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John Newcombe vs Phil Dent Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
Phil Dent seasons:19831982198119801979
🇦🇺 John Newcombe
🇦🇺 Phil Dent
Age: 81y 346d (1944-05-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1950-02-14) Age: 76y 79d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
8 - 2
Wins: 80.0% - 20.0%
Hard 2–1Clay 1–0Grass 3–1
Slam 2–0Others 6–2
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🇦🇺John Newcombe and 🇦🇺Phil Dent 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%).

🇦🇺Phil Dent, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 414–350 from 764 matches (54.19% win rate). His hard-court record is 68–73 (48.23%), on clay he stands at 116–101 (53.46%), and on grass he has gone 160–87 (64.78%) , with a carpet record of 70–89 (44.03%). He has accumulated 3 titles in total (3 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 7–53 (11.67%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 3 times, with John Newcombe leading 2–1 (66.67%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for John Newcombe) across 1 matches. On grass, their 4 encounters have yielded a record of 3–1 (75.00% for John Newcombe).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-06-26WimbledonGrassR3221🇦🇺John Newcombe (16)29🇦🇺Phil Dent6-1 1-6 6-4 6-45------0/0
1977-10-17Sydney-1HardR1619🇦🇺Phil Dent323🇦🇺John Newcombe7-6 7-53------0/0
1974-12-16Sydney-3GrassQF44🇦🇺Phil Dent2🇦🇺John Newcombe6-4 6-43------0/0
1973-11-04Sydney-2HardSF2🇦🇺John Newcombe52🇦🇺Phil Dent6-3 6-43------0/0
1973-06-18London / Queen's ClubGrassR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺Phil Dent8-6 6-43------0/0
1972-11-13Rotterdam WCTCarpetR16-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇦🇺Phil Dent6-3 6-33------0/0
1972-07-24Louisville WCTClayR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺Phil Dent6-3 6-33------0/0
1972-02-08Philadelphia WCTCarpetR32-🇦🇺John Newcombe (5)-🇦🇺Phil Dent6-4 6-43------0/0
1971-08-02Boston WCTHardR16-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)-🇦🇺Phil Dent4-6 6-2 6-13------0/0
1970-01-19Australian OpenGrassR16-🇦🇺John Newcombe (2)-🇦🇺Phil Dent6-2 6-3 6-35------0/0

Wins

John Newcombe
Phil Dent
8–2Overall
2–0Grand Slam
6–2Others
2–1Hard
1–0Clay
3–1Grass
2–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

75.0%6
25.0%2
Bo3
100.0%2
0.0%0
Bo5
71.4%5
28.6%2
2 Sets
100.0%2
0.0%0
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Newcombe
Phil Dent

Deciding

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

Sets

75.0%18
25.0%6
All
85.7%6
14.3%1
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
57.1%4
42.9%3
Hard
72.7%8
27.3%3
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%4
0.0%0
Carpet
John Newcombe
Phil Dent

Games

58.5%134
41.5%95
All
61.7%37
38.3%23
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
56.5%39
43.5%30
Hard
56.7%59
43.3%45
Grass
66.7%12
33.3%6
Clay
63.2%24
36.8%14
Carpet
John Newcombe
Phil Dent

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

John Newcombe
Phil Dent

By Tournament Level

John Newcombe
Phil Dent

By Round

John Newcombe
Phil Dent

By Opponent Ranking

John NewcombePhil Dent
40%2-3
vs Top 1
0%0-4
27.3%6-16
vs Top 5
18.2%6-27
40%20-30
vs Top 10
11.7%7-53
41.7%35-49
vs Top 20
21.2%24-89
65%156-84
vs Top 100
48.1%164-177
91.4%53-5
vs +100
74.9%125-42
32.8%19-39
vs Higher
31.2%58-128
79.2%190-50
vs Lower
71.7%231-91

Opponent Breakdown

John NewcombePhil Dent
74.3%309-107
Vs Younger
56.3%201-156
66.1%234-120
Vs Older
45.6%161-192
73%463-171
Vs Right-Handed
55.8%350-277
63.2%96-56
Vs Left-Handed
39%46-72
45.5%5-6
Vs 2H Backhand
10%1-9
59.4%41-28
Vs 1H Backhand
29.7%19-45
58.5%120-85
Vs Shorter
38.3%77-124
68.7%160-73
Vs Taller
48.6%89-94

Pressure Situations