Player

John Newcombe

AUSBorn: May 23, 1944right-handed

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569–22871.4% wins in the database

Latest rankingNo. 826January 4, 1982

Best rankingNo. 1June 3, 1974

Record569–22871.4% wins

Titles4172 finals · 5 Grand Slams

Prize Money—awaiting a verified source

Height183 cm

Birthplace—

Turned pro—

Playsright-handed

The year in motion

Season 2026

ATPno matches recorded in 2026

John Newcombe has not played a match in the 2026 season.

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Career path

Ranking progression

48 months represented

Monthly snapshots · the higher the line, the better the ranking.

Seasons

12 most recent

19810–10% · 0 titles 19800–20% · 0 titles 19794–357.1% · 0 titles 197830–2554.5% · 0 titles 19775–645.5% · 0 titles 197620–1852.6% · 0 titles 197523–1069.7% · 0 titles 197490–1486.5% · 10 titles 197363–2373.3% · 3 titles 197272–2177.4% · 8 titles 197163–1976.8% · 6 titles 197065–2373.9% · 4 titles

Recent finals

41 career titles

FDusseldorf 1978ATP/WTA main tour · Clay Jose Higueras FGuadalajara 1978ATP/WTA main tour · Clay Gene Mayer FRichmond 1978ATP/WTA main tour · Carpet Vitas Gerulaitis FAustralian Open 1975Grand Slam · Grass Mark Edmondson WAustralian Open 1974Grand Slam · Grass Jimmy Connors WSydney Indoor 1974ATP/WTA main tour · Hard Cliff Richey WTokyo 1974ATP/WTA main tour Ken Rosewall WMaui 1974ATP/WTA main tour · Hard Roscoe Tanner WDallas 1974ATP/WTA main tour · Carpet Bjorn Borg WOrlando WCT 1974ATP/WTA main tour · Hard Jaime Fillol WNew Orleans WCT 1974ATP/WTA main tour Jeff Borowiak WTuscon 1974ATP/WTA main tour · Hard Arthur Ashe

34ATP/WTA main tour5Grand Slam2Masters 1000

214best-of-five matches

42reached a fifth set

6comebacks from 0–2

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Performance by surface

Grass162–46208 matches · 77.9% wins Hard143–58201 matches · 71.1% wins Carpet112–71183 matches · 61.2% wins Clay118–50168 matches · 70.2% wins Unknown34–337 matches · 91.9% wins

Frequent opponents

Roger TaylorGBR28 matches22–6 Nikola PilicCRO26 matches20–6 Marty RiessenUSA24 matches11–13 Tony RocheAUS24 matches13–11 Ken RosewallAUS22 matches10–12 Tom OkkerNED22 matches11–11 Cliff DrysdaleRSA19 matches14–5 Rod LaverAUS19 matches4–15 Pierre BarthesFRA17 matches12–5 Arthur AsheUSA16 matches11–5 Earl Butch BuchholzUSA14 matches6–8 Fred StolleAUS14 matches11–3

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Matches

201 found

Source dates represent the start of each tournament; daily filtering is consistent but does not claim the exact day of a round.

Las Vegas 1981ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Vitas Gerulaitis view H2H

6-3 6-2

Sydney Indoor 1980ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Tony Roche view H2H

6-4 7-6

Maui 1980ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Sandy Mayer view H2H

6-3 6-1

Hong Kong 1979ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Jimmy Connors view H2H

6-0 6-2

Hong Kong 1979ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Matt Mitchell view H2H

6-2 6-3

Sydney Indoor 1979ATP · Hard · Quarterfinal

vs. Vitas Gerulaitis view H2H

6-1 6-3

Sydney Indoor 1979ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Vijay Amritraj view H2H

6-4 6-4

Sydney Indoor 1979ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Ross Case view H2H

6-3 6-1

Maui 1979ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Gene Malin view H2H

