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Brian Fairlie vs John Newcombe Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Brian Fairlie seasons:19791978197719761975
John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
🇳🇿 Brian Fairlie
🇦🇺 John Newcombe
Age: 77y 335d (1948-06-13)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1944-05-23) Age: 81y 356d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
1 - 9
Wins: 10.0% - 90.0%
Hard 0–0Clay 0–2Grass 1–4
Others 1–6Slam 0–1Davis Cup 0–2
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🇳🇿Brian Fairlie and 🇦🇺John Newcombe have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 10 times. John Newcombe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 9–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇳🇿Brian Fairlie has compiled an overall career record of 246–230 across 476 matches, translating to a win rate of 51.68%. On hard courts his record stands at 34–46 (42.50%), while on clay he holds a 89–77 (53.61%) mark. On grass the numbers read 67–45 (59.82%) , and on carpet 52–57 (47.71%). Throughout his career he has won 3 titles (1 hard, 1 clay, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 0–17 (0.00%).

🇦🇺John Newcombe, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 568–227 from 795 matches (71.45% win rate). His hard-court record is 149–53 (73.76%), on clay he stands at 134–57 (70.16%), and on grass he has gone 164–45 (78.47%) , with a carpet record of 121–72 (62.69%). He has accumulated 41 titles in total (16 hard, 7 clay, 7 grass, 11 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 20–30 (40.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. The clay record between them sits at 2–0 (100.00% for John Newcombe) across 2 matches. On grass, their 5 encounters have yielded a record of 4–1 (80.00% for John Newcombe).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1976-02-27Davis Cup EUR F: AUS vs NZLGrassRR23🇦🇺John Newcombe64🇳🇿Brian Fairlie8-6 5-7 11-9 6-35------0/0
1975-02-28Davis Cup EUR F: NZL vs AUSGrassRR2🇦🇺John Newcombe87🇳🇿Brian Fairlie7-5 6-3 7-55------0/0
1974-04-22St. Louis WCTCarpetR322🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)49🇳🇿Brian Fairlie6-7(2) 6-2 6-33------0/0
1974-04-15Charlotte WCTClayR322🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)48🇳🇿Brian Fairlie6-2 5-7 6-23------0/0
1974-02-18Long Island WCTCarpetSF3🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)39🇳🇿Brian Fairlie6-4 6-43------0/0
1972-04-18Charlotte WCTClayR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇳🇿Brian Fairlie6-1 7-53------0/0
1971-04-26Dallas WCTCarpetR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇳🇿Brian Fairlie6-4 6-43------0/0
1969-06-23WimbledonGrassR64-🇦🇺John Newcombe (6)-🇳🇿Brian Fairlie7-5 6-4 6-45------0/0
1969-06-09BristolGrassR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇳🇿Brian Fairlie6-3 6-43------0/0
1969-01-29AucklandGrassQF-🇳🇿Brian Fairlie-🇦🇺John Newcombe5-7 4-6 10-8 6-0 6-35------0/0

Wins

Brian Fairlie
John Newcombe
1–9Overall
0–1Grand Slam
1–6Others
0–2Davis Cup
0–2Clay
1–4Grass
0–3Indoor Hard

Sets Format

0.0%0
100.0%6
Bo3
25.0%1
75.0%3
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%4
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%4
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
4 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
5 Sets
Brian Fairlie
John Newcombe

Deciding

33.3%1
66.7%2
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Brian Fairlie
John Newcombe

Sets

20.7%6
79.3%23
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
23.5%4
76.5%13
Grass
20.0%1
80.0%4
Clay
14.3%1
85.7%6
Carpet
Brian Fairlie
John Newcombe

Games

43.1%134
56.9%177
All
40.6%13
59.4%19
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
45.9%89
54.1%105
Grass
36.2%17
63.8%30
Clay
40.0%28
60.0%42
Carpet
Brian Fairlie
John Newcombe

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Brian Fairlie
John Newcombe

By Tournament Level

Brian Fairlie
John Newcombe

By Round

Brian Fairlie
John Newcombe

By Opponent Ranking

Brian FairlieJohn Newcombe
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vs Top 1
40%2-3
0%0-10
vs Top 5
27.3%6-16
0%0-17
vs Top 10
40%20-30
11.4%4-31
vs Top 20
41.7%35-49
41.1%60-86
vs Top 100
65%156-84
71.4%50-20
vs +100
91.4%53-5
37.1%43-73
vs Higher
32.8%19-39
67%67-33
vs Lower
79.2%190-50

Opponent Breakdown

Brian FairlieJohn Newcombe
54.4%92-77
Vs Younger
74.3%309-107
44.9%124-152
Vs Older
66.1%234-120
52.1%198-182
Vs Right-Handed
73%463-171
36.8%28-48
Vs Left-Handed
63.2%96-56
—
Vs 2H Backhand
45.5%5-6
34.2%13-25
Vs 1H Backhand
59.4%41-28
—
Vs Shorter
58.5%120-85
—
Vs Taller
68.7%160-73

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