King v Evert
WTA Tour career
Lineball analyst1–7
Chris Evert takes it, 7–1 on categories
Evert wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Jean King 900 matches, Evert 1,478 matches.
- Evert has 479 sets lost (one every 3.1 matches) to Jean King’s 473 sets lost (one every 1.9 matches).
- Evert has 161 titles (one every 9.1 matches) to Jean King’s 83 titles (one every 10 matches).
- Evert averages 5.9 games lost a match to Jean King’s 7.9.
- Winners’ edge: Evert’s team won 90%, Jean King’s team won 81% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Evert has 1,478 matches across 21 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 game0.1161 total · best 1
- 0.09 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.018 total · best 1
- 12.311,033 total · best 23Games wonper game12.217,999 total · best 25
- 76.3Sets won %84.9
- 60.7Games won %67.6
- 0.1125 total · best 1Finalsper game0.2236 total · best 1
Head to head
727 matches
since 197120
since 197120
- Grass · 8 matchesKing 3Evert 5
- Hard · 7 matchesKing 1Evert 6
- Clay · 6 matchesKing 0Evert 6
- Carpet · 5 matchesKing 3Evert 2
- Grand Slams · 9 matchesKing 3Evert 6
- Finals · 11 matchesKing 4Evert 7
Last meetings
- 13 May 1983 · Johannesburg Exho · SemifinalEvert won 6-4 6-4
- 23 Mar 1983 · Virginia Slims Championships · Semifinal · CarpetEvert won 6-1 6-1
- 29 Nov 1982 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · GrassEvert won 6-2 6-2
- 21 June 1982 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · GrassEvert won 7-6 2-6 6-3
- 28 Aug 1979 · US Open · Semifinal · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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