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John Alexander vs Roy Emerson Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Alexander seasons:19851984198319821981
Roy Emerson seasons:19831977197619751974
🇦🇺 John Alexander
🇦🇺 Roy Emerson
Age: 74y 259d (1951-07-04)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1936-11-03) Age: 89y 137d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
1 - 3
Wins: 25.0% - 75.0%
Hard 1–0Clay 0–0Grass 0–0
Others 13
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🇦🇺John Alexander and 🇦🇺Roy Emerson have met 4 times. Roy Emerson currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 31.

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%).

🇦🇺Roy Emerson, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 273165 from 438 matches (62.33% win rate). His hard-court record is 6644 (60.00%), on clay he stands at 6437 (63.37%), and on grass he has gone 5424 (69.23%) , with a carpet record of 8960 (59.73%). He has accumulated 6 titles in total (1 hard, 5 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 33 (50.00%).

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 Alexander leading 10 (100.00%).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1973-04-08Brussels WCTCarpetQF-🇦🇺Roy Emerson (3)-🇦🇺John Alexander (8)7-6(3) 4-6 6-23------0/0
1972-02-02Richmond WCTCarpetR16-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺John Alexander3-6 6-3 6-33------0/0
1971-10-03Vancouver WCTCarpetR16-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺John Alexander7-6 6-33------0/0
1971-08-02Boston WCTHardR16-🇦🇺John Alexander-🇦🇺Roy Emerson (8)6-3 7-63------0/0

Wins

John Alexander
Roy Emerson
13Overall
13Others
10Hard
03Indoor Hard

Sets Format

25.0%1
75.0%3
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
50.0%1
50.0%1
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Alexander
Roy Emerson

Deciding

0.0%0
100.0%2
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Alexander
Roy Emerson

Sets

40.0%4
60.0%6
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%2
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
25.0%2
75.0%6
Carpet
John Alexander
Roy Emerson

Games

47.1%48
52.9%54
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
59.1%13
40.9%9
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
43.8%35
56.3%45
Carpet
John Alexander
Roy Emerson

Overview

By Surface

John Alexander
Roy Emerson

By Tournament Level

John Alexander
Roy Emerson

By Round

John Alexander
Roy Emerson

By Opponent Ranking

John AlexanderRoy Emerson
7.7%1-12
vs Top 1
14.6%7-41
vs Top 5
33.3%1-2
22.9%24-81
vs Top 10
50%3-3
32.6%60-124
vs Top 20
40%6-9
49.2%227-234
vs Top 100
38.7%12-19
74.4%160-55
vs +100
83.3%10-2
34.3%82-157
vs Higher
41.4%12-17
69.8%305-132
vs Lower
76.9%10-3

Opponent Breakdown

John AlexanderRoy Emerson
54.5%234-195
Vs Younger
59.8%226-152
57.7%321-235
Vs Older
70%28-12
58.6%501-354
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%227-118
45.5%66-79
Vs Left-Handed
45.2%38-46
11.8%2-15
Vs 2H Backhand
66.7%2-1
42.4%36-49
Vs 1H Backhand
35.8%19-34
49.7%325-329
Vs Shorter
53.6%74-64
42.1%24-33
Vs Taller
52.9%73-65

Pressure Situations