H2H data updated: 2026-09-07 00:00 UTC

John James vs Alvaro Betancur H2H: 0-1

Alvaro Betancur holds a 1–0 lead over John James in their ATP head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Alvaro Betancur leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Alvaro Betancur won the 1980 South Orange round of 16 6-3 6-4.

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John James

AUS Age 75 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H

0 – 1

1 main-draw meetings

Alvaro Betancur

COL Age 76 Right-Handed

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Alvaro Betancur	6-3 6-4	John James	Match data	Aug 1, 1980*	R16	South Orange	ATP 250	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
John James	#808	#81	28	1,682	98	144	40.5%	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alvaro Betancur	#509	#89	0	1,600	34	78	30.4%	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.

Age	John James							Alvaro Betancur
Age	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
17	1968	3–3	50.0%	—	1,516	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1968	0–1	0.0%	—	1,488	0	0
19	1970	1–1	50.0%	—	1,513	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1970	0–1	0.0%	—	1,473	0	0
21	1972	7–4	63.6%	—	1,570	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1973	0–5	0.0%	—	1,514	0	0	1972	0–1	0.0%	—	1,469	0	0
23	1974	2–3	40.0%	#249	1,517	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1975	5–10	33.3%	#135	1,517	0	0	1974	0–1	0.0%	#274	1,466	0	0
25	1976	6–14	30.0%	#146	1,512	0	0	1975	3–5	37.5%	#145	1,525	0	0
26	1977	16–23	41.0%	#97	1,583	0	0	1976	9–19	32.1%	#98	1,535	0	0
27	1978	20–27	42.6%	#102	1,629	0	0	1977	9–19	32.1%	#125	1,517	0	0
28	1979	19–22	46.3%	#91	1,644	0	0	1978	5–15	25.0%	#184	1,508	0	0
29	1980	12–25	32.4%	#209	1,493	0	0	1979	1–1	50.0%	#131	1,518	0	0
30	1981	3–4	42.9%	—	1,490	0	0	1980	6–14	30.0%	#164	1,475	0	0
31	1982	4–3	57.1%	—	1,559	0	0	1981	1–1	50.0%	—	1,486	0	0

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. 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.

Age	John James																	Alvaro Betancur
	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 %
17	1968	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1968	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	1970	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1970	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	1972	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	7	3	10	70.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1973	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1972	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	1974	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1975	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1974	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	1976	1	4	5	20.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	1975	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
26	1977	1	3	4	25.0%	8	8	16	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	1976	0	1	1	0.0%	9	16	25	36.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
27	1978	7	8	15	46.7%	2	8	10	20.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	1977	—	—	—	—	9	18	27	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—
28	1979	5	6	11	45.5%	4	6	10	40.0%	8	7	15	53.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	1978	1	2	3	33.3%	4	13	17	23.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	1980	4	7	11	36.4%	5	10	15	33.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	0	3	3	0.0%	1979	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	1981	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1980	0	1	1	0.0%	6	13	19	31.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
31	1982	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	1981	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	—	20	32	52	38.5%	24	45	69	34.8%	46	47	93	49.5%	8	20	28	28.6%	—	1	5	6	16.7%	33	69	102	32.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. 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.

Age	John James																Alvaro Betancur
Age	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
17	1968	1517	105.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	+24	56.5%	+0.69	1–2 (33%)	—	—	+0.22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1968	1488	95.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.07
19	1970	1514	99.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	0.00	—	—	—	+0.23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1970	1473	97.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	+0.16
21	1972	1570	111.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	+66	56.7%	+0.27	1–1	3–0 (100%)	—	+0.69	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	1973	1514	96.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	-5	23.1%	-1.54	0–1	0–1	—	-0.23	1972	1470	104.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	-0.21
23	1974	1518	116.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	-4	30.0%	-2.20	0–1	1–0	—	-0.43	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	1975	1517	115.0	—	—	—	—	+32	+20	-4	35.3%	-1.26	0–2	2–0	—	+0.66	1974	1467	105.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	0–1	—	-0.17
25	1976	1513	125.5	—	—	—	—	-18	-10	+71	36.0%	-0.80	3–4 (43%)	2–3 (40%)	99.0	+1.02	1975	1525	116.4	—	—	—	—	—	+39	—	38.9%	-0.72	0–1	—	—	-0.21
26	1977	1583	129.9	—	—	—	—	-86	+21	-28	40.0%	-0.40	4–4 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	99.4	-0.34	1976	1536	125.3	—	—	—	—	-49	+36	—	37.7%	-1.03	4–8 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	—	-0.86
27	1978	1629	127.4	—	—	—	—	-82	-94	+53	43.9%	-0.27	6–6 (50%)	4–7 (36%)	99.8	+1.51	1977	1517	114.2	—	—	—	—	—	+21	—	37.7%	-1.06	3–7 (30%)	0–3 (0%)	95.3	+2.00
28	1979	1645	125.5	—	—	—	—	-50	-102	+53	47.9%	-0.21	2–3 (40%)	5–7 (42%)	97.3	+2.00	1978	1509	123.0	—	—	—	—	-20	+26	—	26.7%	-1.60	3–4 (43%)	0–4 (0%)	98.4	-0.42
29	1980	1494	113.3	—	—	—	—	+7	+34	+158	34.9%	-0.97	2–7 (22%)	1–4 (20%)	92.6	+3.49	1979	1519	113.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	+1.50	—	—	—	+0.14
30	1981	1490	106.2	—	—	—	—	+36	—	—	50.0%	-0.45	0–2	—	—	+1.40	1980	1476	104.7	—	—	—	—	—	+21	—	27.0%	-1.54	1–0	0–3 (0%)	—	+1.40
31	1982	1560	121.8	—	—	—	—	—	-22	+96	50.0%	-0.56	2–0	1–0	—	-0.32	1981	1486	103.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	60.0%	-0.60	0–1	1–0	—	+0.11
Career	—	1683	127.2	—	—	—	—	-44	-17	+47	42.3%	-0.49	21–33 (39%)	20–25 (44%)	94.5	+4.13	—	1601	121.9	—	—	—	—	-35	+27	—	33.7%	-1.20	11–21 (34%)	4–13 (24%)	91.2	+1.67

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.

John James's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Hank Pfister	3	2	5	Aug 6, 1980	H2H
Phil Dent	0	5	5	Dec 22, 1979	H2H
Balazs Taroczy	0	4	4	Sep 26, 1980	H2H
Syd Ball	2	2	4	Oct 12, 1979	H2H
Roscoe Tanner	0	4	4	Apr 20, 1978	H2H

Alvaro Betancur's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Hans Gildemeister	1	3	4	Nov 20, 1980	—
Colin Dibley	1	2	3	Jul 31, 1980	H2H
Harold Solomon	0	3	3	Jun 9, 1977	H2H
Ricardo Ycaza	0	2	2	Jul 16, 1981	H2H
Rick Fagel	0	2	2	Nov 27, 1980	H2H