H2H data updated: 2026-10-17 00:00 UTC

John Newcombe vs Roger Taylor H2H: 22-6

John Newcombe holds a 22–6 lead over Roger Taylor in their ATP head-to-head. Across 28 main-draw meetings, John Newcombe leads 7–3 on carpet and 7–2 on hard courts. Most recently, John Newcombe won the 1974 Manila quarterfinal 6-3 7-5.

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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 85 Left-Handed 183 cm / 6'0"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
John Newcombe #2 6-3 7-5 Roger Taylor #50 Match data Nov 21, 1974* QF Manila ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 6-2 9-8 Roger Taylor Match data Nov 9, 1974* QF Hong Kong Open ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 3-6 6-0 6-1 Roger Taylor Match data Oct 4, 1972* R32 Alamo Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 6-1 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data Jul 16, 1972* R16 Washington Open ATP 250 Clay
Roger Taylor 6-4 6-3 John Newcombe Match data Apr 14, 1972* QF Houston Wct ATP 250 Clay
Roger Taylor 7-5 4-6 6-4 John Newcombe Match data Feb 24, 1972* R16 Toronto Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 7-5 3-6 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data Feb 11, 1972* QF Richmond Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 6-2 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data Jul 21, 1971* R16 Washington Open ATP 250 Clay
John Newcombe 6-1 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data Feb 13, 1971* R16 Philadelphia Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Roger Taylor 2-6 7-6 6-1 John Newcombe Match data Oct 14, 1970* F Midland ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 4-6 6-3 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data May 17, 1970* R16 Las Vegas ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 6-3 6-2 7-5 Roger Taylor Match data Jan 15, 1970* SF Melbourne ATP 250 Grass
John Newcombe 6-4 3-6 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data Jan 4, 1970 RR Australian Round Robin ATP 250 Grass
John Newcombe 6-4 6-3 Roger Taylor Match data Sep 17, 1969* QF Atlanta ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 3-6 6-3 6-4 Roger Taylor Match data Jun 20, 1969* R16 Queen's Club Championships ATP 250 Grass
John Newcombe 6-4 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data Nov 12, 1968* SF Vienna Open ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 8-2 Roger Taylor Match data Oct 21, 1968* QF Kimberley Wct ATP 250 Clay
Roger Taylor 10-4 John Newcombe Match data Oct 15, 1968* SF Port Elizabeth Wct ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 6-3 6-3 Roger Taylor Match data Oct 7, 1968* QF Johannesburg Wct ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 21-10 18-21 21-19 Roger Taylor Match data Aug 12, 1968 RR Newport Wct ATP 250 Grass
John Newcombe 6-4 6-3 Roger Taylor Match data Aug 6, 1968* SF Cannes Wct ATP 250 Hard
John Newcombe 6-3 6-3 6-2 Roger Taylor Match data Jul 26, 1968 RR Bastad Wct ATP 250 Clay
John Newcombe 31-17 Roger Taylor Match data Apr 25, 1968* QF Evansville Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Roger Taylor 13-21 21-19 5-2 John Newcombe Match data Apr 10, 1968* QF Fresno Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 31-28 31-23 Roger Taylor Match data Mar 28, 1968* BR San Diego Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 31-30 31-18 Roger Taylor Match data Feb 27, 1968 RR Tulsa Wct ATP 250 Carpet
Roger Taylor 27-31 31-24 5-4 John Newcombe Match data Feb 20, 1968 RR Orlando Wct ATP 250 Carpet
John Newcombe 31-23 31-25 Roger Taylor Match data Feb 1, 1968 RR Wct World Cup 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
Roger Taylor #372 #11 0 2,004 369 297 55.4% 0 0 0 0 9 9

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 Roger Taylor
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% — 2,034 1 12 1968 27–51 34.6% — 1,568 0 1
27 1971 61–18 77.2% — 2,085 2 18 1969 49–31 61.2% — 1,802 0 1
28 1972 69–22 75.8% — 2,130 2 25 1970 62–37 62.6% — 1,915 0 3
29 1973 59–19 75.6% #2 2,056 4 29 1971 44–37 54.3% — 1,869 0 4
30 1974 81–16 83.5% #2 2,119 4 37 1972 42–27 60.9% — 1,896 0 5
31 1975 17–8 68.0% #20 2,016 5 38 1973 51–23 68.9% #16 1,886 0 7
32 1976 21–17 55.3% #21 1,832 5 38 1974 23–18 56.1% #42 1,849 0 7
33 1977 5–6 45.5% #185 1,838 5 38 1975 39–23 62.9% #52 1,793 0 9
34 1978 28–22 56.0% #24 1,824 5 38 1976 13–14 48.1% #80 1,718 0 9
35 1979 4–3 57.1% #226 1,839 5 38 1977 12–19 38.7% #99 1,609 0 9
36 1980 0–2 0.0% — 1,807 5 38 1978 6–12 33.3% #162 1,552 0 9
37 1981 0–1 0.0% — 1,799 5 38 1979 1–2 33.3% #400 1,558 0 9
38 — — — — — — — 1980 0–3 0.0% #372 1,519 0 9

