Career 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 John Alexander takes it, 6–1 on categories Alexander wins on games won. ATP Tour career: Carter 192 matches, Alexander 1,005 matches.
Alexander averages 13.5 games won a match to Carter’s 10.9 (24% more). Alexander averages 1.4 sets won a match to Carter’s 1.0 (38% more). Alexander has the better sets won %: 55.8 to Carter’s 40.9. Best single match: Alexander 40 games won, Carter 31. Winners’ edge: Alexander’s team won 58%, Carter’s team won 39% of the matches they played. Longevity: Alexander has 1,005 matches across 18 seasons, Carter 192 in 13 — 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.
– Titlesper game 0.0 9 total · best 1
10.9 2,097 total · best 31 Games wonper game 13.5 13,561 total · best 40
40.9 Sets won % 55.8
46.4 Games won % 52.3
0.1 2 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 32 total · best 1
1.0 199 total · best 3 Sets wonper game 1.4 1,438 total · best 3
Head to head 0 4 matches since 1978 4
Hard · 3 matches Carter 0 Alexander 3 Clay · 1 match Carter 0 Alexander 1 Last meetings 11 Oct 1982 · Sydney Indoor · Round of 32 · Hard Alexander won 6-3 6-3 26 Apr 1982 · Tampa · Round of 32 · Hard Alexander won 6-4 6-4 3 Aug 1981 · Indianapolis · Round of 16 · Clay Alexander won 6-4 6-3 6 Nov 1978 · Hong Kong · Round of 32 · Hard Alexander won 6-1 6-1 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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