Career 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1974 1973 Lesley Charles takes it, 7–1 on categories Charles wins on sets lost. Sawyer’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Sawyer 57 matches, Charles 344 matches.
Sawyer has 2 titles (one every 10 matches) to Charles’ 16 titles (one every 20 matches). Charles averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Sawyer’s 1.3. Charles has the better sets won %: 56 to Sawyer’s 43.6. Winners’ edge: Charles’s team won 58%, Sawyer’s team won 40% of the matches they played. Longevity: Charles has 344 matches across 12 seasons, Sawyer 57 in 8 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 2 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 16 total · best 1
10.7 610 total · best 21 Games wonper game 11.1 3,802 total · best 20
43.6 Sets won % 56.0
47.3 Games won % 53.2
0.1 3 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 27 total · best 1
1.0 58 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.3 441 total · best 2
Head to head 1 2 matches 1
Hard · 1 match 1 0 Clay · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 4 July 1977 · Dublin · Semifinal · Hard 6-3 4-6 6-2 9 May 1977 · Guilford · Round of 32 · Clay 6-4 4-6 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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