Bustamante v Sherriff

Gail Sherriff takes it, 6–1 on categories

Sherriff wins on games won. Bustamante’s case rests on finals, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Bustamante 9 matches, Sherriff 513 matches.

• Sherriff averages 11.6 games won a match to Bustamante’s 5.4 — 2.1 times as many.
• Sherriff has the better sets won %: 67.6 to Bustamante’s 15.
• Sherriff has the better games won %: 58.4 to Bustamante’s 31.6.
• Best single match: Sherriff 21 games won, Bustamante 13.
• Winners’ edge: Sherriff’s team won 69%, Bustamante’s team won 11% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Sherriff has 513 matches across 15 seasons, Bustamante 9 in 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: Bustamante (9 matches) — treat the averages with care.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (finals, retired hurt): 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.