Simpson v Graf

Steffi Graf takes it, 8–0 on categories

Graf wins on games won. WTA Tour career: Simpson 145 matches, Graf 1,003 matches.

• Graf averages 12.5 games won a match to Simpson’s 9.2 (36% more).
• Graf has the better sets won %: 83 to Simpson’s 40.5.
• Graf averages 1.8 sets won a match to Simpson’s 0.9 — 2 times as many.
• Best single match: Graf 26 games won, Simpson 18.
• Winners’ edge: Graf’s team won 89%, Simpson’s team won 37% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Graf has 1,003 matches across 19 seasons, Simpson 145 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (finals, masters/1000 matches, olympic matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.