John Newcombe career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player John Newcombe.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1966	U.S. Championships	Grass	Fred Stolle	6–4, 10–12, 3–6, 4–6
Win	1967	Wimbledon	Grass	Wilhelm Bungert	6–2, 6–1, 6–1
Win	1967	U.S. Championships	Grass	Clark Graebner	6–4, 6–4, 8–6
↓ Open Era ↓
Loss	1969	Wimbledon	Grass	Rod Laver	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1970	Wimbledon	Grass	Ken Rosewall	5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Win	1971	Wimbledon	Grass	Stan Smith	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1973	Australian Open	Grass	Onny Parun	6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 6–1
Win	1973	US Open	Grass	Jan Kodeš	6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	1975	Australian Open	Grass	Jimmy Connors	7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	1976	Australian Open	Grass	Mark Edmondson	7–6, 3–6, 6–7, 1–6

Doubles : 21 (17 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1963	Australian Championships	Ken Fletcher	Bob Hewitt Fred Stolle	2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	1964	French Championships	Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Ken Fletcher	5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1965	Australian Championships	Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Fred Stolle	3–6, 4–6, 13–11, 6–3, 6–4
Win	1965	Wimbledon	Tony Roche	Ken Fletcher Bob Hewitt	7–5, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1966	Australian Championships (2)	Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Fred Stolle	9–7, 3–6, 8–6, 12–14, 10–12
Win	1966	Wimbledon (2)	Ken Fletcher	Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win	1967	Australian Championships (2)	Tony Roche	Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson	3–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–8, 8–6
Win	1967	French Championships	Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Ken Fletcher	6–3, 9–7, 12–10
Win	1967	U.S. Championships	Tony Roche	Bill Bowrey Owen Davidson	6–8, 9–7, 6–3, 6–3
↓ Open Era ↓
Win	1968	Wimbledon (3)	Tony Roche	Ken Fletcher Ken Rosewall	3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3
Win	1969	French Open (2)	Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1969	Wimbledon (4)	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–5, 11–9, 6–3
Win	1970	Wimbledon (5)	Tony Roche	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	10–8, 6–3, 6–1
Win	1971	Australian Open (3)	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6
Win	1971	US Open (2)	Roger Taylor	Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, (5–3)*
Loss	1972	US Open	Owen Davidson	Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–7, 3–6
Win	1973	Australian Open (4)	Mal Anderson	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Win	1973	US Open (3)	Owen Davidson	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	7–5, 2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	1973	French Open (3)	Tom Okker	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	1974	Wimbledon (6)	Tony Roche	Bob Lutz Stan Smith	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	1976	Australian Open (5)	Tony Roche	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–4

A sudden-death tie-break instead of fifth set

Mixed doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1964	US Championships	Margaret Court	Judy Tegart Ed Rubinoff	10–8, 4–6, 6–3
Win	1965	Australian Championships	Margaret Court	Robyn Ebbern Owen Davidson	Shared championship (Final not played)
Loss	1965	French Championships	Maria Bueno	Margaret Court Ken Fletcher	4–6, 4–6

Open Era finals

As listed by the ATP website.^[1]

