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Ann Jones v Billie Jean King: stats compared | Lineball
Jean King wins on grand slam titles. Jones’s case rests on games lost. WTA Tour career: Jones 341 matches, Jean King 900 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.
0.132 total · best 1Titlesper game0.183 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.09 total · best 1
12.04,100 total · best 24Games wonper game12.311,033 total · best 23
76.4Sets won %76.3
63.3Games won %60.7
0.255 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1125 total · best 1
Head to head
528 matches since 196823
Carpet · 14 matchesJones 2King 12
Hard · 4 matchesJones 1King 3
Grass · 4 matchesJones 1King 3
Clay · 1 matchJones 1King 0
Grand Slams · 3 matchesJones 1King 2
Finals · 14 matchesJones 5King 9
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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1.7567 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.71,523 total · best 3
0.5175 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.5473 total · best 2
7.02,382 total · best 23Games lostper game · lower is better7.97,146 total · best 25
0.117 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.1123 total · best 2
0.234 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.2156 total · best 1
0.15 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.114 total · best 1
0.11 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.07 total · best 1
King won 6-4 6-1
21 Jan 1971 · Milwaukee · Semifinal · CarpetKing won 7-5 6-3
14 Jan 1971 · Long Beach · Semifinal · CarpetKing won 6-2 6-0
6 Jan 1971 · San Francisco · Semifinal · CarpetKing won 6-0 6-0
16 Nov 1970 · Wembley · Final · CarpetKing won 8-6 3-6 6-1
12 June 1970 · Wightman Cup · Round robin · GrassKing won 6-4 6-2
