John Newcombe

🏳️ AUSRight-handed183 cm1944-05-23 (82 yrs)Career high: No. 1 (1974-06-03)1 weeks at No. 1

569–228Win–Loss

71.4%Win %

41Titles

Surface	W	L	%
Grass	162	46	77.9%
Hard	145	59	71.1%
Clay	125	52	70.6%
Carpet	103	68	60.2%
Unknown	34	3	91.9%

Season by season

Year	W	L	Titles	%
1981	0	1	0	0.0%
1980	0	2	0	0.0%
1979	4	3	0	57.1%
1978	30	25	0	54.5%
1977	5	6	0	45.5%
1976	25	19	0	56.8%
1975	24	9	1	72.7%
1974	87	16	9	84.5%
1973	65	21	4	75.6%
1972	69	22	7	75.8%
1971	61	18	6	77.2%
1970	65	23	4	73.9%
1969	64	26	2	71.1%
1968	70	37	8	65.4%

Ranking history

Matches

Date	Tournament	Round	W/L	Opponent	Opp. rank	Score
1981-04-20	Las Vegas	R32	L	Vitas Gerulaitis	8	6-3 6-2
1980-10-13	Sydney Indoor	R32	L	Tony Roche	166	6-4 7-6
1980-09-29	Maui	R32	L	Sandy Mayer	44	6-3 6-1
1979-11-05	Hong Kong	R16	L	Jimmy Connors	2	6-0 6-2
1979-11-05	Hong Kong	R32	W	Matt Mitchell	88	6-2 6-3
1979-10-15	Sydney Indoor	QF	L	Vitas Gerulaitis	5	6-1 6-3
1979-10-15	Sydney Indoor	R16	W	Vijay Amritraj	36	6-4 6-4
1979-10-15	Sydney Indoor	R32	W	Ross Case	58	6-3 6-1
1979-10-01	Maui	R32	L	Gene Stuart Malin	236	6-3 6-4
1979-10-01	Maui	R64	W	Hank Pfister	39	4-6 7-5 6-3
1978-11-20	Manila	R32	L	Mike Cahill	75	6-3 6-7 6-1
1978-10-22	Sydney Indoor	QF	L	Jimmy Connors	1	6-4 7-6
1978-10-22	Sydney Indoor	R16	W	Peter Mcnamara	86	6-1 6-4
1978-10-22	Sydney Indoor	R32	W	Fred Mcnair	184	3-6 7-5 6-2
1978-10-02	Maui	R16	L	Peter Fleming	34	6-3 6-3
1978-10-02	Maui	R32	W	Sashi Menon	157	6-1 7-5
1978-09-18	Los Angeles	R16	L	Brian Gottfried	6	6-2 6-3
1978-09-18	Los Angeles	R32	W	Colin Dibley	63	6-2 6-1
1978-07-10	Forest Hills WCT	RR	L	Billy Martin	91	6-3 7-6
1978-07-10	Forest Hills WCT	RR	L	Wojtek Fibak	15	6-1 6-2
1978-07-10	Forest Hills WCT	RR	L	John McEnroe	19	1-6 6-4 7-5
1978-06-26	Wimbledon	R16	L	Raul Ramirez	9	6-2 9-8 6-3
1978-06-26	Wimbledon	R32	W	Phil Dent	19	6-1 1-6 6-4 6-4
1978-06-26	Wimbledon	R64	W	Ross Case	62	6-4 6-2 9-8
1978-06-26	Wimbledon	R128	W	Dale Collings	207	4-6 7-5 7-5 6-3
1978-06-19	Queen's Club	R16	L	John Lloyd	27	6-4 6-4
1978-06-19	Queen's Club	R32	W	Dick Crealy	84	6-2 6-2
1978-06-19	Queen's Club	R64	W	Sherwood Stewart	79	9-8 9-8
1978-06-18	Birmingham	QF	L	Roscoe Tanner	11	6-3 6-3
1978-06-18	Birmingham	R16	W	Victor Pecci	52	3-6 9-8 8-6
1978-06-18	Birmingham	R32	W	Victor Amaya	45	4-6 9-8 6-4
1978-06-18	Birmingham	R64	W	John Austin	197	7-5 6-4
1978-05-22	Rome	R16	L	Victor Amaya	64	6-4 6-1
1978-05-22	Rome	R32	W	Bob Giltinan	74	5-7 6-4 6-1
1978-05-22	Rome	R64	W	Tom Gullikson	80	7-6 6-1
1978-05-15	Hamburg	R32	L	Hans Gildemeister	42	7-5 6-4
1978-05-15	Hamburg	R64	W	Colin Dowdeswell	63	7-6 6-4
1978-05-08	Nations Cup	F	L	Jose Higueras	25	6-2 6-3
1978-05-08	Nations Cup	SF	W	Paolo Bertolucci	36	6-3 6-2
1978-05-08	Nations Cup	RR	W	Tadeusz Nowicki	282	7-5 6-1
1978-05-08	Nations Cup	RR	L	John Lloyd	27	7-6 6-2
1978-05-08	Nations Cup	RR	L	Harold Solomon	13	6-4 6-4
1978-04-24	Las Vegas	QF	L	Corrado Barazzutti	12	7-6 3-6 6-4
1978-04-24	Las Vegas	R16	W	John McEnroe	14	1-6 6-2 6-3
1978-04-24	Las Vegas	R32	W	Guy Fritz	–	6-2 6-3
1978-04-17	Houston WCT	R32	L	Terry Moor	55	6-0 6-4
1978-04-16	Guadalajara	F	L	Gene Mayer	65	6-3 6-4
1978-04-16	Guadalajara	SF	W	Ricardo Ycaza	89	3-6 7-6 7-6
1978-04-16	Guadalajara	QF	W	Sherwood Stewart	94	2-6 7-6 6-3
1978-04-16	Guadalajara	R16	W	Russell Simpson	109	7-5 6-4

Data: Jeff Sackmann / Tennis Abstract — CC BY-NC-SA 4.0