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Yannick Noah v Ivan Lendl: stats compared | Lineball
Lendl wins on titles. Noah’s case rests on break points converted %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Noah 655 matches, Lendl 1,284 matches.
Lendl has 93 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Noah’s 23 titles (one every 25 matches).
Lendl averages 6.7 aces a match to Noah’s 4.4 (51% more).
Lendl averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Noah’s 1.0.
Winners’ edge: Lendl’s team won 82%, Noah’s team won 70% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Lendl has 1,284 matches across 17 seasons, Noah 655 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): 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.
0.023 total · best 1Titlesper game0.193 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
55.5First serve in %56.1
69.7First-serve points won %75.9
60.3Break points saved %59.7
35.6Return points won %40.1
Head to head
616 matches since 197910
Clay · 7 matchesNoah 2Lendl 5
Hard · 5 matchesNoah 3Lendl 2
Carpet · 4 matchesNoah 1Lendl 3
Grand Slams · 3 matchesNoah 1Lendl 2
Finals · 2 matchesNoah 2Lendl 0
Last meetings
15 Jan 1990 · Australian Open · Semifinal · HardLendl won 6-4 6-1 6-2
8 Jan 1990 · Sydney Outdoor · Quarterfinal · HardNoah won 6-1 6-4
18 Apr 1988 · Monte Carlo · Semifinal · ClayLendl won 4-6 7-6 6-3
1 Dec 1986 · Masters · Round robin · CarpetLendl won 6-4 6-4
12 May 1986 · Rome · Semifinal · ClayLendl won 1-6 6-2 7-6
5 May 1986 · Forest Hills · Semifinal · ClayNoah won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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4.4
84 total · best 9
Acesper game
6.71,666 total · best 28
14.39,331 total · best 39Games wonper game14.418,491 total · best 36
45.9Break points converted %41.9
64.0Sets won %75.5
54.7Games won %59.6
0.136 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1145 total · best 1
1.71,121 total · best 3Sets wonper game2.02,516 total · best 3
1.0632 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.6815 total · best 3
11.87,735 total · best 34Games lostper game · lower is better9.812,517 total · best 32
0.4263 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.3399 total · best 4
6-3 7-5
27 Aug 1985 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardLendl won 6-2 6-2 6-4
23 Jan 1984 · Philadelphia · Semifinal · CarpetLendl won 6-3 6-4
23 May 1983 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClayNoah won 7-6 6-2 5-7 6-0
18 Jan 1983 · Masters · Quarterfinal · CarpetLendl won 6-4 7-5