H2H data updated: 2026-06-29 08:10 UTC

John Newcombe vs Roger Taylor H2H: 22-6

Compare the head-to-head record, career totals, season-by-season performance, and match log for John Newcombe vs Roger Taylor.

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John Newcombe
AUS Age 82 Right-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"
H2H
22 – 6
28 main draw meetings
Roger Taylor
GBR Age 84 Left-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

Career Comparison

MetricJohn NewcombeRoger Taylor
Peak Ranking #1 #11
Peak Points 0 0
Peak Elo 2,201 2,004
Singles W-L 556–224 369–296
Win % 71.3% 55.5%
Grand Slam titles 5 0
Masters 1000 titles 2 0
ATP Finals titles 0 0
ATP 500 titles 0 0
ATP 250 titles 34 9
Total titles 41 9
Age John Newcombe Roger Taylor
SeasonW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles SeasonW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
24 1968 70–37 65.4% — 1,819 0 8 — — — — — — —
25 1969 64–26 71.1% — 1,887 0 10 — — — — — — —
26 1970 65–23 73.9% — 2,031 1 14 1968 27–51 34.6% — 1,569 0 1
27 1971 61–18 77.2% — 2,082 2 20 1969 49–31 61.2% — 1,794 0 1
28 1972 69–22 75.8% — 2,129 2 27 1970 62–37 62.6% — 1,914 0 3
29 1973 59–19 75.6% #2 2,052 4 31 1971 44–37 54.3% — 1,864 0 4
30 1974 87–16 84.5% #2 2,115 4 40 1972 42–27 60.9% — 1,901 0 5
31 1975 21–9 70.0% #20 2,004 5 41 1973 51–23 68.9% #16 1,883 0 7
32 1976 21–17 55.3% #21 1,827 5 41 1974 23–18 56.1% #42 1,849 0 7
33 1977 5–6 45.5% #119 1,833 5 41 1975 39–22 63.9% #52 1,797 0 9
34 1978 30–25 54.5% #24 1,815 5 41 1976 13–14 48.1% #80 1,702 0 9
35 1979 4–3 57.1% #226 1,831 5 41 1977 12–19 38.7% #112 1,602 0 9
36 1980 0–2 0.0% — 1,799 5 41 1978 6–12 33.3% #162 1,552 0 9
37 1981 0–1 0.0% #594 1,792 5 41 1979 1–2 33.3% #400 1,558 0 9
38 — — — — — — — 1980 0–3 0.0% #372 1,519 0 9

H2H Match Log

DateTournamentCategoryRoundSurfaceWinnerScoreLoserMatch
Nov 21, 1974* Manila ATP 250 QF Hard John Newcombe #2 6-3 7-5 Roger Taylor #50 Match data
Nov 9, 1974* Hong Kong ATP 250 QF Hard John Newcombe #2 6-2 9-8 Roger Taylor #50 Match data
Oct 4, 1972* Alamo Wct ATP 250 R32 Carpet John Newcombe 3-6 6-0 6-1 Roger Taylor Match data
Jul 16, 1972* Washington Wct ATP 250 R16 Clay John Newcombe 6-1 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data
Apr 14, 1972* Houston Wct ATP 250 QF Clay Roger Taylor 6-4 6-3 John Newcombe Match data
Feb 24, 1972* Toronto Wct ATP 250 R16 Carpet Roger Taylor 7-5 4-6 6-4 John Newcombe Match data
Feb 11, 1972* Richmond Wct ATP 250 QF Carpet John Newcombe 7-5 3-6 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data
Jul 21, 1971* Washington Wct ATP 250 R16 Clay John Newcombe 6-2 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data
Feb 13, 1971* Philadelphia Wct ATP 250 R16 Carpet John Newcombe 6-1 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data
Oct 14, 1970* Midland ATP 250 F Hard Roger Taylor 2-6 7-6 6-1 John Newcombe Match data
May 17, 1970* Las Vegas ATP 250 R16 Hard John Newcombe 4-6 6-3 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data
Jan 15, 1970* Melbourne ATP 250 SF Grass John Newcombe 6-3 6-2 7-5 Roger Taylor Match data
Jan 4, 1970 Australian Round Robin ATP 250 RR Grass John Newcombe 6-4 3-6 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data
Sep 17, 1969* Atlanta ATP 250 QF Hard John Newcombe 6-4 6-3 Roger Taylor Match data
Jun 20, 1969* London / Queen's Club ATP 250 R16 Grass John Newcombe 3-6 6-3 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data
Nov 12, 1968* Vienna Wct ATP 250 SF Hard John Newcombe 6-4 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data
Oct 21, 1968* Kimberley Wct ATP 250 QF Clay John Newcombe 8-2 Roger Taylor Match data
Oct 15, 1968* Port Elizabeth Wct ATP 250 SF Hard Roger Taylor 10-4 John Newcombe Match data
Oct 7, 1968* Johannesburg Wct ATP 250 QF Hard John Newcombe 6-3 6-3 Roger Taylor Match data
Aug 12, 1968 Newport Wct ATP 250 RR Grass John Newcombe 21-10 18-21 21-19 Roger Taylor Match data
Aug 6, 1968* Cannes Wct ATP 250 SF Hard John Newcombe 6-4 6-3 Roger Taylor Match data
Jul 26, 1968 Bastad Wct ATP 250 RR Clay John Newcombe 6-3 6-3 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data
Apr 25, 1968* Evansville Wct ATP 250 QF Carpet John Newcombe 31-17 Roger Taylor Match data
Apr 10, 1968* Fresno Wct ATP 250 QF Carpet Roger Taylor 13-21 21-19 5-2 John Newcombe Match data
Mar 22, 1968 San Diego Wct ATP 250 BR Carpet John Newcombe 31-28 31-23 Roger Taylor Match data
Feb 27, 1968 Tulsa Wct ATP 250 RR Carpet John Newcombe 31-30 31-18 Roger Taylor Match data
Feb 20, 1968 Orlando Wct ATP 250 RR Carpet Roger Taylor 27-31 31-24 5-4 John Newcombe Match data
Feb 1, 1968 Wct World Cup ATP 250 RR Carpet John Newcombe 31-23 31-25 Roger Taylor Match data

