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Virginia Wade v Billie Jean King: stats compared | Lineball
Jean King wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Wade 1,278 matches, Jean King 900 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.
0.160 total · best 1Titlesper game0.183 total · best 1
0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.09 total · best 1
11.915,196 total · best 31Games wonper game12.311,033 total · best 23
68.5Sets won %76.3
57.4Games won %60.7
0.1114 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1125 total · best 1
Head to head
1033 matches since 196823
Carpet · 12 matchesWade 4King 8
Grass · 12 matchesWade 2King 10
Hard · 5 matchesWade 3King 2
Clay · 3 matchesWade 1King 2
Grand Slams · 5 matchesWade 1King 4
Finals · 5 matchesWade 2King 3
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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1.51,948 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.71,523 total · best 3
0.7898 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.5473 total · best 2
8.811,279 total · best 23Games lostper game · lower is better7.97,146 total · best 25
0.1169 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.1123 total · best 2
0.1171 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.2156 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 game0.114 total · best 1
0.06 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.07 total · best 1
King won 6-1 7-6
26 Mar 1978 · Virginia Slims Championships · Round robin · CarpetWade won 1-6 6-2 6-4
16 Jan 1978 · Houston · Semifinal · CarpetKing won 7-6 6-2
7 Dec 1977 · London · Final · CarpetKing won 6-3 6-1
9 Nov 1977 · Wightman Cup · Round robin · CarpetKing won 6-4 3-6 8-6
16 June 1975 · Eastbourne · Final · GrassWade won 7-5 4-6 6-4
