Cummings v Blackwell

Phyllis Blackwell takes it, 6–1 on categories

Blackwell wins on games won. Cummings’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Cummings 89 matches, Blackwell 53 matches.

• Blackwell averages 10.1 games won a match to Cummings’ 9.0 (13% more).
• Blackwell averages 1.2 sets won a match to Cummings’ 1.0 (20% more).
• Blackwell has the better sets won %: 49.6 to Cummings’s 43.4.
• Best single match: Cummings 18 games won, Blackwell 16.
• Winners’ edge: Blackwell’s team won 51%, Cummings’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Cummings has 89 matches across 7 seasons, Blackwell 53 in 6 — 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.

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