Notable Rivalries

# Player 1 Player 2 Meetings Record Surface Last Met H2H
1 Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal 56 29–27 C 8–19 H 19–6 G 2–2 Jun 2, 2022 H2H
2 Roger Federer Novak Djokovic 50 22–28 H 17–21 C 4–4 G 1–3 Feb 2, 2020 H2H
3 Roger Federer Rafael Nadal 41 17–24 H 12–9 C 2–14 G 3–1 Jul 13, 2019 H2H
4 Novak Djokovic Andy Murray 36 26–10 H 20–8 C 6–1 G 0–1 May 6, 2022 H2H
5 Andre Agassi Pete Sampras 34 14–20 H 9–11 Cp 2–5 C 3–2 G 0–2 Sep 9, 2002 H2H
6 Jimmy Connors Ivan Lendl 34 12–22 H 4–14 Cp 4–6 C 2–2 G 2–0 Sep 4, 1992 H2H
7 Jimmy Connors John McEnroe 34 13–21 Cp 3–10 H 4–7 G 4–3 C 2–1 Sep 28, 1991 H2H
8 Ivan Lendl John McEnroe 33 19–14 Cp 6–8 H 8–4 C 4–1 G 1–1 Jul 26, 1992 H2H
9 Stefan Edberg Boris Becker 32 10–22 Cp 4–11 H 3–7 G 2–4 C 1–0 Jun 16, 1996 H2H
10 Rafael Nadal David Ferrer 32 26–6 C 20–2 H 6–4 Apr 26, 2019 H2H
11 Rod Laver Roy Emerson 32 26–6 Cp 14–1 H 7–2 C 3–3 G 2–0 Mar 14, 1975 H2H
12 Rod Laver Ken Rosewall 31 24–7 Cp 11–2 H 9–1 C 3–4 G 1–0 Apr 10, 1976 H2H
13 John Newcombe Roger Taylor 28 22–6 Cp 7–3 H 7–2 C 4–1 G 4–0 Nov 21, 1974 H2H
14 Ivan Lendl Stefan Edberg 27 13–14 H 6–8 Cp 6–4 G 1–2 Sep 11, 1992 H2H
15 Roger Federer Stan Wawrinka 27 24–3 H 18–0 C 5–3 G 1–0 Oct 26, 2019 H2H
16 Arthur Ashe Tom Okker 27 17–10 Cp 10–4 H 3–4 G 3–1 C 1–1 Nov 2, 1975 H2H
17 Brian Gottfried Raul Ramirez 26 15–11 Cp 8–3 H 4–3 C 3–3 G 0–2 Apr 27, 1983 H2H
18 John Newcombe Nikola Pilic 26 20–6 Cp 8–2 G 5–3 C 4–1 H 3–0 Jun 30, 1974 H2H
19 Arthur Ashe Marty Riessen 26 20–6 Cp 10–1 H 5–3 C 3–1 G 2–1 Jan 25, 1979 H2H
20 Novak Djokovic Stan Wawrinka 26 20–6 H 13–4 C 6–2 G 1–0 Jul 9, 2023 H2H
21 Novak Djokovic Tomas Berdych 26 23–3 H 19–0 C 3–1 G 1–2 Jul 13, 2017 H2H
22 Jimmy Connors Ilie Nastase 25 11–14 Cp 7–8 H 3–5 C 1–0 G 0–1 Sep 9, 1982 H2H
23 Rafael Nadal Andy Murray 25 17–8 H 7–6 C 7–2 G 3–0 May 7, 2016 H2H
24 Tom Okker Rod Laver 25 3–22 Cp 2–10 H 0–6 C 0–4 G 1–2 May 18, 1974 H2H
25 Tom Okker Roger Taylor 25 17–8 G 5–3 Cp 4–3 C 5–1 H 3–1 Mar 24, 1973 H2H
