Career 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 Guillermo Vilas takes it, 8–0 on categories Vilas wins on titles. ATP Tour career: Dowdeswell 302 matches, Vilas 1,197 matches.
Vilas has 63 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Dowdeswell’s 1 title (one every 50 matches). Vilas has the better sets won %: 70.5 to Dowdeswell’s 42.1. Vilas averages 1.8 sets won a match to Dowdeswell’s 1.0 (71% more). Winners’ edge: Vilas’s team won 76%, Dowdeswell’s team won 41% of the matches they played. Longevity: Vilas has 1,197 matches across 23 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 0.1 63 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 4 total · best 1
– First serve in % 70.3
– First-serve points won % 60.0
– Break points saved % 41.2
– Return points won % 40.0
11.3 3,409 total · best 29 Games wonper game 13.4 16,023 total · best 30
Head to head 2 4 matches since 1975 2
Hard · 3 matches Dowdeswell 2 Vilas 1 Clay · 1 match Dowdeswell 0 Vilas 1 Last meetings 8 Oct 1984 · Basel · Round of 16 · Hard Vilas won 6-4 6-4 3 Apr 1978 · Johannesburg · Semifinal · Hard Dowdeswell won 6-1 6-7 6-4 3 Apr 1978 · Johannesburg · Semifinal · Hard Dowdeswell won 6-1 6-7 6-4 20 Oct 1975 · Tehran · Round of 32 · Clay Vilas won 6-4 6-2 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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