Career 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 Virginia Wade takes it, 8–0 on categories Wade wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Wade 1,278 matches, Stove 763 matches.
Wade has 60 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Stove’s 8 titles (one every 50 matches). Wade averages 0.7 sets lost a match to Stove’s 1.0. Wade averages 11.9 games won a match to Stove’s 11 (8% more). Winners’ edge: Wade’s team won 72%, Stove’s team won 58% of the matches they played. Longevity: Wade has 1,278 matches across 18 seasons, Stove 763 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 60 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 8 total · best 1
0.0 3 total · best 1 Grand Slam titlesper game –
11.9 15,196 total · best 31 Games wonper game 11.0 8,421 total · best 23
68.5 Sets won % 56.8
57.4 Games won % 52.6
0.1 114 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 28 total · best 1
Head to head 24 29 matches 5
Carpet · 20 matches 17 3 Hard · 5 matches 4 1 Grass · 2 matches 2 0 Clay · 2 matches 1 1 Grand Slams · 2 matches 2 0 Finals · 3 matches 3 0 Last meetings 4 Oct 1982 · Deerfield Beach · Round of 32 · Hard 6-4 6-4 23 Sept 1979 · Atlanta · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-2 1-6 6-1 5 Mar 1979 · Philadelphia · Round of 32 · Hard 6-2 4-6 6-3 9 Oct 1978 · Minneapolis · Quarterfinal · Carpet 1-6 6-1 6-2 11 Sept 1978 · Tokyo Sillook · Final · Hard Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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