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John Newcombe vs Ion Tiriac H2H: 2-0

John Newcombe holds a 2–0 lead over Ion Tiriac in their ATP head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, John Newcombe leads 1–0 on carpet and 1–0 on grass. Most recently, John Newcombe won the 1975 Jackson quarterfinal 6-3 4-6 6-2.

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John Newcombe
AUS Age 82 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main draw meetings
Ion Tiriac
ROU Age 87 Right-Handed 185 cm / 6'1"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
John Newcombe 6-3 4-6 6-2 Ion Tiriac Match data Mar 31, 1975* QF Jackson ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe #7 7-6 6-3 6-4 Ion Tiriac #87 Match data Sep 4, 1973* R32 US Open Grand Slam Grass

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 Newcombe #826 #1 0 2,203 544 220 71.2% 5 0 0 0 33 38
Ion Tiriac #439 #55 0 1,888 230 190 54.8% 0 0 0 0 4 4

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 Newcombe Ion Tiriac
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
24 1968 70–37 65.4% — 1,819 0 6 — — — — — — —
25 1969 64–26 71.1% — 1,916 0 8 — — — — — — —
26 1970 65–23 73.9% — 2,035 1 12 — — — — — — —
27 1971 61–18 77.2% — 2,085 2 18 — — — — — — —
28 1972 69–22 75.8% — 2,130 2 25 — — — — — — —
29 1973 59–19 75.6% #2 2,056 4 29 1968 60–12 83.3% — 1,832 0 2
30 1974 81–16 83.5% #2 2,119 4 37 1969 14–14 50.0% — 1,763 0 2
31 1975 17–8 68.0% #20 2,017 5 38 1970 34–22 60.7% — 1,809 0 3
32 1976 21–17 55.3% #21 1,832 5 38 1971 27–16 62.8% — 1,783 0 4
33 1977 5–6 45.5% #185 1,838 5 38 1972 23–26 46.9% — 1,675 0 4
34 1978 28–22 56.0% #24 1,824 5 38 1973 36–36 50.0% #74 1,681 0 4
35 1979 4–3 57.1% #226 1,839 5 38 1974 9–14 39.1% #72 1,620 0 4
36 1980 0–2 0.0% — 1,807 5 38 1975 8–10 44.4% #138 1,595 0 4
37 1981 0–1 0.0% — 1,799 5 38 1976 1–7 12.5% #248 1,548 0 4
38 — — — — — — — 1977 15–20 42.9% #97 1,631 0 4
39 — — — — — — — 1978 2–10 16.7% #263 1,522 0 4
40 — — — — — — — 1979 1–3 25.0% #439 1,525 0 4

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 Newcombe Ion Tiriac
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 %
24 1968 18 7 25 72.0% 18 4 22 81.8% 15 7 22 68.2% 19 19 38 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1969 5 4 9 55.6% 27 7 34 79.4% 25 7 32 78.1% 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 1970 17 8 25 68.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 37 7 44 84.1% 9 7 16 56.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 1971 10 5 15 66.7% 22 6 28 78.6% 12 4 16 75.0% 17 3 20 85.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 1972 16 3 19 84.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 36 12 48 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 1973 14 4 18 77.8% 17 7 24 70.8% 18 2 20 90.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 1968 — — — — 56 11 67 83.6% 4 1 5 80.0% — — — —
30 1974 43 3 46 93.5% 10 4 14 71.4% 18 8 26 69.2% 10 1 11 90.9% 1969 4 5 9 44.4% 7 5 12 58.3% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
31 1975 5 5 10 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 6 0 6 100.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1970 6 5 11 54.5% 25 10 35 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 5 6 16.7%
32 1976 7 7 14 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 7 2 9 77.8% 3 5 8 37.5% 1971 4 4 8 50.0% 20 7 27 74.1% 3 2 5 60.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
33 1977 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 1972 6 9 15 40.0% 10 10 20 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 3 4 7 42.9%
34 1978 5 4 9 55.6% 7 8 15 46.7% 8 3 11 72.7% 8 7 15 53.3% 1973 2 9 11 18.2% 23 20 43 53.5% 4 3 7 57.1% 7 4 11 63.6%
35 1979 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 2 3 5 40.0% 0 5 5 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 7 5 12 58.3%
36 1980 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975 1 1 2 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 6 12 50.0%
37 1981 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 1 2 3 33.3% 13 14 27 48.1% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0%
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 1 2 3 33.3% 1 5 6 16.7% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979 — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
Career — 145 58 203 71.4% 123 47 170 72.4% 154 45 199 77.4% 122 70 192 63.5% — 28 42 70 40.0% 156 90 246 63.4% 21 21 42 50.0% 25 37 62 40.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

