to Marks’s 29.5.
- Dent averages 1.4 sets won a match to Marks’ 0.7 (88% more).
- Winners’ edge: Dent’s team won 54%, Marks’s team won 26% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Dent has 754 matches across 16 seasons, Marks 109 in 10 — 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.
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.
- –Titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
- 10.31,123 total · best 34Games wonper game12.89,635 total · best 34
- 29.5Sets won %53.1
- 42.6Games won %50.6
- 0.12 total · best 1Finalsper game0.013 total · best 1
- 0.780 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.41,034 total · best 3
Head to head
17 matches
since 19736
since 19736
- Grass · 5 matchesMarks 1Dent 4
- Hard · 1 matchMarks 0Dent 1
- Clay · 1 matchMarks 0Dent 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesMarks 1Dent 1
Last meetings
- 24 Dec 1979 · Australian Open · Round of 64 · GrassDent won 6-3 6-2 6-2
- 17 Dec 1979 · Sydney Outdoor · Round of 32 · GrassDent won 6-2 6-3
- 1 Jan 1979 · Hobart · Round of 32 · HardDent won 6-4 4-6 6-1
- 26 Dec 1978 · Australian Open · Round of 32 · GrassMarks won 6-7 6-3 6-2 6-2
- 9 Oct 1978 · Brisbane · Round of 32 · GrassDent won 7-6 6-3
- 25 July 1977 · Louisville · Round of 64 · ClayDent won 6-1 6-3
- 31 Dec 1973 · Sydney Outdoor · Round of 32 · GrassDent won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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