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Arthur Ashe vs Tom Leonard Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Arthur Ashe seasons:19791978197719761975
Tom Leonard seasons:19821981198019791978
🇺🇸 Arthur Ashe
🇺🇸 Tom Leonard
🇺🇸Arthur Ashe
Age: 82y 252d (1943-07-10)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
Tom Leonard🇺🇸
(1948-07-15) Age: 77y 247d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
7 - 1
Wins: 87.5% - 12.5%
Hard 0–1Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Others 7–1
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🇺🇸Arthur Ashe and 🇺🇸Tom Leonard have met 8 times. Arthur Ashe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 7–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇺🇸Arthur 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%).

🇺🇸Tom Leonard, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 56–125 from 181 matches (30.94% win rate). His hard-court record is 29–42 (40.85%), on clay he stands at 0–21 (0.00%), and on grass he has gone 11–18 (37.93%) , with a carpet record of 16–44 (26.67%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 2–8 (20.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Tom Leonard leading 1–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Arthur Ashe) across 1 matches.

Date▼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-02-13Palm SpringsHardQF122🇺🇸Tom Leonard183🇺🇸Arthur Ashe4-6 7-6 6-33------0/0
1974-09-23San FranciscoCarpetR169🇺🇸Arthur Ashe (3)128🇺🇸Tom Leonard6-4 7-53------0/0
1974-02-11Bologna WCTCarpetR328🇺🇸Arthur Ashe (3)131🇺🇸Tom Leonard6-4 6-23------0/0
1973-02-19Cologne WCTCarpetR32-🇺🇸Arthur Ashe-🇺🇸Tom Leonard6-2 6-33------0/0
1973-01-18London WCTCarpetR32-🇺🇸Arthur Ashe-🇺🇸Tom Leonard7-5 6-43------0/0
1972-09-10Montreal WCTCarpetR32-🇺🇸Arthur Ashe-🇺🇸Tom Leonard7-6 6-13------0/0
1972-04-24Denver WCTCarpetR32-🇺🇸Arthur Ashe-🇺🇸Tom Leonard6-7 6-4 7-63------0/0
1970-07-27IndianapolisClayR64-🇺🇸Arthur Ashe (6)-🇺🇸Tom Leonard7-5 6-23------0/0

Wins

Arthur Ashe
Tom Leonard
7–1Overall
7–1Others
0–1Hard
1–0Clay
6–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

87.5%7
12.5%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%6
0.0%0
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
Arthur Ashe
Tom Leonard

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
66.7%2
33.3%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Arthur Ashe
Tom Leonard

Sets

83.3%15
16.7%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
33.3%1
66.7%2
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
92.3%12
7.7%1
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Tom Leonard

Games

58.8%110
41.2%77
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
46.9%15
53.1%17
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
65.0%13
35.0%7
Clay
60.7%82
39.3%53
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Tom Leonard

Overview

By Surface

Arthur Ashe
Tom Leonard

By Tournament Level

Arthur Ashe
Tom Leonard

By Round

Arthur Ashe
Tom Leonard

By Opponent Ranking

Arthur AsheTom Leonard
28.6%2-5
vs Top 1
—
34.1%14-27
vs Top 5
25%1-3
46.1%35-41
vs Top 10
20%2-8
51.4%76-72
vs Top 20
23.5%4-13
70.1%270-115
vs Top 100
32.2%19-40
89.6%95-11
vs +100
60%15-10
45.8%33-39
vs Higher
38.3%23-37
79.2%332-87
vs Lower
45.8%11-13

Opponent Breakdown

Arthur AsheTom Leonard
75.5%584-190
Vs Younger
39.7%27-41
71.9%179-70
Vs Older
24.1%26-82
77.9%688-195
Vs Right-Handed
31.5%46-100
60.1%98-65
Vs Left-Handed
25.8%8-23
37.5%9-15
Vs 2H Backhand
100%1-0
64.8%68-37
Vs 1H Backhand
9.5%2-19
66.7%314-157
Vs Shorter
12.5%2-14
78.4%138-38
Vs Taller
26.9%29-79

Pressure Situations