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

Age John Newcombe Ion Tiriac
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
24 1968 1819 120.5 — — — — -93 +43 -86 60.5% +1.05 16–14 (53%) — — +1.04 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1969 1916 144.5 — — — — -167 +98 +137 66.0% +1.08 16–9 (64%) — — -3.03 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
26 1970 2035 152.0 — — — — -68 -52 +203 66.8% +1.17 17–9 (65%) 4–4 (50%) — -2.09 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
27 1971 2086 160.2 — — — — +48 -10 +108 70.1% +1.06 15–5 (75%) 18–9 (67%) — -5.69 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
28 1972 2131 156.8 — — — — +83 -60 -24 72.1% +1.41 13–9 (59%) 20–12 (63%) — -3.97 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 1973 2056 152.9 — — — — +49 -63 +159 70.8% +1.34 14–8 (64%) 22–13 (63%) — +0.26 1968 1833 137.7 — — — — — +131 -203 75.3% +1.86 9–2 (82%) — — +2.01
30 1974 2120 157.1 — — — — +217 -156 +7 77.7% +1.78 13–3 (81%) 21–10 (68%) — +0.43 1969 1763 123.3 — — — — -148 +136 -139 51.5% +0.17 1–0 — — -1.83
31 1975 2017 140.1 — — — — +109 -67 +183 61.1% +0.76 8–4 (67%) 3–5 (38%) — -0.06 1970 1810 138.9 — — — — -162 +93 -151 63.9% +0.98 3–10 (23%) — — -0.73
32 1976 1833 148.7 — — — — +121 +46 +317 53.9% +0.25 5–3 (63%) 12–7 (63%) — -0.96 1971 1783 135.6 — — — — -170 +109 -57 58.1% +0.67 5–1 (83%) 2–4 (33%) — +3.37
33 1977 1839 137.4 — — — — +69 — +255 54.8% +0.19 1–3 (25%) 3–2 (60%) — -1.06 1972 1676 128.9 — — — — -62 +101 +65 51.5% +0.05 6–15 (29%) 3–4 (43%) — +3.07
34 1978 1825 147.7 — — — — +89 -83 +249 51.7% +0.12 10–4 (71%) 8–6 (57%) — -2.37 1973 1682 130.0 — — — — -58 -1 +83 51.4% +0.18 10–14 (42%) 7–6 (54%) — +4.22
35 1979 1840 126.6 — — — — +74 — — 53.3% -0.07 1–0 — — -1.21 1974 1621 121.7 — — — — +70 -34 — 38.5% -0.69 3–2 (60%) 1–3 (25%) — +0.02
36 1980 1807 107.0 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.75 — 0–1 — -0.42 1975 1596 116.1 — — — — +70 -20 — 43.5% -0.11 4–4 (50%) 1–8 (11%) — +2.98
37 1981 1799 108.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.45 1976 1549 112.0 — — — — +52 — — 20.0% -2.20 0–1 0–1 — +0.52
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 1631 139.0 — — — — -93 +39 — 44.9% -0.49 2–6 (25%) 6–4 (60%) — -0.45
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 1523 117.6 — — — — +24 +99 +113 23.3% -1.60 1–2 (33%) 0–1 — +0.15
40 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979 1525 117.9 — — — — — — — 40.0% -1.10 0–2 1–0 — -0.12
Career — 2204 153.9 — — — — +40 -13 +125 66.3% +1.08 129–71 (65%) 111–69 (62%) 108.3 -2.59 — 1888 137.2 — — — — -54 +82 -31 55.5% +0.44 44–59 (43%) 21–31 (40%) 92.2 +3.21

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.