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John Newcombe vs Paul Gerken Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
Paul Gerken seasons:19771975197419731972
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί John Newcombe
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Paul Gerken
Age: 81y 300d (1944-05-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1950-03-15) Age: 76y 4d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
3 - 1
Wins: 75.0% - 25.0%
Hard 2–0Clay 0–1Grass 1–0
Others 3–1
LWWW
WLLL

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πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken have met 4 times. John Newcombe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–1.

Looking at their individual career profiles, πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn 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%).

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 120–126 from 246 matches (48.78% win rate). His hard-court record is 32–28 (53.33%), on clay he stands at 35–45 (43.75%), and on grass he has gone 26–26 (50.00%) , with a carpet record of 27–27 (50.00%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 1–12 (7.69%).

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 1–0 (100.00% for Paul Gerken) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for John Newcombe).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1975-05-12Las VegasHardR324πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe (1)71πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken6-3 5-7 6-23------0/0
1974-06-17NottinghamGrassR321πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe (1)59πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken6-3 6-23------0/0
1974-05-13Las VegasHardR162πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe (1)48πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken6-3 6-23------0/0
1973-06-11HamburgClayR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈPaul Gerken-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe6-2 3-6 6-3 6-7 15-135------0/0

Wins

John Newcombe
Paul Gerken
3–1Overall
3–1Others
2–0Hard
0–1Clay
1–0Grass

Sets Format

100.0%3
0.0%0
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
100.0%2
0.0%0
2 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
John Newcombe
Paul Gerken

Deciding

50.0%1
50.0%1
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%1
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Newcombe
Paul Gerken

Sets

66.7%8
33.3%4
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
80.0%4
20.0%1
Hard
100.0%2
0.0%0
Grass
40.0%2
60.0%3
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
John Newcombe
Paul Gerken

Games

55.4%72
44.6%58
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
63.0%29
37.0%17
Hard
70.6%12
29.4%5
Grass
46.3%31
53.7%36
Clay
0.0%0
0.0%0
Carpet
John Newcombe
Paul Gerken

Overview

By Surface

John Newcombe
Paul Gerken

By Tournament Level

John Newcombe
Paul Gerken

By Round

John Newcombe
Paul Gerken

By Opponent Ranking

John NewcombePaul Gerken
40%2-3
vs Top 1
0%0-1
27.3%6-16
vs Top 5
14.3%1-6
40%20-30
vs Top 10
7.7%1-12
41.7%35-49
vs Top 20
10%2-18
65%156-84
vs Top 100
32.1%26-55
91.4%53-5
vs +100
65.6%21-11
32.8%19-39
vs Higher
28.6%18-45
79.2%190-50
vs Lower
59.2%29-20

Opponent Breakdown

John NewcombePaul Gerken
74.3%309-107
Vs Younger
41.2%28-40
66.1%234-120
Vs Older
49.1%82-85
73%463-171
Vs Right-Handed
51%107-103
63.2%96-56
Vs Left-Handed
26.7%8-22
45.5%5-6
Vs 2H Backhand
25%2-6
59.4%41-28
Vs 1H Backhand
42.9%9-12
58.5%120-85
Vs Shorter
42.2%43-59
68.7%160-73
Vs Taller
40.5%17-25

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