H2H data updated: 2026-09-05 00:00 UTC

Dick Crealy vs Nicola Spear H2H: 3-0

Dick Crealy holds a 3–0 lead over Nicola Spear in their ATP head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Dick Crealy leads 2–0 on clay and 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Dick Crealy won the 1976 North Conway round of 64 6-3 6-7 6-1.

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Dick Crealy
AUS Age 81 Right-Handed 191 cm / 6'3"
H2H
3 – 0
3 main draw meetings
Nicola Spear
SRB Right-Handed

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Dick Crealy 6-3 6-7 6-1 Nicola Spear Match data Aug 10, 1976* R64 North Conway ATP 250 Clay
Dick Crealy 9-7 6-2 1-6 7-5 Nicola Spear Match data Jun 28, 1972* R128 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass
Dick Crealy 6-4 1-6 6-1 6-1 Nicola Spear Match data May 7, 1970* R32 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Dick Crealy #509 #33 0 1,903 338 317 51.6% 0 0 0 0 2 2
Nicola Spear #536 #68 0 1,710 111 173 39.1% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Dick Crealy Nicola Spear
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
1968 31–16 66.0% — 1,646 0 0 1968 9–12 42.9% — 1,491 0 0
1969 30–23 56.6% — 1,639 0 0 1969 11–14 44.0% — 1,572 0 0
1970 32–21 60.4% — 1,700 0 1 1970 28–18 60.9% — 1,659 0 0
1971 10–23 30.3% — 1,598 0 1 1971 10–20 33.3% — 1,486 0 0
1972 18–14 56.2% — 1,716 0 1 1972 3–12 20.0% — 1,480 0 0
1973 31–33 48.4% #51 1,623 0 1 1973 5–13 27.8% #124 1,470 0 0
1974 41–39 51.2% #71 1,719 0 1 1974 3–14 17.6% #153 1,453 0 0
1975 41–37 52.6% #56 1,738 0 2 1975 20–26 43.5% #92 1,538 0 0
1976 49–35 58.3% #38 1,783 0 2 1976 5–16 23.8% #151 1,498 0 0
1977 31–30 50.8% #67 1,672 0 2 1977 15–19 44.1% #95 1,563 0 0
1978 19–33 36.5% #131 1,567 0 2 1978 1–4 20.0% #357 1,532 0 0
1979 1–10 9.1% #274 1,498 0 2 1979 1–3 25.0% #312 1,509 0 0
1980 3–2 60.0% #309 1,511 0 2 1980 0–2 0.0% #383 1,480 0 0
1981 1–1 50.0% — 1,509 0 2 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Dick Crealy Nicola Spear
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
1968 — — — — 15 9 24 62.5% 16 7 23 69.6% — — — — 1968 — — — — 6 9 15 40.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
1969 6 5 11 54.5% 15 8 23 65.2% 9 10 19 47.4% — — — — 1969 3 3 6 50.0% 5 7 12 41.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 2 5 60.0%
1970 6 6 12 50.0% 10 5 15 66.7% 16 8 24 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 1970 5 3 8 62.5% 22 12 34 64.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
1971 2 4 6 33.3% 5 10 15 33.3% 3 4 7 42.9% 0 5 5 0.0% 1971 6 9 15 40.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
1972 2 2 4 50.0% 12 9 21 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 1972 — — — — 2 7 9 22.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
1973 4 5 9 44.4% 6 10 16 37.5% 9 7 16 56.3% 12 11 23 52.2% 1973 1 1 2 50.0% 4 12 16 25.0% — — — — — — — —
1974 7 10 17 41.2% 17 17 34 50.0% 13 8 21 61.9% 4 4 8 50.0% 1974 0 1 1 0.0% 2 9 11 18.2% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — —
1975 5 8 13 38.5% 21 15 36 58.3% 9 5 14 64.3% 6 9 15 40.0% 1975 0 2 2 0.0% 20 21 41 48.8% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
1976 12 4 16 75.0% 30 20 50 60.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 2 6 8 25.0% 1976 2 2 4 50.0% 3 12 15 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
