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John Newcombe vs Mark Cox Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
Mark Cox seasons:19811980197919781977
🇦🇺 John Newcombe
🇬🇧 Mark Cox
Age: 81y 356d (1944-05-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1943-07-05) Age: 82y 313d
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
8 - 2
Wins: 80.0% - 20.0%
Hard 2–0Clay 2–0Grass 0–0
Others 8–2
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🇦🇺John Newcombe and 🇬🇧Mark Cox have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 10 times. John Newcombe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 8–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺John Newcombe has compiled an overall career record of 568–227 across 795 matches, translating to a win rate of 71.45%. On hard courts his record stands at 149–53 (73.76%), while on clay he holds a 134–57 (70.16%) mark. On grass the numbers read 164–45 (78.47%) , and on carpet 121–72 (62.69%). Throughout his career he has won 41 titles (16 hard, 7 clay, 7 grass, 11 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 20–30 (40.00%).

🇬🇧Mark Cox, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 423–277 from 700 matches (60.43% win rate). His hard-court record is 113–77 (59.47%), on clay he stands at 94–67 (58.39%), and on grass he has gone 75–44 (63.03%) , with a carpet record of 141–89 (61.30%). He has accumulated 14 titles in total (3 hard, 2 clay, 1 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 12–28 (30.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, with John Newcombe leading 2–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 2–0 (100.00% for John Newcombe) across 2 matches.

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1972-11-13Rotterdam WCTCarpet3rd/4th-🇬🇧Mark Cox (5)-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)6-3 6-43------0/0
1972-10-15Vancouver WCTCarpetSF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇬🇧Mark Cox7-5 6-43------0/0
1972-05-01Las Vegas WCTHardR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe (9)-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-1 6-33------0/0
1972-04-24Denver WCTCarpetR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-3 6-23------0/0
1971-04-26Dallas WCTCarpetQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-4 6-43------0/0
1970-10-08MidlandCarpetQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-4 6-43------0/0
1970-06-02CasablancaClayQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-4 6-8 6-1 6-35------0/0
1970-02-20Corpus ChristiHardQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-3 4-6 6-43------0/0
1969-04-28BournemouthClayQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-4 6-0 6-25------0/0
1969-03-24New York-1CarpetR32-🇬🇧Mark Cox-🇦🇺John Newcombe6-2 8-10 6-23------0/0

Wins

John Newcombe
Mark Cox
8–2Overall
8–2Others
2–0Hard
2–0Clay
4–2Indoor Hard

Sets Format

75.0%6
25.0%2
Bo3
100.0%2
0.0%0
Bo5
83.3%5
16.7%1
2 Sets
66.7%2
33.3%1
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Newcombe
Mark Cox

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 Newcombe
Mark Cox

Sets

76.0%19
24.0%6
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
80.0%4
20.0%1
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
85.7%6
14.3%1
Clay
69.2%9
30.8%4
Carpet
John Newcombe
Mark Cox

Games

58.1%140
41.9%101
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
62.2%28
37.8%17
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
65.6%42
34.4%22
Clay
53.0%70
47.0%62
Carpet
John Newcombe
Mark Cox

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

John Newcombe
Mark Cox

By Tournament Level

John Newcombe
Mark Cox

By Round

John Newcombe
Mark Cox

By Opponent Ranking

John NewcombeMark Cox
40%2-3
vs Top 1
12.5%1-7
27.3%6-16
vs Top 5
25%5-15
40%20-30
vs Top 10
30%12-28
41.7%35-49
vs Top 20
30%21-49
65%156-84
vs Top 100
49.8%102-103
91.4%53-5
vs +100
75%69-23
32.8%19-39
vs Higher
35.1%39-72
79.2%190-50
vs Lower
71%132-54

Opponent Breakdown

John NewcombeMark Cox
74.3%309-107
Vs Younger
59.5%294-200
66.1%234-120
Vs Older
56.1%97-76
73%463-171
Vs Right-Handed
59.2%352-243
63.2%96-56
Vs Left-Handed
59.8%49-33
45.5%5-6
Vs 2H Backhand
28.6%4-10
59.4%41-28
Vs 1H Backhand
40.8%29-42
58.5%120-85
Vs Shorter
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68.7%160-73
Vs Taller
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Pressure Situations