King v Jones
WTA Tour career
Lineball analyst4–5
Too close to call — 4–5 on categories
Jean King wins on grand slam titles. Jones’s case rests on games lost. WTA Tour career: Jean King 900 matches, Jones 341 matches.
- Jean King has 9 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Jones’ 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
- Jones averages 7.0 games lost a match to Jean King’s 7.9.
- Longevity: Jean King has 900 matches across 17 seasons, Jones 341 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, grand slam matches, davis/bjk cup 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.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
- 0.183 total · best 1Titlesper game0.132 total · best 1
- 0.09 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
- 12.311,033 total · best 23Games wonper game12.04,100 total · best 24
- 76.3Sets won %76.4
- 60.7Games won %63.3
- 0.1125 total · best 1Finalsper game0.255 total · best 1
Head to head
2328 matches
since 19685
since 19685
- Carpet · 14 matchesKing 12Jones 2
- Hard · 4 matchesKing 3Jones 1
- Grass · 4 matchesKing 3Jones 1
- Clay · 1 matchKing 0Jones 1
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesKing 2Jones 1
- Finals · 14 matchesKing 9Jones 5
Last meetings
- 14 Apr 1971 · Las Vegas · Final · HardJones won 7-5 6-4
- 24 Mar 1971 · New York · Semifinal · CarpetKing won 6-2 7-6(0)
- 18 Mar 1971 · Rochester · Semifinal · CarpetKing won 6-4 4-6 6-3
- 26 Feb 1971 · Boston · Semifinal · CarpetKing won 6-2 6-2
- 4 Feb 1971 · Chattanooga · Final · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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