H2H data updated: 2026-09-01 00:00 UTC

John Newcombe vs Pierre Barthes H2H: 12-5

John Newcombe holds a 12–5 lead over Pierre Barthes in their ATP head-to-head. Across 17 main-draw meetings, John Newcombe leads 5–3 on carpet and 3–1 on grass. Most recently, John Newcombe won the 1970 Bristol quarterfinal 7-5 6-1.

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John Newcombe
AUS Age 82 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
12 – 5
17 main draw meetings
Pierre Barthes
FRA Age 84 Right-Handed

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
John Newcombe 7-5 6-1 Pierre Barthes Match data Jun 13, 1970* QF Bristol ATP 250 Grass
Pierre Barthes 8-6 John Newcombe Match data Sep 12, 1969* R16 Chicago ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 6-8 6-1 6-2 6-2 Pierre Barthes Match data Sep 2, 1969* R32 US Open Grand Slam Grass
John Newcombe 7-5 6-1 Pierre Barthes Match data Jul 14, 1969* QF U.S. Pro Tennis Championships ATP 250 Carpet
Pierre Barthes 9-11 8-6 7-5 John Newcombe Match data Jun 14, 1969* QF Bristol ATP 250 Grass
John Newcombe 10-6 Pierre Barthes Match data Oct 21, 1968* SF Kimberley Wct ATP 250 Clay
Pierre Barthes 4-6 6-2 6-2 John Newcombe Match data Oct 16, 1968* QF Cape Town Wct ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 7-3 Pierre Barthes Match data Oct 15, 1968* QF Port Elizabeth Wct ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 6-8 6-3 6-1 Pierre Barthes Match data Oct 11, 1968* QF Durban Wct ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 19-21 2-18 21-19 Pierre Barthes Match data Aug 12, 1968 RR Newport Wct ATP 250 Grass
John Newcombe 6-2 6-1 Pierre Barthes Match data Jul 26, 1968* QF Swiss Open Gstaad ATP 250 Clay
John Newcombe 31-21 Pierre Barthes Match data May 9, 1968* QF Minneapolis Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 31-28 Pierre Barthes Match data Apr 6, 1968* SF Bakersfield Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 31-18 31-28 Pierre Barthes Match data Mar 27, 1968* QF San Diego Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Pierre Barthes 31-30 25-31 5-4 John Newcombe Match data Feb 20, 1968 RR Orlando Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 31-27 Pierre Barthes Match data Feb 16, 1968 RR New Orleans Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Pierre Barthes 25-31 31-17 John Newcombe Match data Feb 13, 1968 RR Houston Wct ATP 250 Carpet

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
Pierre Barthes #265 #57 0 1,894 185 190 49.3% 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 Newcombe Pierre Barthes
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 1968 29–46 38.7% — 1,575 0 0
27 1971 61–18 77.2% — 2,085 2 18 1969 22–29 43.1% — 1,672 0 0
28 1972 69–22 75.8% — 2,130 2 25 1970 22–22 50.0% — 1,771 0 0
29 1973 59–19 75.6% #2 2,056 4 29 1971 47–25 65.3% — 1,813 0 0
30 1974 81–16 83.5% #2 2,119 4 37 1972 40–25 61.5% — 1,764 0 0
31 1975 17–8 68.0% #20 2,017 5 38 1973 13–20 39.4% #63 1,720 0 0
32 1976 21–17 55.3% #21 1,832 5 38 1974 8–13 38.1% #79 1,651 0 0
33 1977 5–6 45.5% #185 1,838 5 38 1975 2–5 28.6% #222 1,627 0 0
34 1978 28–22 56.0% #24 1,824 5 38 1976 0–2 0.0% #288 1,599 0 0
35 1979 4–3 57.1% #226 1,839 5 38 1977 2–3 40.0% — 1,611 0 0
36 1980 0–2 0.0% — 1,807 5 38 — — — — — — —
37 1981 0–1 0.0% — 1,799 5 38 — — — — — — —

