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

John McEnroe seasons:19941992199119901989
John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ John McEnroe
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί John Newcombe
Age: 67y 31d (1959-02-16)
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
(1944-05-23) Age: 81y 300d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
1 - 1
Wins: 50.0% - 50.0%
Hard 0–1Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Others 1–1
LW
WL

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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn McEnroe and πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe have met 2 times. The series is tied 1–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn McEnroe has compiled an overall career record of 883–198 across 1081 matches, translating to a win rate of 81.68%. On hard courts his record stands at 289–65 (81.64%), while on clay he holds a 124–48 (72.09%) mark. On grass the numbers read 121–20 (85.82%) , and on carpet 349–65 (84.30%). Throughout his career he has won 77 titles (22 hard, 4 clay, 8 grass, 43 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 127–95 (57.21%).

πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn 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. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with John Newcombe leading 1–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for John McEnroe) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-07-10Forest Hills WCTClayRR16πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn McEnroe20πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe1-6 6-4 7-53------0/0
1978-04-24Las Vegas-2HardR1621πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe14πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJohn McEnroe (8)1-6 6-2 6-33------0/0

Wins

John McEnroe
John Newcombe
1–1Overall
1–1Others
0–1Hard
1–0Clay

Sets Format

50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
0.0%0
0.0%0
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John McEnroe
John Newcombe

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John McEnroe
John Newcombe

Sets

50.0%3
50.0%3
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
33.3%1
66.7%2
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
66.7%2
33.3%1
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
John McEnroe
John Newcombe

Games

47.2%25
52.8%28
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
45.8%11
54.2%13
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
48.3%14
51.7%15
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
John McEnroe
John Newcombe

Overview

By Surface

John McEnroe
John Newcombe

By Tournament Level

John McEnroe
John Newcombe

By Round

John McEnroe
John Newcombe

By Opponent Ranking

John McEnroeJohn Newcombe
37.9%11-18
vs Top 1
40%2-3
45.9%67-79
vs Top 5
27.3%6-16
57.2%127-95
vs Top 10
40%20-30
65.8%241-125
vs Top 20
41.7%35-49
79.1%694-183
vs Top 100
65%156-84
92.5%184-15
vs +100
91.4%53-5
44.7%59-73
vs Higher
32.8%19-39
86.9%818-123
vs Lower
79.2%190-50

Opponent Breakdown

John McEnroeJohn Newcombe
78%390-110
Vs Younger
74.3%309-107
84.8%491-88
Vs Older
66.1%234-120
82.5%754-160
Vs Right-Handed
73%463-171
77.2%129-38
Vs Left-Handed
63.2%96-56
60.2%50-33
Vs 2H Backhand
45.5%5-6
65.5%76-40
Vs 1H Backhand
59.4%41-28
81.8%189-42
Vs Shorter
58.5%120-85
79.8%514-130
Vs Taller
68.7%160-73

Pressure Situations