Singles: 71 (41 titles, 30 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1968	New Orleans WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Cliff Drysdale	28–31
Win	1.	1968	Bakersfield WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Cliff Drysdale	31–12, 31–22
Win	2.	1968	Evansville WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Nikola Pilić	31–17, 31–17
Loss	2.	1968	Minneapolis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Dennis Ralston	26–31, 31–19, 4–5
Loss	3.	1968	Boston, U.S.	Grass	Rod Laver	4–6, 4–6, 7–9
Loss	4.	1968	Paris-2, France	Clay	Rod Laver	2–6, 2–6, 3–6
Win	3.	1968	Cannes WCT, U.S.	Hard (i)	Marty Riessen	7–5, 6–2
Win	4.	1968	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Cliff Drysdale	6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Win	5.	1968	Pretoria WCT, South Africa	Hard	Tony Roche	11–9, 4–6, 6–3
Win	6.	1968	Durban WCT, South Africa	Hard	Tony Roche	6–3, 6–4
Win	7.	1968	East London WCT, South Africa	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	10–6
Win	8.	1968	Kimberley WCT, South Africa	Hard	Tony Roche	10–6
Loss	5.	1968	Vienna WCT, Austria	Hard (i)	Tony Roche	4–6, 5–7
Loss	6.	1968	Wembley-3, Great Britain	Hard (i)	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	7.	1969	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Tom Okker	10–8, 1–6, 5–7, 3–6
Win	9.	1969	Rome, Italy	Clay	Tony Roche	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 5–7, 6–3
Win	10.	1969	Bournemouth, U.K.	Clay	Bob Hewitt	6–8, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	8.	1969	Queen's Club, London	Grass	Fred Stolle	3–6, 20–22
Loss	9.	1969	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Rod Laver	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	1969	Boston, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Loss	11.	1969	Atlanta, U.S.	Hard	Butch Buchholz	4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	12.	1970	Australian Pro	Hard	Tony Roche	7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Win	11.	1970	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Tony Roche	6–4, 6–4, 4–6, ret.
Loss	13.	1970	Corpus Christi WCT, U.S.	Hard	Ken Rosewall	2–6, 0–6
Win	12.	1970	Casablanca WCT, Morocco	Clay	Andrés Gimeno	6–4, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	14.	1970	Queen's Club, London	Grass	Rod Laver	4–6, 3–6
Win	13.	1970	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Ken Rosewall	5–7, 6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–1
Loss	15.	1970	Newport, U.K.	Grass	Ken Rosewall	4–6, 4–6
Win	14.	1970	Hoylake, U.K.	Grass	Owen Davidson	4–6, 9–7, 6–4
Loss	16.	1970	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Rod Laver	3–6, 3–6
Loss	17.	1970	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Rod Laver	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	18.	1970	Midland WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Roger Taylor	6–2, 6–7, 1–6
Win	15.	1971	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Rod Laver	7–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	16.	1971	Chicago WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	4–6, 7–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	17.	1971	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Arthur Ashe	7–6, 6–4
Loss	19.	1971	Queen's Club, London	Grass	Stan Smith	6–8, 3–6
Win	18.	1971	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Stan Smith	6–3, 5–7, 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	19.	1971	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tom Okker	6–2, 5–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	20.	1971	Toronto WCT, Canada	Clay	Tom Okker	7–6, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	20.	1971	Hilton Head, U.S.	Clay	Rod Laver	2–6, 4–6
Loss	21.	1972	Hilton Head WCT, U.S.	Clay	Ken Rosewall	5–7, 3–6
Win	21.	1972	Las Vegas WCT, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	6–3, 6–4
Win	22.	1972	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Hard	Nikola Pilić	6–3, 6–3
Win	23.	1972	Fort Worth WCT, U.S.	Hard	Ken Rosewall	5–7, 1–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–4
Win	24.	1972	Alamo WCT, U.S.	Hard	Cliff Drysdale	6–1, 6–1, 7–5
Win	25.	1972	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Carpet (i)	Marty Riessen	6–7, 7–6, 7–6, 7–5
Win	26.	1972	Gothenburg WCT, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Roy Emerson	6–0, 6–3, 6–1
Win	27.	1972	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	John Alexander	6–1, 7–6
Win	28.	1973	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Onny Parun	6–3, 6–7, 7–5, 6–1
Loss	22.	1973	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Win	29.	1973	US Open, New York	Grass	Jan Kodeš	6–4, 1–6, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	30.	1973	Colombia, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Dick Stockton	6–4, 6–3
Loss	23.	1973	Chicago, U.S.	Hard (i)	Tom Okker	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Loss	24.	1973	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Ken Rosewall	1–6, 4–6
Loss	25.	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Raúl Ramírez	7–6, 1–6, 5–7, 3–6
Win	31.	1973	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Ross Case	7–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	26.	1973	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Rod Laver	6–3, 5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	32.	1974	St. Petersburg WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Alex Metreveli	6–0, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	27.	1974	Hempstead WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Stan Smith	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	33.	1974	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Stan Smith	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	34.	1974	Tucson, U.S.	Hard	Arthur Ashe	6–3, 7–6
Win	35.	1974	New Orleans WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Jeff Borowiak	6–4, 6–2
Win	36.	1974	Orlando WCT, U.S.	Hard	Jaime Fillol	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win	37.	1974	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Björn Borg	4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2
Win	38.	1974	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	7–6, 7–6
Win	39.	1974	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	40.	1974	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Cliff Richey	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
Win	41.	1975	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Jimmy Connors	7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	28.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Mark Edmondson	7–6, 3–6, 6–7, 1–6
Loss	29.	1978	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Vitas Gerulaitis	3–6, 4–6