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 Pierre Barthes
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% 1968 5 9 14 35.7% 5 5 10 50.0% 4 9 13 30.8% 15 23 38 39.5%
27 1971 10 5 15 66.7% 22 6 28 78.6% 12 4 16 75.0% 17 3 20 85.0% 1969 1 8 9 11.1% 8 10 18 44.4% 8 6 14 57.1% 5 5 10 50.0%
28 1972 16 3 19 84.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 36 12 48 75.0% 1970 3 6 9 33.3% 7 6 13 53.8% 7 5 12 58.3% 5 5 10 50.0%
29 1973 14 4 18 77.8% 17 7 24 70.8% 18 2 20 90.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 1971 12 8 20 60.0% 26 11 37 70.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 3 3 6 50.0%
30 1974 43 3 46 93.5% 10 4 14 71.4% 18 8 26 69.2% 10 1 11 90.9% 1972 4 6 10 40.0% 15 9 24 62.5% 7 3 10 70.0% 14 7 21 66.7%
31 1975 5 5 10 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 6 0 6 100.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1973 2 2 4 50.0% 6 8 14 42.9% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 8 12 33.3%
32 1976 7 7 14 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 7 2 9 77.8% 3 5 8 37.5% 1974 1 1 2 50.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 5 7 12 41.7%
33 1977 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 1975 — — — — 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
34 1978 5 4 9 55.6% 7 8 15 46.7% 8 3 11 72.7% 8 7 15 53.3% 1976 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
35 1979 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 2 1 3 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
36 1980 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 1981 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 145 58 203 71.4% 123 47 170 72.4% 154 45 199 77.4% 122 70 192 63.5% — 30 41 71 42.3% 71 58 129 55.0% 33 30 63 52.4% 51 61 112 45.5%

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 Pierre Barthes
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 1968 1575 100.8 — — — — -127 -9 -104 38.5% -2.01 13–6 (68%) — — -1.57
27 1971 2086 160.2 — — — — +48 -10 +108 70.1% +1.06 15–5 (75%) 18–9 (67%) — -5.69 1969 1672 116.9 — — — — -151 -96 -38 43.3% -0.64 7–5 (58%) — — -2.54
28 1972 2131 156.8 — — — — +83 -60 -24 72.1% +1.41 13–9 (59%) 20–12 (63%) — -3.97 1970 1771 141.0 — — — — -107 -113 -44 49.6% -0.10 6–3 (67%) 2–2 (50%) — -3.48
29 1973 2056 152.9 — — — — +49 -63 +159 70.8% +1.34 14–8 (64%) 22–13 (63%) — +0.26 1971 1814 132.4 — — — — -50 0 -74 59.8% +0.53 18–9 (67%) 12–10 (55%) — +3.32
30 1974 2120 157.1 — — — — +217 -156 +7 77.7% +1.78 13–3 (81%) 21–10 (68%) — +0.43 1972 1765 130.5 — — — — +17 +29 +20 61.4% +0.41 8–8 (50%) 12–5 (71%) — +3.86
31 1975 2017 140.1 — — — — +109 -67 +183 61.1% +0.76 8–4 (67%) 3–5 (38%) — -0.06 1973 1720 133.3 — — — — +13 +45 +6 41.6% -0.45 7–6 (54%) 1–4 (20%) — -3.33
32 1976 1833 148.7 — — — — +121 +46 +317 53.9% +0.25 5–3 (63%) 12–7 (63%) — -0.96 1974 1652 119.0 — — — — +67 +79 — 41.2% -0.65 2–6 (25%) 2–5 (29%) — -0.21
33 1977 1839 137.4 — — — — +69 — +255 54.8% +0.19 1–3 (25%) 3–2 (60%) — -1.06 1975 1627 102.2 — — — — — +57 — 38.5% -1.00 — — — +0.20
34 1978 1825 147.7 — — — — +89 -83 +249 51.7% +0.12 10–4 (71%) 8–6 (57%) — -2.37 1976 1600 106.4 — — — — — — — 37.5% -1.00 0–2 — — -0.01
35 1979 1840 126.6 — — — — +74 — — 53.3% -0.07 1–0 — — -1.21 1977 1611 114.0 — — — — +84 — — 41.7% -0.50 1–1 0–1 — +0.11
36 1980 1807 107.0 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.75 — 0–1 — -0.42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 1981 1799 108.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.45 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2204 153.9 — — — — +40 -13 +125 66.3% +1.08 129–71 (65%) 111–69 (62%) 108.3 -2.59 — 1895 128.9 — — — — -60 -10 -47 49.9% -0.31 62–46 (57%) 29–27 (52%) 105.3 -0.99

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.