1977 4 5 9 44.4% 19 16 35 54.3% 8 9 17 47.1% — — — — 1977 3 2 5 60.0% 12 16 28 42.9% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
1978 2 5 7 28.6% 6 12 18 33.3% 3 6 9 33.3% 8 10 18 44.4% 1978 — — — — 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — —
1979 0 2 2 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1979 — — — — 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
1980 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 1980 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
1981 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career 53 58 111 47.7% 156 134 290 53.8% 97 76 173 56.1% 32 49 81 39.5% Career 20 23 43 46.5% 81 120 201 40.3% 6 19 25 24.0% 4 11 15 26.7%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Metrics are precomputed from eligible main-draw results; point-stat values use the available detailed sample. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Dick Crealy Nicola Spear
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
1968 1647 121.1 — — — — — -10 +56 61.9% +0.86 8–4 (67%) — — +0.41 1968 1491 109.4 — — — — — +3 +11 50.0% +0.09 1–4 (20%) — — +0.39
1969 1640 118.3 — — — — +10 +67 +26 55.6% +0.27 5–8 (38%) — — +1.20 1969 1573 117.4 — — — — +68 -29 — 44.9% -0.26 4–2 (67%) — — +0.04
1970 1700 134.6 — — — — -75 +134 +67 59.1% +0.64 8–7 (53%) 6–4 (60%) 100.8 +0.35 1970 1660 126.5 — — — — -15 +22 — 57.0% +0.65 5–4 (56%) 1–0 — +4.01
1971 1598 133.0 — — — — -33 +84 +121 29.9% -1.06 5–0 (100%) 2–3 (40%) 106.1 -4.26 1971 1487 101.9 — — — — +53 +121 -22 39.5% -1.01 5–8 (38%) 4–5 (44%) 95.5 +3.78
1972 1717 124.1 — — — — -157 +50 +30 55.6% +0.02 2–5 (29%) 4–1 (80%) 99.3 +1.63 1972 1481 124.0 — — — — — +100 -19 28.2% -1.13 2–3 (40%) — — -1.13
1973 1624 127.7 — — — — +8 +31 +65 48.6% +0.01 7–8 (47%) 8–10 (44%) 97.6 +0.24 1973 1471 115.8 — — — — — +46 — 38.6% -0.52 1–4 (20%) 2–0 — +0.29
1974 1719 137.0 — — — — -67 -18 +78 51.5% +0.05 14–12 (54%) 14–17 (45%) 101.2 -0.63 1974 1454 115.0 — — — — — +5 -21 31.6% -0.71 3–6 (33%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.50
1975 1738 138.0 — — — — -69 +20 +95 50.8% +0.12 16–8 (67%) 15–9 (63%) 110.1 -1.44 1975 1539 127.5 — — — — -70 +35 — 43.3% -0.37 2–7 (22%) 4–5 (44%) 95.1 +2.44
1976 1783 142.6 — — — — -2 -8 +8 58.4% +0.68 14–16 (47%) 12–17 (41%) 93.6 +2.69 1976 1499 119.0 — — — — -2 -23 — 32.0% -1.12 0–5 (0%) 2–3 (40%) 93.6 +0.67
1977 1673 127.5 — — — — +57 +18 +45 49.7% -0.07 10–12 (45%) 10–7 (59%) 96.0 +1.90 1977 1564 131.9 — — — — -29 -17 — 47.4% 0.00 4–7 (36%) 3–1 (75%) 99.4 +1.75
1978 1567 129.0 — — — — +98 +15 +91 40.5% -0.56 11–14 (44%) 3–13 (19%) 89.9 -0.07 1978 1532 109.7 — — — — — -12 — 30.8% -0.85 0–1 — — +0.29
1979 1499 117.0 — — — — +99 +43 +128 22.2% -1.18 0–3 (0%) 1–5 (17%) 93.2 -0.27 1979 1510 102.5 — — — — — -25 — 36.4% -0.91 0–2 0–2 — +0.37
1980 1512 105.5 — — — — +100 — — 50.0% +0.60 1–1 0–1 — +1.27 1980 1480 91.1 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.25 — — — +0.34
1981 1510 100.0 — — — — — — — 50.0% -0.25 — 1–1 — +0.51 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career 1904 135.4 — — — — -9 +24 +62 51.7% +0.15 101–98 (51%) 76–88 (46%) 95.7 +0.54 Career 1710 125.2 — — — — +22 +18 -10 42.9% -0.36 27–53 (34%) 17–18 (49%) 91.5 +4.68

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.