H2H data updated: 2026-09-02 00:00 UTC

Jim Ward vs Phil Dent H2H: 0-1

Phil Dent holds a 1–0 lead over Jim Ward in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Phil Dent leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Phil Dent won the 1971 Hobart round of 16 6-3 6-1.

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Jim Ward

USA Right-Handed

H2H

0 – 1

1 main draw meetings

Phil Dent

AUS Age 76 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Phil Dent	6-3 6-1	Jim Ward	Match data	Jan 14, 1971*	R16	Hobart	ATP 250	Hard

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
Jim Ward	#1,494	#662	1	1,536	8	16	33.3%	0	0	0	0	0	0
Phil Dent	#726	#17	0	1,958	414	344	54.6%	0	0	0	0	3	3

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.

Jim Ward							Phil Dent
Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
1968	0–1	0.0%	—	1,482	0	0	1968	21–15	58.3%	—	1,588	0	0
1970	4–2	66.7%	—	1,519	0	0	1969	24–22	52.2%	—	1,578	0	0
1971	3–7	30.0%	—	1,439	0	0	1970	19–15	55.9%	—	1,652	0	0
1972	1–3	25.0%	—	1,461	0	0	1971	28–33	45.9%	—	1,673	0	1
1973	0–1	0.0%	—	1,458	0	0	1972	5–22	18.5%	—	1,610	0	1
1978	0–1	0.0%	—	1,453	0	0	1973	38–31	55.1%	#49	1,763	0	1
1979	0–1	0.0%	#662	1,447	0	0	1974	29–19	60.4%	#41	1,829	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	41–26	61.2%	#33	1,862	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	28–22	56.0%	#37	1,852	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	59–29	67.0%	#20	1,851	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	24–24	50.0%	#87	1,744	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	27–22	55.1%	#50	1,854	0	3
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	28–19	59.6%	#34	1,846	0	3
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	26–21	55.3%	#65	1,753	0	3
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	17–19	47.2%	#57	1,727	0	3
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1983	0–5	0.0%	#100	1,639	0	3

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.

Jim Ward																	Phil Dent
Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1968	—	—	—	—	11	9	20	55.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	—	—	—	—
1970	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	1969	0	1	1	0.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	15	13	28	53.6%	2	1	3	66.7%
1971	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1970	3	1	4	75.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	10	7	17	58.8%	—	—	—	—
1972	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1971	15	10	25	60.0%	2	10	12	16.7%	8	6	14	57.1%	3	7	10	30.0%
1973	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1972	0	5	5	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	12	15	20.0%
1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1973	10	8	18	55.6%	14	11	25	56.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	9	8	17	52.9%
1979	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1974	7	6	13	53.8%	2	2	4	50.0%	11	4	15	73.3%	9	7	16	56.3%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	5	5	10	50.0%	16	10	26	61.5%	8	3	11	72.7%	12	8	20	60.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	8	4	12	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	11	5	16	68.8%	8	11	19	42.1%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	8	6	14	57.1%	30	10	40	75.0%	18	8	26	69.2%	3	5	8	37.5%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	3	4	7	42.9%	10	9	19	52.6%	9	6	15	60.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	6	6	12	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	19	6	25	76.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	5	3	8	62.5%	8	7	15	53.3%	14	6	20	70.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	9	9	18	50.0%	—	—	—	—	12	6	18	66.7%	5	6	11	45.5%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	4	7	11	36.4%	5	3	8	62.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	4	7	11	36.4%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1983	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	3	5	8	37.5%	0	3	3	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	Career	83	77	160	51.9%	115	96	211	54.5%	155	85	240	64.6%	61	86	147	41.5%

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.

Jim Ward																Phil Dent
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	1483	99.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	+0.08	1968	1588	114.0	—	—	—	—	—	-36	+44	53.1%	+0.25	4–1 (80%)	—	—	+1.13
1970	1519	107.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	+33	64.3%	+1.00	1–1	—	—	+0.93	1969	1579	111.6	—	—	—	—	+4	-23	+21	49.2%	-0.10	9–4 (69%)	—	—	+2.41
1971	1440	96.9	—	—	—	—	+59	—	—	25.0%	-1.71	1–1	—	—	+0.95	1970	1652	119.5	—	—	—	—	-10	-72	+3	53.8%	+0.08	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+1.49
1972	1461	108.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.10	0–1	—	—	-0.10	1971	1674	131.4	—	—	—	—	+49	-176	+55	47.3%	-0.27	5–8 (38%)	11–12 (48%)	—	-2.30
1973	1459	103.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.23	1972	1611	141.4	—	—	—	—	+3	-91	+77	29.7%	-1.05	1–6 (14%)	1–5 (17%)	—	-3.31
1978	1454	94.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	0.00	1973	1763	138.9	—	—	—	—	+15	-134	-89	54.9%	+0.38	9–13 (41%)	10–9 (53%)	—	-0.93
1979	1448	101.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.02	1974	1829	137.7	—	—	—	—	-83	-196	+77	60.2%	+0.58	8–9 (47%)	9–12 (43%)	—	+0.62
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1975	1862	142.9	—	—	—	—	-95	-69	+80	56.9%	+0.26	15–8 (65%)	12–7 (63%)	—	-3.62
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1976	1853	153.9	—	—	—	—	-3	-77	+101	56.3%	+0.27	9–8 (53%)	6–4 (60%)	—	-1.73
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	1852	146.1	—	—	—	—	-65	+78	+46	62.0%	+0.61	18–9 (67%)	18–8 (69%)	—	-0.26
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	1745	138.5	—	—	—	—	-25	+116	+104	48.4%	-0.31	12–9 (57%)	11–5 (69%)	—	-1.73
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	1855	142.1	—	—	—	—	-193	-68	+147	55.3%	+0.20	6–6 (50%)	8–7 (53%)	—	-0.69
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	1847	138.9	—	—	—	—	-172	-94	+168	55.5%	+0.29	11–6 (65%)	10–6 (63%)	—	+1.00
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	1753	130.9	—	—	—	—	-82	—	+160	54.2%	+0.21	9–11 (45%)	13–10 (57%)	—	+2.03
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	1728	146.8	—	—	—	—	-77	+60	+164	48.2%	+0.09	3–8 (27%)	5–5 (50%)	—	-2.25
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1983	1639	101.1	—	—	—	—	-58	—	—	15.4%	-2.54	0–2	—	—	+0.07
Career	1537	103.9	—	—	—	—	+59	—	+33	35.1%	-1.07	2–4 (33%)	—	—	+7.50	Career	1958	142.7	—	—	—	—	-47	-32	+79	53.4%	+0.14	120–110 (52%)	115–90 (56%)	105.2	-1.08

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.

Jim Ward's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Geoff Masters	0	2	2	Mar 22, 1979	H2H
Mervyn Rose	1	1	2	Jan 26, 1971	—
Ross Case	0	2	2	Jan 21, 1971	H2H
Terry Moor	0	1	1	Aug 9, 1978	H2H
Nikola Pilic	0	1	1	Aug 7, 1973	H2H

Phil Dent's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Ken Rosewall	3	9	12	Dec 19, 1979	H2H
Tom Okker	1	10	11	Jun 27, 1976	H2H
Roscoe Tanner	4	6	10	Feb 25, 1982	H2H
John Alexander	3	7	10	Oct 10, 1981	H2H
John Newcombe	2	8	10	Jul 2, 1978	H2H