Career 1983 1982 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 Jan Kodes takes it, 8–0 on categories Kodes wins on games won. ATP Tour career: Dowdeswell 302 matches, Kodes 746 matches.
Kodes averages 13.7 games won a match to Dowdeswell’s 11.3 (22% more). Kodes averages 1.6 sets won a match to Dowdeswell’s 1.0 (56% more). Kodes has the better sets won %: 60.2 to Dowdeswell’s 42.1. Winners’ edge: Kodes’s team won 63%, Dowdeswell’s team won 41% of the matches they played. Longevity: Kodes has 746 matches across 16 seasons, Dowdeswell 302 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 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 10 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 3 total · best 1
11.3 3,409 total · best 29 Games wonper game 13.7 10,250 total · best 35
42.1 Sets won % 60.2
47.2 Games won % 53.9
0.0 5 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 31 total · best 1
Head to head 1 4 matches since 1973 3
Clay · 4 matches Dowdeswell 1 Kodes 3 Last meetings 11 July 1977 · Kitzbuhel · Round of 16 · Clay Kodes won 2-6 6-1 6-1 16 May 1977 · Rome · Round of 64 · Clay Kodes won 7-5 5-7 6-1 11 Aug 1975 · Montreal / Toronto · Round of 32 · Clay Dowdeswell won 7-6 5-2 8 Oct 1973 · Barcelona · Round of 32 · Clay Kodes won 6-3 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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