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 Roger Taylor
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 7 10 17 41.2% 3 7 10 30.0% 8 9 17 47.1% 9 25 34 26.5%
27 1971 10 5 15 66.7% 22 6 28 78.6% 12 4 16 75.0% 17 3 20 85.0% 1969 6 7 13 46.2% 15 9 24 62.5% 22 11 33 66.7% 6 4 10 60.0%
28 1972 16 3 19 84.2% 13 5 18 72.2% 4 2 6 66.7% 36 12 48 75.0% 1970 18 11 29 62.1% 7 3 10 70.0% 30 16 46 65.2% 7 7 14 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 11 10 21 52.4% 17 10 27 63.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 6 11 17 35.3%
30 1974 43 3 46 93.5% 10 4 14 71.4% 18 8 26 69.2% 10 1 11 90.9% 1972 18 8 26 69.2% 8 5 13 61.5% 1 1 2 50.0% 15 13 28 53.6%
31 1975 5 5 10 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 6 0 6 100.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1973 5 3 8 62.5% 9 6 15 60.0% 16 4 20 80.0% 21 10 31 67.7%
32 1976 7 7 14 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 7 2 9 77.8% 3 5 8 37.5% 1974 5 5 10 50.0% 11 7 18 61.1% 1 2 3 33.3% 6 4 10 60.0%
33 1977 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 1975 1 3 4 25.0% 11 9 20 55.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 27 9 36 75.0%
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% 9 9 18 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
35 1979 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 5 5 10 50.0% 2 7 9 22.2% 1 3 4 25.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
36 1980 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 4 3 7 57.1% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
37 1981 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979 — — — — — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 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% — 80 66 146 54.8% 93 75 168 55.4% 93 62 155 60.0% 103 94 197 52.3%

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 Newcombe Roger Taylor
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 -87 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%) 104.8 -2.10 1968 1568 105.0 — — — — -111 -102 -27 38.5% -1.40 10–12 (45%) — — -1.42
27 1971 2086 160.2 — — — — +48 -10 +108 70.1% +1.06 15–5 (75%) 18–9 (67%) 111.2 -5.69 1969 1803 133.0 — — — — -157 -89 +34 58.8% +0.65 14–10 (58%) 1–2 (33%) — -3.87
28 1972 2131 156.8 — — — — +83 -60 -25 72.1% +1.41 13–9 (59%) 20–12 (63%) 101.6 -3.97 1970 1915 147.5 — — — — -38 -125 +31 61.2% +0.62 14–19 (42%) 8–7 (53%) 98.1 -2.32
29 1973 2056 152.8 — — — — +49 -63 +160 70.8% +1.34 14–8 (64%) 22–13 (63%) 101.6 +0.30 1971 1870 147.1 — — — — -71 +13 +59 55.0% +0.41 12–13 (48%) 11–10 (52%) 100.3 -5.64
30 1974 2120 157.1 — — — — +217 -157 +7 77.7% +1.78 13–3 (81%) 21–10 (68%) 107.9 +0.43 1972 1896 149.0 — — — — -3 +25 — 59.2% +0.21 12–14 (46%) 22–7 (76%) 106.3 -7.13
31 1975 2017 140.1 — — — — +110 -67 +182 61.1% +0.76 8–4 (67%) 3–5 (38%) 96.7 -0.06 1973 1886 145.5 — — — — -18 +15 +79 62.4% +0.86 18–13 (58%) 9–13 (41%) 94.8 -1.59
32 1976 1833 148.7 — — — — +121 +45 +317 53.9% +0.25 5–3 (63%) 12–7 (63%) 100.4 -0.96 1974 1849 144.7 — — — — +15 +76 +70 55.9% +0.16 3–5 (38%) 10–4 (71%) 99.8 -2.99
33 1977 1839 137.4 — — — — +69 — +255 54.8% +0.19 1–3 (25%) 3–2 (60%) 97.3 -1.06 1975 1793 134.2 — — — — +73 +43 — 59.3% +0.41 12–8 (60%) 17–7 (71%) 103.0 +2.72
34 1978 1825 147.7 — — — — +89 -83 +249 51.7% +0.12 10–4 (71%) 8–6 (57%) 103.6 -2.37 1976 1718 127.1 — — — — +83 +48 +120 47.5% -0.34 3–3 (50%) 3–3 (50%) 97.6 -0.34
35 1979 1840 126.6 — — — — +75 — — 53.3% -0.07 1–0 — — -1.21 1977 1609 122.7 — — — — +125 +46 +153 41.1% -0.51 4–5 (44%) 4–5 (44%) 95.7 +2.26
36 1980 1807 107.0 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.75 — 0–1 — -0.42 1978 1553 122.4 — — — — +135 +86 +129 41.3% -0.30 2–8 (20%) 1–5 (17%) 89.1 +0.87
37 1981 1799 108.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.45 1979 1559 111.8 — — — — — — +111 33.3% -0.56 1–1 — — -0.27
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 1520 104.0 — — — — — — — 30.0% -1.40 0–2 — — +0.06
Career — 2204 153.9 — — — — +40 -13 +125 66.3% +1.08 129–71 (65%) 111–69 (62%) 108.3 -2.58 — 2004 142.1 — — — — -21 +2 +45 55.2% +0.22 105–113 (48%) 86–63 (58%) 100.4 -3.00

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.