Found these unreturned-serves stats from 1939.
This was a match in Philadelphia, the third meeting between Budge and Vines in their cross-country H2H tour. It was Vines' first victory, after straight-set defeats in New York and Boston.
American Lawn Tennis ran a report covering the first ten matches of the series and had this for the Philadelphia match:
Per the Point Score:
Vines won 101 points, Budge 75.
Vines won 54 of 82 points on serve (65.9%).
Budge won 47 of 94 points on serve (50.0%).
Vines served on 82 points and 26 serves did not come back: 31.7%
Budge served on 94 points and 9 serves did not come back: 9.6%
Vines was broken 3 times, Budge 7 times.
This was a match in Philadelphia, the third meeting between Budge and Vines in their cross-country H2H tour. It was Vines' first victory, after straight-set defeats in New York and Boston.
American Lawn Tennis ran a report covering the first ten matches of the series and had this for the Philadelphia match:
Large crowds (the biggest ever in several of the cities) have reveled in the class of tennis displayed—with Vines supplying most of the pyrotechnics and Budge the epitome of steadiness. When Ellsworth is in “touch” he seems to hold the edge and yet Don has showed an ability to lift his game and keep it on an unusually high scale that some doubted he could or would reach. As an amateur he was able to play himself into his best form when the “chips were down,” but seldom went all out on less important occasions....
The first defeat for Budge in his new career as a professional came on the evening of January 5 in Philadelphia Convention Hall. Budge found the service and forehand drive of Vines stronger and more accurate in this third meeting of the tour ...
The size of the crowd was disappointing, estimates of the attendance running from 6,000 to 8,500, but it is well to compromise at 7,000. There were many empty seats, particulary in the sections selling for the top price of $4.40, whereas the $1.14 seats, the cheapest, were filled. However, the undertaking was a financial success, probably grossing more than $15,000.
It was not a good match, nor an interesting or colorful one. Budge was well below form, his edge perhaps taken off from the rush between New York, Boston and Philadelphia, in short—trouper’s weariness. His control ragged, especially on the backhand which committed 37 of his 65 errors, he could not trade shots with Vines for long and the exchanges were necessarily short.
On the other hand Budge was forced into many errors by some of the best powerhouse drives and services Vines has ever shown in Philadelphia. Vines was distinctly “on.” His flat forehand drive was simply great, at times bulleting for clean placements down the line as Budge came in, at other times smashing crosscourt for a point against Budge’s service.
The odds were all with Vines on service. He served nine aces to two, finishing the match with one. Moreover, he was severe enough on other occasions to force Budge into 17 outs or net of his service returns. Vines made only seven errors in returning Budge’s service. Budge collected but two aces and made three double faults against one. Vines dealt well with the few volleys he had, whereas Budge messed up his few.
The first defeat for Budge in his new career as a professional came on the evening of January 5 in Philadelphia Convention Hall. Budge found the service and forehand drive of Vines stronger and more accurate in this third meeting of the tour ...
The size of the crowd was disappointing, estimates of the attendance running from 6,000 to 8,500, but it is well to compromise at 7,000. There were many empty seats, particulary in the sections selling for the top price of $4.40, whereas the $1.14 seats, the cheapest, were filled. However, the undertaking was a financial success, probably grossing more than $15,000.
It was not a good match, nor an interesting or colorful one. Budge was well below form, his edge perhaps taken off from the rush between New York, Boston and Philadelphia, in short—trouper’s weariness. His control ragged, especially on the backhand which committed 37 of his 65 errors, he could not trade shots with Vines for long and the exchanges were necessarily short.
On the other hand Budge was forced into many errors by some of the best powerhouse drives and services Vines has ever shown in Philadelphia. Vines was distinctly “on.” His flat forehand drive was simply great, at times bulleting for clean placements down the line as Budge came in, at other times smashing crosscourt for a point against Budge’s service.
The odds were all with Vines on service. He served nine aces to two, finishing the match with one. Moreover, he was severe enough on other occasions to force Budge into 17 outs or net of his service returns. Vines made only seven errors in returning Budge’s service. Budge collected but two aces and made three double faults against one. Vines dealt well with the few volleys he had, whereas Budge messed up his few.
Per the Point Score:
Vines won 101 points, Budge 75.
Vines won 54 of 82 points on serve (65.9%).
Budge won 47 of 94 points on serve (50.0%).
Vines served on 82 points and 26 serves did not come back: 31.7%
Budge served on 94 points and 9 serves did not come back: 9.6%
Vines was broken 3 times, Budge 7 times.