6-3 6-4

Maui 1979ATP · Hard · Second round

vs. Hank Pfister view H2H

4-6 7-5 6-3

Sydney Indoor 1978ATP · Hard · Quarterfinal

vs. Jimmy Connors view H2H

6-4 7-6

Sydney Indoor 1978ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Peter Mcnamara view H2H

6-1 6-4

Sydney Indoor 1978ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Fred Mcnair view H2H

3-6 7-5 6-2

Maui 1978ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Peter Fleming view H2H

6-3 6-3

Maui 1978ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Sashi Menon view H2H

6-1 7-5

Indian Wells Masters 1978ATP · Hard · Second round

vs. Bob Lutz view H2H

6-2 6-3

Sydney Indoor 1977ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Phil Dent view H2H

7-6 7-5

Sydney Indoor 1977ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Steve Krulevitz view H2H

2-6 6-4 7-5

Maui 1977ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Stan Smith view H2H

4-6 6-2 7-6

Perth 1976ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. James Chico Hagey view H2H

7-6 7-6

Sydney Indoor 1976ATP · Hard · Second round

vs. Ray Ruffels view H2H

3-6 7-5 6-4

Maui 1976ATP · Hard · Quarterfinal

vs. Harold Solomon view H2H

6-4 6-1

Maui 1976ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Mike Estep view H2H

6-3 4-6 6-4

Maui 1976ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Henry Bunis view H2H

6-1 7-5

Las Vegas 1976ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Cliff Richey view H2H

6-4 6-4

Las Vegas 1976ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Erik Van Dillen view H2H

6-2 6-3

Tuscon 1976ATP · Hard · Quarterfinal

vs. Arthur Ashe view H2H

7-6 4-6 6-4

Tuscon 1976ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Cliff Drysdale view H2H

6-2 7-6

Tuscon 1976ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Kim Warwick view H2H

5-7 6-3 6-2

Tuscon 1976ATP · Hard · Second round

vs. Milan Holecek view H2H

7-6 7-6

WCT Challenge Cup 1976ATP · Hard · Round robin

vs. Raul Ramirez view H2H

6-4 6-1 3-6 5-7 3-2 RET

WCT Challenge Cup 1976ATP · Hard · Round robin

vs. Bjorn Borg view H2H

2-6 7-5 6-2 6-2

WCT Challenge Cup 1976ATP · Hard · Round robin

vs. Arthur Ashe view H2H

3-6 6-2 6-3 7-5

Hong Kong 1975ATP · Hard · Quarterfinal

vs. Brian Gottfried view H2H

6-3 4-6 6-3

Hong Kong 1975ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Mike Cahill view H2H

6-4 6-3

Hong Kong 1975ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Jim Delaney view H2H

8-9 7-5 6-4

Manila 1975ATP · Hard · Quarterfinal

vs. Jose Higueras view H2H

6-3 6-4

Manila 1975ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Ray Ruffels view H2H

7-6 4-6 6-4

Manila 1975ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Robert Rheinberger view H2H

6-1 6-2

Perth 1975ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Tom Gorman view H2H

6-4 3-6 6-3

Sydney Indoor 1975ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Vijay Amritraj view H2H

7-5 6-1

Las Vegas 1975ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Bob Lutz view H2H

6-4 7-6

Las Vegas 1975ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Paul Gerken view H2H

6-3 5-7 6-2

Tuscon 1975ATP · Hard · Semifinal

vs. John Alexander view H2H

6-2 6-2

Tuscon 1975ATP · Hard · Quarterfinal

vs. Bob Carmichael view H2H

6-3 6-2

Tuscon 1975ATP · Hard · Round of 16

vs. Erik Van Dillen view H2H

6-3 6-4

Tuscon 1975ATP · Hard · Third round

vs. Grover Raz Reid view H2H

6-4 6-3

Tuscon 1975ATP · Hard · Second round

vs. Bob Hewitt view H2H

6-2 6-3

Manila 1974ATP · Hard · Semifinal

vs. Ismail El Shafei view H2H

6-4 7-6

Manila 1974ATP · Hard · Quarterfinal

vs. Roger Taylor view H2H

6-3 7-5