King v Wade
WTA Tour career
Lineball analyst9–0
Billie Jean King takes it, 9–0 on categories
Jean King wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Jean King 900 matches, Wade 1,278 matches.
- Jean King has 83 titles (one every 10 matches) to Wade’s 60 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
- Jean King has 9 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Wade’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
- Jean King averages a sets lost every 1.9 matches to Wade’s 0.7.
- Winners’ edge: Jean King’s team won 81%, Wade’s team won 72% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Wade has 1,278 matches across 18 seasons, Jean King 900 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals 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 game0.160 total · best 1
- 0.09 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
- 12.311,033 total · best 23Games wonper game11.915,196 total · best 31
- 76.3Sets won %68.5
- 60.7Games won %57.4
- 0.1125 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1114 total · best 1
Head to head
2333 matches
since 196810
since 196810
- Carpet · 12 matchesKing 8Wade 4
- Grass · 12 matchesKing 10Wade 2
- Hard · 5 matchesKing 2Wade 3
- Clay · 3 matchesKing 2Wade 1
- Grand Slams · 5 matchesKing 4Wade 1
- Finals · 5 matchesKing 3Wade 2
Last meetings
- 4 Nov 1981 · Turin Kim Cup · Round robin · CarpetWade won 6-2 6-3
- 9 Mar 1981 · Dallas · Round of 16 · CarpetKing won 6-4 6-3
- 17 Mar 1980 · Avon Championships · Round robin · CarpetKing won 6-1 6-3
- 28 Aug 1979 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardKing won 6-3 7-6
- 25 July 1979 · Buenos Aires · Semifinal
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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