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John Newcombe

AUS Age 82 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed Pro 1968–1981

John Newcombe represented Australia on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 1. In TennisDB's records, John Newcombe finished with a career record of 556–224 and 41 singles titles.

Peak ranking

1 (Jun 3, 1974)

Elo peak

2212 (98th percentile)

Career record

556–224 (71.3%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,062,408

Records cover completed main-draw singles matches in TennisDB's ATP event archive; qualifying is shown separately below.

Recent ATP Matches full match log →

John Newcombe's five most recent ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Vitas Gerulaitis #8	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 23, 1981*	R32	Las Vegas	ATP 250	Hard
Tony Roche #166	4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 16, 1980*	R32	Sydney Indoor	ATP 250	Hard
Sandy Mayer #44	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1980*	R32	Maui	ATP 250	Hard
Jimmy Connors #2	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 9, 1979*	R16	Hong Kong Open	ATP 250	Hard
Matt Mitchell #88	6-2 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 8, 1979*	R32	Hong Kong Open	ATP 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

John Newcombe's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Roger Taylor	22	6	28	Nov 21, 1974	H2H
Nikola Pilic	20	6	26	Jun 30, 1974	H2H
Tony Roche	13	11	24	Oct 16, 1980	H2H
Marty Riessen	11	13	24	May 18, 1974	H2H
Ken Rosewall	10	12	22	Oct 19, 1974	H2H

Titles (41)

John Newcombe titles by season and category
Season	Age	Titles	GS	M1000	500	250	Finals	Tournaments
1968	24	8	—	—	—	8	—	Bakersfield Wct , Cannes Wct , Durban Wct , East London Wct , Evansville Wct , Hamburg Open , Kimberley Wct , Pretoria Wct
1969	25	2	—	1	—	1	—	Bournemouth , Italian Open
1970	26	4	1	—	—	3	—	Casablanca Wct , Hoylake , Melbourne , Wimbledon
1971	27	6	1	1	—	4	—	Chicago Wct , Dallas Wct , Swiss Open Gstaad , Philadelphia Wct , Canadian Open , Wimbledon
1972	28	7	—	—	—	7	—	Alamo Wct , Fort Worth Wct , Gothenberg Wct , Johannesburg (2) , Las Vegas Wct , St. Louis Wct , Vancouver Wct
1973	29	4	2	—	—	2	—	Columbia , Djkarta , Australian Open , US Open
1974	30	9	—	—	—	9	—	Dallas Wct , Lacosta Wct , Maui , New Orleans Wct , Orlando Wct , St. Petersburg Wct , Sydney Indoor , Tokyo , Indian Wells Open
1975	31	1	1	—	—	—	—	Australian Open
Total		41	5	2	—	34	—

Career Results

John Newcombe career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	24	70	37	107	65.4%	—	—
1969	25	64	26	90	71.1%	—	—
1970	26	65	23	88	73.9%	—	—
1971	27	61	18	79	77.2%	—	—
1972	28	69	22	91	75.8%	—	—
1973	29	59	19	78	75.6%	7	2
1974	30	87	16	103	84.5%	2	2
1975	31	21	9	30	70.0%	2	20
1976	32	21	17	38	55.3%	16	21
1977	33	5	6	11	45.5%	21	185
1978	34	30	25	55	54.6%	119	24
1979	35	4	3	7	57.1%	25	226
1980	36	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1981	37	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		556	224	780	71.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

John Newcombe career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	24	18	7	25	72.0%	18	4	22	81.8%	15	7	22	68.2%	19	19	38	50.0%	70	37	107	65.4%
1969	25	5	4	9	55.6%	27	7	34	79.4%	25	7	32	78.1%	7	8	15	46.7%	64	26	90	71.1%
1970	26	17	8	25	68.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	37	7	44	84.1%	9	7	16	56.3%	65	23	88	73.9%
1971	27	10	5	15	66.7%	22	6	28	78.6%	12	4	16	75.0%	17	3	20	85.0%	61	18	79	77.2%
1972	28	16	3	19	84.2%	13	5	18	72.2%	4	2	6	66.7%	36	12	48	75.0%	69	22	91	75.8%
1973	29	14	4	18	77.8%	17	7	24	70.8%	18	2	20	90.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	59	19	78	75.6%
1974	30	49	3	52	94.2%	10	4	14	71.4%	18	8	26	69.2%	10	1	11	90.9%	87	16	103	84.5%
1975	31	9	6	15	60.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	6	0	6	100.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	21	9	30	70.0%
1976	32	7	7	14	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	7	2	9	77.8%	3	5	8	37.5%	21	17	38	55.3%
1977	33	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	5	6	11	45.5%
1978	34	5	4	9	55.6%	9	11	20	45.0%	8	3	11	72.7%	8	7	15	53.3%	30	25	55	54.5%
1979	35	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
1980	36	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1981	37	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	155	59	214	72.4%	125	50	175	71.4%	154	45	199	77.4%	122	70	192	63.5%	556	224	780	71.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

