Site logo

Jan Kodes vs John Newcombe Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Jan Kodes seasons:19831982198119801979
John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
🇨🇿 Jan Kodes
🇦🇺 John Newcombe
Age: 80y 19d (1946-03-01)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1944-05-23) Age: 81y 301d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
2 - 6
Wins: 25.0% - 75.0%
Hard 0–1Clay 1–3Grass 1–2
Others 12Slam 12Davis Cup 01Finals 01
WLLLL
LWWWW

H2H Preview

🇨🇿Jan Kodes and 🇦🇺John Newcombe have met 8 times. John Newcombe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 62.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇨🇿Jan Kodes has compiled an overall career record of 506285 across 791 matches, translating to a win rate of 63.97%. On hard courts his record stands at 7761 (55.80%), while on clay he holds a 312135 (69.80%) mark. On grass the numbers read 4324 (64.18%) , and on carpet 7465 (53.24%). Throughout his career he has won 10 titles (1 hard, 7 clay, 1 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 1046 (17.86%).

🇦🇺John Newcombe, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 568227 from 795 matches (71.45% win rate). His hard-court record is 14953 (73.76%), on clay he stands at 13457 (70.16%), and on grass he has gone 16445 (78.47%) , with a carpet record of 12172 (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 2030 (40.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with John Newcombe leading 10 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 31 (75.00% for John Newcombe) across 4 matches. On grass, their 3 encounters have yielded a record of 21 (66.67% for John Newcombe).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1976-05-23Rome-2ClayQF22🇦🇺John Newcombe (12)23🇨🇿Jan Kodes (7)6-3 6-43------0/0
1973-12-04MastersHardRR2🇦🇺John Newcombe18🇨🇿Jan Kodes6-4 6-13------0/0
1973-11-16Davis Cup EUR SF: AUS vs TCHGrassRR2🇦🇺John Newcombe18🇨🇿Jan Kodes6-2 6-2 6-45------0/0
1973-08-29US OpenGrassF2🇦🇺John Newcombe (10)18🇨🇿Jan Kodes (6)6-4 1-6 4-6 6-2 6-35------0/0
1971-09-01US OpenGrassR128-🇨🇿Jan Kodes-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)2-6 7-6 7-6 6-35------0/0
1971-05-03Rome WCTClayQF-🇨🇿Jan Kodes-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)2-6 6-1 7-53------0/0
1969-05-26Roland GarrosClayR16-🇦🇺John Newcombe (4)-🇨🇿Jan Kodes (13)6-1 6-4 0-6 8-10 11-95------0/0
1969-04-21RomeClaySF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (2)-🇨🇿Jan Kodes6-3 4-6 6-1 7-9 6-35------0/0

Wins

Jan Kodes
John Newcombe
26Overall
12Grand Slam
12Others
01Tour Finals
01Davis Cup
01Hard
13Clay
12Grass

Sets Format

33.3%1
66.7%2
Bo3
20.0%1
80.0%4
Bo5
0.0%0
100.0%2
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%3
5 Sets
Jan Kodes
John Newcombe

Deciding

25.0%1
75.0%3
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Jan Kodes
John Newcombe

Sets

37.9%11
62.1%18
All
50.0%7
50.0%7
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
100.0%2
Hard
41.7%5
58.3%7
Grass
40.0%6
60.0%9
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jan Kodes
John Newcombe

Games

45.1%130
54.9%158
All
49.3%73
50.7%75
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
29.4%5
70.6%12
Hard
45.1%51
54.9%62
Grass
46.8%74
53.2%84
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
Jan Kodes
John Newcombe

Overview

By Surface

Jan Kodes
John Newcombe

By Tournament Level

Jan Kodes
John Newcombe

By Round

Jan Kodes
John Newcombe

By Opponent Ranking

Jan KodesJohn Newcombe
20%1-4
vs Top 1
40%2-3
6.9%2-27
vs Top 5
27.3%6-16
17.9%10-46
vs Top 10
40%20-30
21.8%19-68
vs Top 20
41.7%35-49
47.5%132-146
vs Top 100
65%156-84
82.3%102-22
vs +100
91.4%53-5
20.6%27-104
vs Higher
32.8%19-39
76.4%207-64
vs Lower
79.2%190-50

Opponent Breakdown

Jan KodesJohn Newcombe
59.2%277-191
Vs Younger
74.3%309-107
65.9%182-94
Vs Older
66.1%234-120
65.3%433-230
Vs Right-Handed
73%463-171
49.5%54-55
Vs Left-Handed
63.2%96-56
14.3%2-12
Vs 2H Backhand
45.5%5-6
38.6%27-43
Vs 1H Backhand
59.4%41-28
64.9%37-20
Vs Shorter
58.5%120-85
50.5%199-195
Vs Taller
68.7%160-73

Pressure Situations