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

John Newcombe seasons:19811980197919781977
Tom Leonard seasons:19821981198019791978
πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί John Newcombe
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Tom Leonard
Age: 81y 301d (1944-05-23)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1948-07-15) Age: 77y 248d
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
4 - 1
Wins: 80.0% - 20.0%
Hard 0–1Clay 1–0Grass 0–0
Others 4–1
LWWWW
WLLLL

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πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe and πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Leonard have met 5 times. John Newcombe currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 4–1.

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‡ΈTom Leonard, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 56–125 from 181 matches (30.94% win rate). His hard-court record is 29–42 (40.85%), on clay he stands at 0–21 (0.00%), and on grass he has gone 11–18 (37.93%) , with a carpet record of 16–44 (26.67%). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 2–8 (20.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with Tom Leonard leading 1–0 (100.00%). 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
1972-11-13Rotterdam WCTCarpetR32-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe (1)-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Leonard6-3 6-23------0/0
1972-10-30Gothenburg WCTCarpetR32-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Leonard6-3 6-23------0/0
1972-03-13Chicago WCTCarpetR32-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Leonard7-5 6-33------0/0
1972-02-28Hollywood WCTClayR32-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Leonard6-4 6-23------0/0
1968-09-14Los Angeles-2HardR32-πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈTom Leonard-πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊJohn Newcombe (6)1-6 6-3 6-43------0/0

Wins

John Newcombe
Tom Leonard
4–1Overall
4–1Others
0–1Hard
1–0Clay
3–0Indoor Hard

Sets Format

80.0%4
20.0%1
Bo3
0.0%0
0.0%0
Bo5
100.0%4
0.0%0
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Newcombe
Tom Leonard

Deciding

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

Sets

81.8%9
18.2%2
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
33.3%1
66.7%2
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
100.0%2
0.0%0
Clay
100.0%6
0.0%0
Carpet
John Newcombe
Tom Leonard

Games

62.6%62
37.4%37
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
50.0%13
50.0%13
Hard
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grass
66.7%12
33.3%6
Clay
67.3%37
32.7%18
Carpet
John Newcombe
Tom Leonard

Overview

By Surface

John Newcombe
Tom Leonard

By Tournament Level

John Newcombe
Tom Leonard

By Round

John Newcombe
Tom Leonard

By Opponent Ranking

John NewcombeTom Leonard
40%2-3
vs Top 1
β€”
27.3%6-16
vs Top 5
25%1-3
40%20-30
vs Top 10
20%2-8
41.7%35-49
vs Top 20
23.5%4-13
65%156-84
vs Top 100
32.2%19-40
91.4%53-5
vs +100
60%15-10
32.8%19-39
vs Higher
38.3%23-37
79.2%190-50
vs Lower
45.8%11-13

Opponent Breakdown

John NewcombeTom Leonard
74.3%309-107
Vs Younger
39.7%27-41
66.1%234-120
Vs Older
24.1%26-82
73%463-171
Vs Right-Handed
31.5%46-100
63.2%96-56
Vs Left-Handed
25.8%8-23
45.5%5-6
Vs 2H Backhand
100%1-0
59.4%41-28
Vs 1H Backhand
9.5%2-19
58.5%120-85
Vs Shorter
12.5%2-14
68.7%160-73
Vs Taller
26.9%29-79

Pressure Situations