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Arthur Ashe vs Manuel Santana Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Arthur Ashe seasons:19791978197719761975
Manuel Santana seasons:19781977197619751974
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Arthur Ashe
πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Έ Manuel Santana
Age: 82y 252d (1943-07-10)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1938-05-10) Age: 87y 313d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
4 - 2
Wins: 66.7% - 33.3%
Hard 1–0Clay 0–0Grass 2–0
Others 2–2Davis Cup 1–0Slam 1–0
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe and πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈManuel Santana have met 6 times. Arthur Ashe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe has compiled an overall career record of 798–260 across 1058 matches, translating to a win rate of 75.43%. On hard courts his record stands at 200–64 (75.76%), while on clay he holds a 176–74 (70.40%) mark. On grass the numbers read 137–36 (79.19%) , and on carpet 285–86 (76.82%). Throughout his career he has won 45 titles (9 hard, 6 clay, 7 grass, 23 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 35–41 (46.05%).

πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈManuel Santana, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 116–45 from 161 matches (72.05% win rate). His hard-court record is 11–9 (55.00%), on clay he stands at 81–22 (78.64%), and on grass he has gone 9–6 (60.00%) , with a carpet record of 15–8 (65.22%). He has accumulated 7 titles in total (5 clay, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 0–1 (0.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Arthur Ashe leading 1–0 (100.00%). On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 2–0 (100.00% for Arthur Ashe).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-07-10NewportGrassR1622πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (1)448πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈManuel Santana7-5 6-23------0/0
1970-02-09New YorkCarpetRR-πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈManuel Santana-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe6-51------0/0
1969-08-27US OpenGrassR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (4)-πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈManuel Santana (14)7-5 6-1 6-8 6-45------0/0
1968-08-16Davis Cup EUR SF: USA vs ESPHardRR-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe-πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈManuel Santana11-13 7-5 6-3 13-15 6-45------0/0
1968-03-25New York-1CarpetQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe-πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈManuel Santana7-5 3-6 7-53------0/0
1968-02-08PhiladelphiaCarpetSF-πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΈManuel Santana-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe6-1 6-33------0/0

Wins

Arthur Ashe
Manuel Santana
4–2Overall
1–0Grand Slam
2–2Others
1–0Davis Cup
1–0Hard
2–0Grass
1–2Indoor Hard

Sets Format

66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo3
100.0%2
0.0%0
Bo5
50.0%1
50.0%1
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
5 Sets
Arthur Ashe
Manuel Santana

Deciding

66.7%2
33.3%1
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Arthur Ashe
Manuel Santana

Sets

58.8%10
41.2%7
All
75.0%3
25.0%1
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
60.0%3
40.0%2
Hard
83.3%5
16.7%1
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
33.3%2
66.7%4
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Manuel Santana

Games

51.9%107
48.1%99
All
58.1%25
41.9%18
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
51.8%43
48.2%40
Hard
60.3%38
39.7%25
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
43.3%26
56.7%34
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Manuel Santana

Overview

By Surface

Arthur Ashe
Manuel Santana

By Tournament Level

Arthur Ashe
Manuel Santana

By Round

Arthur Ashe
Manuel Santana

By Opponent Ranking

Arthur AsheManuel Santana
28.6%2-5
vs Top 1
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34.1%14-27
vs Top 5
0%0-1
46.1%35-41
vs Top 10
0%0-1
51.4%76-72
vs Top 20
0%0-2
70.1%270-115
vs Top 100
25%3-9
89.6%95-11
vs +100
54.5%6-5
45.8%33-39
vs Higher
36.8%7-12
79.2%332-87
vs Lower
66.7%2-1

Opponent Breakdown

Arthur AsheManuel Santana
75.5%584-190
Vs Younger
66.7%86-43
71.9%179-70
Vs Older
84.6%11-2
77.9%688-195
Vs Right-Handed
68.3%86-40
60.1%98-65
Vs Left-Handed
76.2%16-5
37.5%9-15
Vs 2H Backhand
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64.8%68-37
Vs 1H Backhand
43.8%7-9
66.7%314-157
Vs Shorter
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78.4%138-38
Vs Taller
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Pressure Situations