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John Alexander vs John Newcombe Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Alexander seasons:19851984198319821981
John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
🇦🇺 John Alexander
🇦🇺 John Newcombe
Age: 74y 259d (1951-07-04)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1944-05-23) Age: 81y 301d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
1 - 9
Wins: 10.0% - 90.0%
Hard 1–6Clay 0–1Grass 0–1
Slam 01Others 18
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🇦🇺John Alexander 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 91.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺John Alexander has compiled an overall career record of 591434 across 1025 matches, translating to a win rate of 57.66%. On hard courts his record stands at 10387 (54.21%), while on clay he holds a 225132 (63.03%) mark. On grass the numbers read 15396 (61.45%) , and on carpet 110119 (48.03%). Throughout his career he has won 8 titles (3 hard, 2 clay, 2 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 2481 (22.86%).

🇦🇺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 7 times, with John Newcombe leading 61 (85.71%). The clay record between them sits at 10 (100.00% for John Newcombe) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 10 (100.00% for John Newcombe).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1975-03-31TucsonHardSF17🇦🇺John Alexander (12)5🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)6-2 6-23------0/0
1973-11-04Sydney-2HardR322🇦🇺John Newcombe29🇦🇺John Alexander6-3 4-6 6-43------0/0
1972-11-25Johannesburg WCTHardF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺John Alexander6-1 7-63------0/0
1972-10-04Tokyo WCTHardQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺John Alexander6-3 6-13------0/0
1972-08-14Fort Worth WCTHardQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇦🇺John Alexander4-6 6-3 6-43------0/0
1971-08-02Boston WCTHardQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇦🇺John Alexander7-5 6-43------0/0
1971-03-29Miami WCTHardR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇦🇺John Alexander6-3 4-6 6-33------0/0
1971-02-26London-1CarpetR16-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺John Alexander6-4 6-43------0/0
1968-08-05HamburgClayR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇦🇺John Alexander6-4 8-10 10-8 6-15------0/0
1968-06-24WimbledonGrassR64-🇦🇺John Newcombe (4)-🇦🇺John Alexander6-1 6-4 6-35------0/0

Wins

John Alexander
John Newcombe
19Overall
01Grand Slam
18Others
16Hard
01Clay
01Grass
01Indoor Hard

Sets Format

12.5%1
87.5%7
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%2
Bo5
20.0%1
80.0%4
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%4
3 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Alexander
John Newcombe

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%3
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Alexander
John Newcombe

Sets

23.1%6
76.9%20
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
29.4%5
70.6%12
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grass
25.0%1
75.0%3
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%2
Carpet
John Alexander
John Newcombe

Games

42.1%109
57.9%150
All
30.8%8
69.2%18
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
43.8%70
56.3%90
Hard
30.8%8
69.2%18
Grass
43.4%23
56.6%30
Clay
40.0%8
60.0%12
Carpet
John Alexander
John Newcombe

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

John Alexander
John Newcombe

By Tournament Level

John Alexander
John Newcombe

By Round

John Alexander
John Newcombe

By Opponent Ranking

John AlexanderJohn Newcombe
7.7%1-12
vs Top 1
40%2-3
14.6%7-41
vs Top 5
27.3%6-16
22.9%24-81
vs Top 10
40%20-30
32.6%60-124
vs Top 20
41.7%35-49
49.2%227-234
vs Top 100
65%156-84
74.4%160-55
vs +100
91.4%53-5
34.3%82-157
vs Higher
32.8%19-39
69.8%305-132
vs Lower
79.2%190-50

Opponent Breakdown

John AlexanderJohn Newcombe
54.5%234-195
Vs Younger
74.3%309-107
57.7%321-235
Vs Older
66.1%234-120
58.6%501-354
Vs Right-Handed
73%463-171
45.5%66-79
Vs Left-Handed
63.2%96-56
11.8%2-15
Vs 2H Backhand
45.5%5-6
42.4%36-49
Vs 1H Backhand
59.4%41-28
49.7%325-329
Vs Shorter
58.5%120-85
42.1%24-33
Vs Taller
68.7%160-73

Pressure Situations