John Newcombe career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1973	29	4	6	10	40.0%	6	0	6	100.0%	17	3	20	85.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	32	9	41	78.0%
1974	30	10	4	14	71.4%	16	2	18	88.9%	40	6	46	87.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	74	14	88	84.1%
1975	31	2	0	2	100.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	8	0	8	100.0%	18	7	25	72.0%
1976	32	0	5	5	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	18	15	33	54.5%
1977	33	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	0	0	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
1978	34	2	7	9	22.2%	5	7	12	41.7%	11	6	17	64.7%	4	0	4	100.0%	22	20	42	52.4%
1979	35	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	4	0	4	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%
1980	36	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1981	37	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		18	26	44	40.9%	33	20	53	62.3%	88	23	111	79.3%	33	6	39	84.6%	172	75	247	69.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 247/780 (31.7%) of John Newcombe's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

John Newcombe advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Schedule
1968	24	1819	120.4	—	—	—	—	-99	+47	-85	60.5%	+1.05	16–14 (53%)	—	+1.07
1969	25	1916	144.4	—	—	—	—	-169	+98	+138	66.0%	+1.08	16–9 (64%)	—	-2.96
1970	26	2035	152.2	—	—	—	—	-68	-52	+205	66.8%	+1.17	17–9 (65%)	4–4 (50%)	-2.10
1971	27	2086	160.2	—	—	—	—	+47	-10	+106	70.1%	+1.06	15–5 (75%)	18–9 (67%)	-5.36
1972	28	2130	156.8	—	—	—	—	+82	-62	-26	72.1%	+1.41	13–9 (59%)	20–12 (63%)	-3.80
1973	29	2055	152.7	—	—	—	—	+47	-61	+156	70.8%	+1.34	14–8 (64%)	22–13 (63%)	+0.31
1974	30	2124	158.5	—	—	—	—	+236	-159	+2	78.5%	+1.80	14–3 (82%)	24–11 (69%)	+0.60
1975	31	2010	142.7	—	—	—	—	+118	-61	+187	63.4%	+0.87	8–4 (67%)	3–5 (38%)	+0.10
1976	32	1831	149.0	—	—	—	—	+122	+49	+314	53.9%	+0.25	5–3 (63%)	12–7 (63%)	-0.85
1977	33	1837	136.9	—	—	—	—	+70	—	+253	54.8%	+0.19	1–3 (25%)	3–2 (60%)	-1.06
1978	34	1817	148.9	—	—	—	—	+96	-85	+255	50.8%	+0.10	10–4 (71%)	8–7 (53%)	-2.51
1979	35	1833	126.5	—	—	—	—	+79	—	—	53.3%	-0.07	1–0	—	-1.19
1980	36	1801	107.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.75	—	0–1	-0.42
1981	37	1794	108.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	-0.46
Career		2212	154.2	—	—	—	—	+46	-14	+125	66.4%	+1.09	130–71 (65%)	114–71 (62%)	-2.41

Tournament Results by Category

Results show best round reached per tournament per season.

Grand Slams

John Newcombe Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO
1968	24	—	—	R16	QF
1969	25	QF	QF	F	SF
1970	26	QF	—	W	SF
1971	27	R16	—	W	R128
1972	28	QF	—	—	R32
1973	29	W	R128	—	W
1974	30	QF	—	QF	SF
1975	31	W	—	—	—
1976	32	F	R128	R32	—
1977	33	QF	—	—	—
1978	34	—	—	R16	—

Masters 1000

John Newcombe Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	CAN	CAN
1969	25	W	—	SF
1971	27	QF	W	—
1973	29	R64	—	QF
1976	32	SF	—	R64
1978	34	R16	—	—

