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Arthur Ashe vs Zeljko Franulovic Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Arthur Ashe seasons:19791978197719761975
Zeljko Franulovic seasons:19831982198119801979
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Arthur Ashe
πŸ‡­πŸ‡· Zeljko Franulovic
Age: 82y 252d (1943-07-10)
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
(1947-06-13) Age: 78y 279d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
9 - 4
Wins: 69.2% - 30.8%
Hard 0–0Clay 2–4Grass 0–0
Others 7–3Slam 1–1Finals 1–0
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe and πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 13 times. Arthur Ashe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 9–4.

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‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 414–310 from 724 matches (57.18% win rate). His hard-court record is 33–52 (38.82%), on clay he stands at 305–167 (64.62%), and on grass he has gone 10–11 (47.62%) , with a carpet record of 55–75 (42.31%). He has accumulated 13 titles in total (11 clay, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 5–39 (11.36%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. The clay record between them sits at 4–2 (66.67% for Zeljko Franulovic) across 6 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-10-30Tokyo-2CarpetR1616πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (8)41πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-4 6-33------0/0
1976-08-01North ConwayClayR3264πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic7πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe6-4 6-43------0/0
1976-07-19Washington-2ClayR647πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe57πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-3 6-33------0/0
1975-08-27US OpenClayR324πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (4)70πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-2 6-03------0/0
1975-04-21Stockholm WCTCarpetR168πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (1)107πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-3 6-03------0/0
1975-03-10Munich WCTCarpetR326πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (1)76πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic7-6(2) 7-6(1)3------0/0
1975-01-27Richmond WCTCarpetR168πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (3)75πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-3 6-13------0/0
1970-12-07MastersCarpetRR-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-5 3-6 6-23------0/0
1970-05-25Roland GarrosClayQF-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic (5)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (4)6-3 3-6 10-8 4-6 6-35------0/0
1970-02-23MaconCarpetQF-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic7-5 7-9 6-23------0/0
1970-02-09New YorkCarpetRR-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic6-31------0/0
1969-07-21IndianapolisClayF-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic (7)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe (2)8-6 6-3 6-45------0/0
1969-03-17St. PetersburgClaySF-πŸ‡­πŸ‡·Zeljko Franulovic-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈArthur Ashe3-6 6-1 6-13------0/0

Wins

Arthur Ashe
Zeljko Franulovic
9–4Overall
1–1Grand Slam
7–3Others
1–0Tour Finals
2–4Clay
7–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

80.0%8
20.0%2
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%2
Bo5
85.7%6
14.3%1
2 Sets
50.0%2
50.0%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
Arthur Ashe
Zeljko Franulovic

Deciding

60.0%3
40.0%2
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Arthur Ashe
Zeljko Franulovic

Sets

62.5%20
37.5%12
All
57.1%4
42.9%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
41.2%7
58.8%10
Clay
86.7%13
13.3%2
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Zeljko Franulovic

Games

54.5%170
45.5%142
All
55.1%38
44.9%31
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
48.5%79
51.5%84
Clay
61.1%91
38.9%58
Carpet
Arthur Ashe
Zeljko Franulovic

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Arthur Ashe
Zeljko Franulovic

By Tournament Level

Arthur Ashe
Zeljko Franulovic

By Round

Arthur Ashe
Zeljko Franulovic

By Opponent Ranking

Arthur AsheZeljko Franulovic
28.6%2-5
vs Top 1
0%0-2
34.1%14-27
vs Top 5
11.8%2-15
46.1%35-41
vs Top 10
11.4%5-39
51.4%76-72
vs Top 20
18.8%16-69
70.1%270-115
vs Top 100
40.3%108-160
89.6%95-11
vs +100
75%99-33
45.8%33-39
vs Higher
31.9%59-126
79.2%332-87
vs Lower
68.8%148-67

Opponent Breakdown

Arthur AsheZeljko Franulovic
75.5%584-190
Vs Younger
54.3%197-166
71.9%179-70
Vs Older
55.8%179-142
77.9%688-195
Vs Right-Handed
57.1%350-263
60.1%98-65
Vs Left-Handed
48.4%44-47
37.5%9-15
Vs 2H Backhand
20%1-4
64.8%68-37
Vs 1H Backhand
37.1%23-39
66.7%314-157
Vs Shorter
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78.4%138-38
Vs Taller
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Pressure Situations