Career 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 Ginny Purdy takes it, 7–0 on categories Purdy wins on sets won %. WTA Tour career: Purdy 61 matches, Sands 177 matches.
Purdy has the better sets won %: 41.6 to Sands’s 34.6. Purdy averages 1.3 sets lost a match to Sands’ 1.5. Purdy averages 0.9 sets won a match to Sands’ 0.8 (15% more). Best single match: Sands 19 games won, Purdy 18. Winners’ edge: Purdy’s team won 41%, Sands’s team won 30% of the matches they played. Longevity: Sands has 177 matches across 11 seasons, Purdy 61 in 5 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, grand slam matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game –
9.5 579 total · best 18 Games wonper game 9.4 1,661 total · best 19
41.6 Sets won % 34.6
45.7 Games won % 44.0
0.1 2 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 1 total · best 1
0.9 57 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 0.8 143 total · best 2
Head to head 2 2 matches 0
Hard · 1 match 1 0 Carpet · 1 match 1 0 Last meetings 24 Sept 1984 · Richmond · Round of 32 · Hard 6-1 7-6 7 Mar 1983 · Pittsburgh · Round of 16 · Carpet 6-4 4-6 6-2 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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