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John Newcombe vs Richard Pancho Gonzales Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
Richard Pancho Gonzales seasons:19731972197119701969
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί John Newcombe
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Richard Pancho Gonzales
Age: 81y 301d (1944-05-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1928-05-09) Age: 97y 315d
Hand: R
Backhand: 1H
3 - 2
Wins: 60.0% - 40.0%
Hard 1–1Clay 0–0Grass 2–0
Others 3–2
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πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈRichard Pancho Gonzales have met 5 times. John Newcombe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 3–2.

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‡ΈRichard Pancho Gonzales, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 152–88 from 240 matches (63.33% win rate). His hard-court record is 64–27 (70.33%), on clay he stands at 18–14 (56.25%), and on grass he has gone 39–21 (65.00%) , with a carpet record of 31–26 (54.39%). He has accumulated 9 titles in total (7 hard, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 0–2 (0.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 2 times, the record is tied 1–1 (50.00% each). On grass, their 2 encounters have yielded a record of 2–0 (100.00% for John Newcombe).

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1970-09-21Los Angeles-2HardQF-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe (2)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈRichard Pancho Gonzales (5)6-7 6-3 6-23------0/0
1970-07-16Tennis Champions ClassicCarpetRR-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈRichard Pancho Gonzales-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe6-4 6-4 6-25------0/0
1969-10-06Las VegasHardR16-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈRichard Pancho Gonzales-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe6-1 6-23------0/0
1969-01-13SydneyGrassQF-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈRichard Pancho Gonzales5-7 18-16 6-3 14-125------0/0
1968-06-12Boston-1GrassR16-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈRichard Pancho Gonzales6-4 6-33------0/0

Wins

John Newcombe
Richard Pancho Gonzales
3–2Overall
3–2Others
1–1Hard
2–0Grass
0–1Indoor Hard

Sets Format

66.7%2
33.3%1
Bo3
50.0%1
50.0%1
Bo5
50.0%1
50.0%1
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Newcombe
Richard Pancho Gonzales

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Newcombe
Richard Pancho Gonzales

Sets

50.0%7
50.0%7
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
40.0%2
60.0%3
Hard
83.3%5
16.7%1
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
0.0%0
100.0%3
Carpet
John Newcombe
Richard Pancho Gonzales

Games

49.7%86
50.3%87
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
46.7%21
53.3%24
Hard
55.0%55
45.0%45
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
35.7%10
64.3%18
Carpet
John Newcombe
Richard Pancho Gonzales

Overview

By Surface

John Newcombe
Richard Pancho Gonzales

By Tournament Level

John Newcombe
Richard Pancho Gonzales

By Round

John Newcombe
Richard Pancho Gonzales

By Opponent Ranking

John NewcombeRichard Pancho Gonzales
40%2-3
vs Top 1
0%0-1
27.3%6-16
vs Top 5
0%0-1
40%20-30
vs Top 10
0%0-2
41.7%35-49
vs Top 20
0%0-2
65%156-84
vs Top 100
0%0-2
91.4%53-5
vs +100
100%1-0
32.8%19-39
vs Higher
33.3%1-2
79.2%190-50
vs Lower
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Opponent Breakdown

John NewcombeRichard Pancho Gonzales
74.3%309-107
Vs Younger
61.9%140-86
66.1%234-120
Vs Older
66.7%2-1
73%463-171
Vs Right-Handed
67.6%123-59
63.2%96-56
Vs Left-Handed
39.1%18-28
45.5%5-6
Vs 2H Backhand
50%2-2
59.4%41-28
Vs 1H Backhand
53.8%7-6
58.5%120-85
Vs Shorter
49.1%56-58
68.7%160-73
Vs Taller
80%16-4

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