Loss	30.	1978	Guadalajara, Mexico	Clay	Gene Mayer	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 55 (33 titles, 22 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1968	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Tony Roche	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	3–6, 8–6, 5–7, 14–12, 6–3
Win	2.	1968	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Dennis Ralston	Mal Anderson Tom Okker	8–10, 12–10, 12–14, 6–3, 6–3
Loss	1.	1968	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	4–6, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	2.	1969	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–8, 4–6
Win	3.	1969	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Owen Davidson	Pancho Gonzales Dennis Ralston	7–5, 11–13, 6–2, 6–1
Win	4.	1969	French Open, Paris	Clay	Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	4–6, 6–1, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win	5.	1969	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	7–5, 11–9, 6–3
Win	6.	1969	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Ron Holmberg	Earl Butch Buchholz Raymond Moore	6–3, 6–4
Win	7.	1970	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Andrés Gimeno	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	6–4, 6–0
Win	8.	1970	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Tony Roche	Ken Rosewall Fred Stolle	10–8, 6–3, 6–1
Win	9.	1970	Louisville, U.S.	Hard	Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	8–6, 5–7, 6–4
Win	10.	1971	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–2, 7–6
Win	11.	1971	Miami WCT, U.S.	Hard	Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	7–6, 7–6
Loss	3.	1971	Chicago WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–4, 6–7
Win	12.	1971	Rome, Italy	Clay	Tony Roche	Andrés Gimeno Roger Taylor	6–4, 6–4
Win	13.	1971	Tehran WCT, Iran	Clay	Tony Roche	Bob Carmichael Ray Ruffels	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Loss	4.	1971	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Tom Okker	John Alexander Phil Dent	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Win	14.	1971	US Open, New York	Grass	Roger Taylor	Stan Smith Erik van Dillen	6–7, 6–3, 7–6, 4–6, 7–6
Loss	5.	1972	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–7, 6–7
Loss	6.	1972	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tony Roche	Arthur Ashe Robert Lutz	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	7.	1972	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	4–6, 6–4, 6–7
Loss	8.	1972	Las Vegas WCT, U.S.	Hard	Tony Roche	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	def.
Win	15.	1972	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tony Roche	John Alexander Phil Dent	7–6, 6–2
Loss	9.	1972	Washington WCT, U.S.	Clay	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Win	16.	1972	Boston WCT, U.S.	Hard	Tony Roche	Arthur Ashe Robert Lutz	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
Loss	10.	1972	US Open, New York	Grass	Owen Davidson	Cliff Drysdale Roger Taylor	4–6, 6–7, 4–6
Win	17.	1972	Vancouver WCT, Canada	Hard	Fred Stolle	Cliff Drysdale Allan Stone	7–6, 6–0
Win	18.	1972	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Roy Emerson	Arthur Ashe Robert Lutz	6–2, 6–3
Win	19.	1972	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Fred Stolle	Terry Addison Bob Carmichael	6–3, 6–4
Win	20.	1973	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Mal Anderson	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Win	21.	1973	French Open, Paris	Clay	Tom Okker	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–1, 3–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	22.	1973	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Tom Okker	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–2, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	11.	1973	Louisville, U.S.	Clay	Clark Graebner	Manuel Orantes Ion Țiriac	6–0, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	12.	1973	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Owen Davidson	Rod Laver Ken Rosewall	5–7, 6–7
Win	23.	1973	US Open, New York	Grass	Owen Davidson	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	7–5, 2–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	24.	1973	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Owen Davidson	Gerald Battrick Graham Stilwell	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	13.	1973	Fort Worth, U.S.	Hard	Owen Davidson	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	6–7, 4–6
Win	25.	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Rod Laver	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–2
Loss	14.	1973	Jakarta, Indonesia	Hard	Allan Stone	Mike Estep Ian Fletcher	5–7, 4–6
Win	26.	1973	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Rod Laver	Mal Anderson Ken Rosewall	7–6, 6–2
Win	27.	1974	St. Petersburg WCT, U.S.	Hard	Owen Davidson	Clark Graebner Charlie Pasarell	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	15.	1974	New Orleans WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Owen Davidson	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Win	28.	1974	Orlando WCT, U.S.	Hard	Owen Davidson	Brian Gottfried Dick Stockton	7–6, 6–3
Loss	16.	1974	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Owen Davidson	Buster Mottram Raúl Ramírez	3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	17.	1974	World Doubles WCT, Montreal	Carpet (i)	Owen Davidson	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 7–6, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	18.	1974	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Frew McMillan	Roy Emerson Rod Laver	7–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	29.	1974	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Tony Roche	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	8–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	19.	1974	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Owen Davidson	Dick Stockton Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 6–7
Loss	20.	1974	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Tony Roche	Ross Case Geoff Masters	4–6, 4–6
Win	30.	1976	Australian Open, Melbourne	Grass	Tony Roche	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–4
Win	31.	1976	Charlotte WCT, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Tony Roche	Vitas Gerulaitis Gene Mayer	6–3, 7–5
Loss	21.	1976	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	Geoff Masters	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–7, 7–5, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	32.	1977	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Tony Roche	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–7, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	22.	1978	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet (i)	Phil Dent	Brian Gottfried Raúl Ramírez	6–3, 6–7, 2–6
Win	33.	1978	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Tony Roche	Mark Edmondson John Marks	6–4, 6–3

