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Virginia Wade v Margaret Court: stats compared | Lineball
Court wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Wade 1,278 matches, Court 692 matches.
Court has 96 titles (one every 7.1 matches) to Wade’s 60 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
Court has 11 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Wade’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 100 matches).
Court averages a sets lost every 3.2 matches to Wade’s 0.7.
Winners’ edge: Court’s team won 91%, Wade’s team won 72% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Wade has 1,278 matches across 18 seasons, Court 692 in 10 — 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.
0.160 total · best 1Titlesper game0.196 total · best 1
0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.011 total · best 1
11.915,196 total · best 31Games wonper game12.68,690 total · best 25
68.5Sets won %85.7
57.4Games won %66.9
0.1114 total · best 1Finalsper game0.2117 total · best 1
Head to head
430 matches since 196826
Carpet · 11 matchesWade 2Court 9
Grass · 8 matchesWade 0Court 8
Clay · 6 matchesWade 2Court 4
Hard · 5 matchesWade 0Court 5
Grand Slams · 2 matchesWade 0Court 2
Finals · 19 matchesWade 2Court 17
Last meetings
10 Jan 1977 · Hollywood · Semifinal · CarpetCourt won 6-4 7-6
27 Jan 1975 · Washington · Bronze medal match · HardCourt won 6-3
27 Aug 1973 · US Open · Quarterfinal · GrassCourt won 7-6 7-6
9 July 1973 · Dublin · Final · HardCourt won 6-2 6-4
13 Nov 1972 · London · Final · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.51,948 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.91,282 total · best 2
0.7898 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.3214 total · best 2
8.811,279 total · best 23Games lostper game · lower is better6.24,297 total · best 22
0.1169 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.151 total · best 2
0.1171 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.2113 total · best 1
0.12 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game–
0.15 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game–
0.182 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.011 total · best 1
0.06 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.02 total · best 1
Court won 6-1 6-1
13 Nov 1972 · Nottingham Exho · Round robin · CarpetWade won 7-5 5-7 6-4
6 Nov 1972 · Torquay · Final · CarpetCourt won 2-6 6-3 6-1
31 Oct 1972 · Port Talbot · Final · CarpetCourt won 6-3 6-4
24 Oct 1972 · Edingburgh · Final · CarpetCourt won 6-3 3-6 7-5
15 Aug 1972 · Toronto · Semifinal · ClayWade won 6-3 1-6 6-3
