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Nikola Pilic vs Tony Roche Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

Nikola Pilic seasons:19781977197619751974
Tony Roche seasons:19801979197819771976
🇭🇷 Nikola Pilic
🇦🇺 Tony Roche
Age: 86y 260d (1939-08-27)
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
(1945-05-17) Age: 80y 362d
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
2 - 9
Wins: 18.2% - 81.8%
Hard 0–5Clay 0–1Grass 0–1
Others 2–9
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🇭🇷Nikola Pilic and 🇦🇺Tony Roche have built a notable rivalry on the ATP Tour, having clashed 11 times. Tony Roche currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 9–2.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇭🇷Nikola Pilic has compiled an overall career record of 310–251 across 561 matches, translating to a win rate of 55.26%. On hard courts his record stands at 46–47 (49.46%), while on clay he holds a 107–87 (55.15%) mark. On grass the numbers read 64–39 (62.14%) , and on carpet 85–77 (52.47%). Throughout his career he has won 6 titles (2 hard, 1 clay, 1 grass, 2 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 2–17 (10.53%).

🇦🇺Tony Roche, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 364–184 from 548 matches (66.42% win rate). His hard-court record is 66–36 (64.71%), on clay he stands at 71–29 (71.00%), and on grass he has gone 136–38 (78.16%) , with a carpet record of 91–81 (52.91%). He has accumulated 21 titles in total (6 hard, 5 clay, 7 grass, 3 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 8–25 (24.24%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 5 times, with Tony Roche leading 5–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–0 (100.00% for Tony Roche) across 1 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Tony Roche).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1972-02-02Richmond WCTCarpetR32-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic-🇦🇺Tony Roche6-4 6-23------0/0
1970-08-10HamburgClayQF-🇦🇺Tony Roche (2)-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic (7)6-4 6-2 2-6 3-6 6-25------0/0
1970-01-04Australian Round RobinGrassRR-🇦🇺Tony Roche-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic3-6 6-3 6-43------0/0
1969-09-12AtlantaHardQF-🇦🇺Tony Roche-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic6-4 10-83------0/0
1968-11-07Vienna WCTHardSF-🇦🇺Tony Roche-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic6-4 6-43------0/0
1968-10-16Kimberley WCTHardQF-🇦🇺Tony Roche-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic8-51------0/0
1968-10-10Port Elizabeth WCTHardSF-🇦🇺Tony Roche-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic10-61------0/0
1968-10-06Durban WCTHardQF-🇦🇺Tony Roche-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic14-12 6-23------0/0
1968-04-20Evansville WCTCarpetQF-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic-🇦🇺Tony Roche31-231------0/0
1968-02-20Orlando WCTCarpetRR-🇦🇺Tony Roche-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic31-30 31-293------0/0
1968-01-20Sydney WCTCarpetF-🇦🇺Tony Roche-🇭🇷Nikola Pilic96-331------0/0

Wins

Nikola Pilic
Tony Roche
2–9Overall
2–9Others
0–5Hard
0–1Clay
0–1Grass
2–2Indoor Hard

Sets Format

16.7%1
83.3%5
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
20.0%1
80.0%4
2 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
100.0%1
5 Sets
Nikola Pilic
Tony Roche

Deciding

16.7%1
83.3%5
Decider Set
0.0%0
0.0%0
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
Nikola Pilic
Tony Roche

Sets

27.3%6
72.7%16
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
0.0%0
100.0%8
Hard
33.3%1
66.7%2
Grass
40.0%2
60.0%3
Clay
50.0%3
50.0%3
Carpet
Nikola Pilic
Tony Roche

Games

42.3%213
57.7%291
All
0.0%0
0.0%0
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
40.5%45
59.5%66
Hard
46.4%13
53.6%15
Grass
46.5%20
53.5%23
Clay
41.9%135
58.1%187
Carpet
Nikola Pilic
Tony Roche

H2H Series Progression

HardClayGrassCarpet

Overview

By Surface

Nikola Pilic
Tony Roche

By Tournament Level

Nikola Pilic
Tony Roche

By Round

Nikola Pilic
Tony Roche

By Opponent Ranking

Nikola PilicTony Roche
0%0-3
vs Top 1
0%0-5
8.3%1-11
vs Top 5
11.1%2-16
10.5%2-17
vs Top 10
24.2%8-25
13.8%4-25
vs Top 20
42.6%23-31
39.8%43-65
vs Top 100
56.7%89-68
85.7%42-7
vs +100
86%37-6
24.2%16-50
vs Higher
53.8%43-37
75.8%69-22
vs Lower
70.3%83-35

Opponent Breakdown

Nikola PilicTony Roche
52.6%251-226
Vs Younger
71.5%173-69
57.6%34-25
Vs Older
60.6%177-115
56%261-205
Vs Right-Handed
67.3%306-149
46.4%39-45
Vs Left-Handed
58.8%50-35
25%1-3
Vs 2H Backhand
14.3%1-6
39.2%20-31
Vs 1H Backhand
46.9%23-26
—
Vs Shorter
60.3%38-25
—
Vs Taller
60.6%168-109

Pressure Situations