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John Newcombe vs Tom Gullikson Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
Tom Gullikson seasons:19871986198519841983
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί John Newcombe
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tom Gullikson
Age: 81y 300d (1944-05-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1951-09-08) Age: 74y 192d
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
2 - 0
Wins: 100.0% - 0.0%
Hard 0–0Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Others 2–0
WW
LL

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πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Gullikson have met 2 times. John Newcombe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 2–0.

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‡ΈTom Gullikson, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 217–225 from 442 matches (49.10% win rate). His hard-court record is 83–84 (49.70%), on clay he stands at 28–31 (47.46%), and on grass he has gone 53–44 (54.64%) , with a carpet record of 53–66 (44.54%). He has accumulated 1 title in total (1 grass). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 8–46 (14.81%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for John Newcombe) across 1 matches.

Dateβ–Ό
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1978-05-22RomeClayR6419πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe (10)86πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Gullikson7-6 6-13------0/0
1978-02-06St. Louis WCTCarpetR1634πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe76πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Gullikson6-3 6-13------0/0

Wins

John Newcombe
Tom Gullikson
2–0Overall
2–0Others
1–0Clay
1–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

100.0%2
0.0%0
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%2
0.0%0
2 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Newcombe
Tom Gullikson

Deciding

0.0%0
0.0%0
Decider Set
100.0%1
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Newcombe
Tom Gullikson

Sets

100.0%4
0.0%0
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%2
0.0%0
Carpet
John Newcombe
Tom Gullikson

Games

69.4%25
30.6%11
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
65.0%13
35.0%7
Clay
75.0%12
25.0%4
Carpet
John Newcombe
Tom Gullikson

Overview

By Surface

John Newcombe
Tom Gullikson

By Tournament Level

John Newcombe
Tom Gullikson

By Round

John Newcombe
Tom Gullikson

By Opponent Ranking

John NewcombeTom Gullikson
40%2-3
vs Top 1
14.3%1-6
27.3%6-16
vs Top 5
14.3%4-24
40%20-30
vs Top 10
14.8%8-46
41.7%35-49
vs Top 20
13.5%12-77
65%156-84
vs Top 100
37.8%111-183
91.4%53-5
vs +100
71%103-42
32.8%19-39
vs Higher
33.5%81-161
79.2%190-50
vs Lower
67.5%133-64

Opponent Breakdown

John NewcombeTom Gullikson
74.3%309-107
Vs Younger
45.8%149-176
66.1%234-120
Vs Older
56.5%61-47
73%463-171
Vs Right-Handed
52.6%191-172
63.2%96-56
Vs Left-Handed
31.6%24-52
45.5%5-6
Vs 2H Backhand
21.4%3-11
59.4%41-28
Vs 1H Backhand
39.3%11-17
58.5%120-85
Vs Shorter
45.3%39-47
68.7%160-73
Vs Taller
45.2%104-126

Pressure Situations