26 Roger Federer Andy Murray 24 14–10 H 12–10 G 2–0 Aug 22, 2015 H2H
27 Brian Gottfried Harold Solomon 24 10–14 C 3–7 H 5–5 Cp 2–2 Nov 4, 1982 H2H
28 Jimmy Connors Vitas Gerulaitis 24 17–7 Cp 11–3 H 3–3 C 2–1 G 1–0 Aug 17, 1985 H2H
29 John Newcombe Tony Roche 24 13–11 G 5–3 H 3–3 Cp 1–4 C 4–1 Oct 16, 1980 H2H
30 John Newcombe Marty Riessen 24 11–13 Cp 3–5 C 4–4 G 2–3 H 2–1 May 18, 1974 H2H
31 Michael Chang Jim Courier 24 12–12 H 7–8 Cp 5–2 C 0–2 Feb 18, 1999 H2H
32 Rafael Nadal Tomas Berdych 24 20–4 H 12–4 C 6–0 G 2–0 Jan 22, 2019 H2H
33 Rod Laver Fred Stolle 24 20–4 C 9–2 H 6–2 G 3–0 Cp 2–0 Apr 12, 1974 H2H
34 Roger Federer Andy Roddick 24 21–3 H 14–3 G 4–0 Cp 2–0 C 1–0 Mar 26, 2012 H2H
35 Roger Federer Juan Martin del Potro 24 17–7 H 13–7 C 3–0 G 1–0 Mar 18, 2018 H2H
36 Roger Federer Lleyton Hewitt 24 17–7 H 12–3 G 3–2 Cp 1–2 C 1–0 Jan 5, 2014 H2H
37 Tom Okker Tony Roche 24 16–8 Cp 7–1 H 5–2 C 3–3 G 1–2 Feb 21, 1977 H2H
38 Ilie Nastase Manuel Orantes 23 15–8 C 7–5 Cp 3–3 H 3–0 G 2–0 May 30, 1979 H2H
39 Novak Djokovic Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 23 16–7 H 11–7 C 3–0 G 2–0 Jan 17, 2019 H2H
40 Ken Rosewall Marty Riessen 23 17–6 Cp 8–4 H 5–1 G 2–1 C 2–0 Jan 10, 1977 H2H
41 Roger Federer Tomas Berdych 23 18–5 H 11–4 C 4–0 G 3–1 Jan 25, 2018 H2H
42 Andre Agassi Michael Chang 22 15–7 H 12–5 C 2–1 Cp 1–1 Mar 19, 2003 H2H
43 Arthur Ashe Rod Laver 22 3–19 Cp 2–10 C 0–4 G 0–3 H 1–2 Feb 28, 1976 H2H
44 David Ferrer Fernando Verdasco 22 15–7 C 8–6 H 7–1 Jul 22, 2017 H2H
45 Ivan Lendl Boris Becker 22 12–10 Cp 7–4 H 3–3 G 1–3 C 1–0 Oct 16, 1993 H2H
46 John Newcombe Ken Rosewall 22 10–12 G 3–4 H 4–2 C 2–3 Cp 1–3 Oct 19, 1974 H2H
47 Pete Sampras Todd Martin 22 18–4 H 10–3 Cp 4–0 C 3–0 G 1–1 Apr 27, 2002 H2H
48 Rafael Nadal Stan Wawrinka 22 19–3 H 11–2 C 8–1 Nov 1, 2019 H2H
49 Tom Okker John Newcombe 22 11–11 Cp 5–5 C 5–2 H 1–2 G 0–2 May 13, 1974 H2H
50 Andy Murray David Ferrer 21 15–6 H 13–2 C 1–4 G 1–0 Oct 29, 2016 H2H