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John Newcombe vs Roy Emerson Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
Roy Emerson seasons:19831977197619751974
🇦🇺 John Newcombe
🇦🇺 Roy Emerson
Age: 81y 300d (1944-05-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1936-11-03) Age: 89y 136d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
5 - 4
Wins: 55.6% - 44.4%
Hard 2–3Clay 0–0Grass 1–0
Others 44Slam 10
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🇦🇺John Newcombe and 🇦🇺Roy Emerson have met 9 times. John Newcombe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 54.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺John Newcombe has compiled an overall career record of 568227 across 795 matches, translating to a win rate of 71.45%. On hard courts his record stands at 14953 (73.76%), while on clay he holds a 13457 (70.16%) mark. On grass the numbers read 16445 (78.47%) , and on carpet 12172 (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 2030 (40.00%).

🇦🇺Roy Emerson, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 273165 from 438 matches (62.33% win rate). His hard-court record is 6644 (60.00%), on clay he stands at 6437 (63.37%), and on grass he has gone 5424 (69.23%) , with a carpet record of 8960 (59.73%). He has accumulated 6 titles in total (1 hard, 5 clay). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 33 (50.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 5 times, with Roy Emerson leading 32 (60.00%). On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 10 (100.00% for John Newcombe).

Date
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1974-02-25Carlsbad WCTHardR163🇦🇺John Newcombe21🇦🇺Roy Emerson6-1 6-23------0/0
1972-10-30Gothenburg WCTCarpetF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺Roy Emerson6-0 6-3 6-15------0/0
1972-10-15Vancouver WCTCarpetQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺Roy Emerson7-5 6-43------0/0
1972-09-10Montreal WCTCarpetQF-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺John Newcombe6-4 4-6 7-63------0/0
1971-03-29Miami WCTHardQF-🇦🇺Roy Emerson (8)-🇦🇺John Newcombe (1)6-1 7-63------0/0
1970-08-19Fort WorthHardSF-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺John Newcombe8-6 7-53------0/0
1970-06-22WimbledonGrassQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe (2)-🇦🇺Roy Emerson (10)6-1 5-7 3-6 6-2 11-95------0/0
1970-05-13Las VegasHardQF-🇦🇺Roy Emerson-🇦🇺John Newcombe1-6 7-5 6-43------0/0
1970-05-06AtlantaHardQF-🇦🇺John Newcombe-🇦🇺Roy Emerson12-10 6-33------0/0

Wins

John Newcombe
Roy Emerson
54Overall
10Grand Slam
44Others
23Hard
10Grass
21Indoor Hard

Sets Format

42.9%3
57.1%4
Bo3
100.0%2
0.0%0
Bo5
60.0%3
40.0%2
2 Sets
33.3%1
66.7%2
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
100.0%1
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Newcombe
Roy Emerson

Deciding

33.3%1
66.7%2
Decider Set
0.0%0
100.0%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Newcombe
Roy Emerson

Sets

58.3%14
41.7%10
All
60.0%3
40.0%2
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
45.5%5
54.5%6
Hard
60.0%3
40.0%2
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
75.0%6
25.0%2
Carpet
John Newcombe
Roy Emerson

Games

55.5%141
44.5%113
All
55.4%31
44.6%25
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
52.1%63
47.9%58
Hard
55.4%31
44.6%25
Grass
0.0%0
0.0%0
Clay
61.0%47
39.0%30
Carpet
John Newcombe
Roy Emerson

Overview

By Surface

John Newcombe
Roy Emerson

By Tournament Level

John Newcombe
Roy Emerson

By Round

John Newcombe
Roy Emerson

By Opponent Ranking

John NewcombeRoy Emerson
40%2-3
vs Top 1
27.3%6-16
vs Top 5
33.3%1-2
40%20-30
vs Top 10
50%3-3
41.7%35-49
vs Top 20
40%6-9
65%156-84
vs Top 100
38.7%12-19
91.4%53-5
vs +100
83.3%10-2
32.8%19-39
vs Higher
41.4%12-17
79.2%190-50
vs Lower
76.9%10-3

Opponent Breakdown

John NewcombeRoy Emerson
74.3%309-107
Vs Younger
59.8%226-152
66.1%234-120
Vs Older
70%28-12
73%463-171
Vs Right-Handed
65.8%227-118
63.2%96-56
Vs Left-Handed
45.2%38-46
45.5%5-6
Vs 2H Backhand
66.7%2-1
59.4%41-28
Vs 1H Backhand
35.8%19-34
58.5%120-85
Vs Shorter
53.6%74-64
68.7%160-73
Vs Taller
52.9%73-65

Pressure Situations