Grand Slam tournament performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	SR	W–L	Win %
Australian Open	1R	A	QF	QF	QF	SF	SF	SF	A	QF	QF	3R	QF	W	QF	W	F	A	QF	A	1 / 1	46–14	76.7
French Open	A	3R	3R	2R	2R	QF	3R	4R	A	QF	A	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	A		A	1 / 7	16–10	61.5
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	4R	3R	W	4R	F	W	W	A	A	QF	A	3R	A		4R	2 / 12	45–11	80.4
US Open	A	A	A	4R	3R	A	F	W	QF	SF	SF	1R	3R	W	SF	A	A	A		A	0 / 6	45–9	83.3
Win–loss	0–1	0–2	5–3	5–4	5–4	10–3	14–4	20–2	7–2	18–4	13–2	8–2	4–2	12–1	12–3	6–0	7–3	3–1		3–1	4 / 26	152–44	77.6

Source: ITF^[2]

References

^ "John Newcombe ATP". ATP. Retrieved 19 July 2023.
^ "Player Details – John Newcombe". ITF. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

External links

John Newcombe at the Association of Tennis Professionals
John Newcombe at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
John Newcombe at the Davis Cup
John Newcombe at the International Tennis Federation

[1] "John Newcombe ATP". ATP. Retrieved 19 July 2023.

[2] "Player Details – John Newcombe". ITF. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

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