ATP 250

John Newcombe ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	BAD	BAR	DAL	GST	HAL	HAM	HKG	HOU	MC	MEL	MIA	NWP	PAR	QUE	ROM	ROT	SDG	SPB	TKY	VIE	WAS	ALA	AUS	BAK	BAL	BIR	BOS	BOS	BOS	BOU	BRI	BRU	BUF	CAM	CAN	CAP	CAS	CHA	CHA	CHA	CHI	CHI	COL	COR	DEN	DJK	DUR	EAS	ESS	EVA	FOR	FOR	FOR	FRE	GOT	GUA	HAR	HEM	HIL	MIA	HOY	JAC	JOH	JOH	KIM	LAC	LAS	LAS	LON	LOS	LOS	LOS	LOU	LOU	MAN	MAU	MEM	MEM	MID	MIL	MIN	MON	NAT	NEW	NEW	NEW	EAS	OAK	ORL	IW	PER	PHI	POR	PRE	QUE	RIC	RIC	SHR	ST.	ST.	SYD	SYD	SYD	SYD	TEH	TEH	TOR	TUL	IW	VAN	VAN	WCT	WEM	WEM	WOR
1968	24	—	—	RR	—	—	SF	—	W	—	RR	—	—	QF	BR	F	—	—	—	BR	—	—	F	—	—	—	W	QF	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	W	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	W	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	F	—	QF	—	—	RR	—	—	—	SF	W	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	RR	—	F	—
1969	25	F	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	QF	F	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	W	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—
1970	26	BR	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	F	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	RR	—	—	W	RR	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	F	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—
1971	27	—	—	—	QF	W	W	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—
1972	28	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	SF	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	—	W	—	RR	—	F	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—
1973	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	F	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF
1974	30	QF	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	R16	—	W	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—
1975	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—
1976	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1977	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF
1978	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	—	—	—	—	F	RR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1979	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1980	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1981	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

ATP Finals

John Newcombe ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	FIN
1973	29	SF
1974	30	SF

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jun 3, 1974

First top 100

Aug 27, 1973

First top 50

Aug 27, 1973

First top 20

Aug 27, 1973

First top 10

Aug 27, 1973

Ranking History Matrix

John Newcombe ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1973	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	2	2	2	2
1974	30	—	—	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	—	2	2
1975	31	2	—	2	4	4	4	—	—	—	—	—	20
1976	32	—	—	—	—	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	21
1977	33	22	27	31	56	63	—	185	—	—	—	—	—
1978	34	114	25	25	21	22	20	20	22	21	23	22	24
1979	35	25	38	31	61	71	71	—	—	—	—	—	226
1982	38	826	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

John Newcombe's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Active Years	Match Log
Ilie Nastase	ROU	1	2,273	2	64	1,190	859	331	72.2%	1968-1985	Match log
Bjorn Borg	SWE	1	2,523	11	61	751	608	143	81.0%	1971-1993	Match log
Ken Rosewall	AUS	2	2,233	4	40	736	541	195	73.5%	1968-1980	Match log
Jimmy Connors	USA	1	2,434	8	109	1,556	1,262	294	81.1%	1969-1996	Match log
Manuel Orantes	ESP	2	2,237	1	38	982	696	286	70.9%	1968-1984	Match log
Arthur Ashe	USA	2	2,260	3	49	1,058	800	258	75.6%	1968-1979	Match log
Mats Wilander	SWE	1	2,262	7	33	729	526	203	72.2%	1980-1996	Match log
Tom Okker	NED	3	2,202	0	37	951	672	279	70.7%	1968-1981	Match log
Lleyton Hewitt	AUS	1	2,160	2	30	811	567	244	69.9%	1997-2016	Match log
Guillermo Vilas	ARG	2	2,352	4	63	1,180	898	282	76.1%	1968-1992	Match log
John McEnroe	USA	1	2,492	7	76	1,022	833	189	81.5%	1976-1994	Match log
Andy Murray	GBR	1	2,477	3	46	980	715	265	73.0%	2005-2024	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is John Newcombe?: John Newcombe is 82 years old, born on May 23, 1944.
Which country is John Newcombe from?: John Newcombe is from Australia.
How tall is John Newcombe?: John Newcombe is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is John Newcombe left-handed or right-handed?: John Newcombe plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has John Newcombe won?: John Newcombe has won 5 Grand Slam titles. The most recent was Australian Open in 1975.
How many Masters 1000 titles has John Newcombe won?: John Newcombe has won 2 Masters 1000 titles. The most recent was Montreal / Toronto in 1971.
How many ATP titles has John Newcombe won?: John Newcombe has won 41 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent other title was Tuscon in 1974.
What is John Newcombe's highest ATP ranking?: John Newcombe's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 1, first achieved on June 3, 1974.
What is John Newcombe's career win-loss record?: John Newcombe has a career ATP singles record of 556 wins and 224 losses (71.3%).
How much career prize money has John Newcombe earned?: John Newcombe has earned at least $1,062,408 in career prize money from professional tennis.
When did John Newcombe play professional tennis?: John Newcombe turned professional in 1968 and was active through 1981.
What is John Newcombe's best surface?: John Newcombe's best surface is grass court with a 77.4% win rate (154W-45L).
Who is John Newcombe's biggest rival?: John Newcombe's most frequent opponent is Roger Taylor, with a head-to-head record of 22–6 across 28 meetings.