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Chris Evert v Billie Jean King: stats compared | Lineball
Evert wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Evert 1,478 matches, Jean King 900 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.
0.1161 total · best 1Titlesper game0.183 total · best 1
0.018 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.09 total · best 1
12.217,999 total · best 25Games wonper game12.311,033 total · best 23
84.9Sets won %76.3
67.6Games won %60.7
0.2236 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1125 total · best 1
Head to head
2027 matches since 19717
Grass · 8 matchesEvert 5King 3
Hard · 7 matchesEvert 6King 1
Clay · 6 matchesEvert 6King 0
Carpet · 5 matchesEvert 2King 3
Grand Slams · 9 matchesEvert 6King 3
Finals · 11 matchesEvert 7King 4
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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1.82,693 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.71,523 total · best 3
0.3479 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.5473 total · best 2
5.98,644 total · best 23Games lostper game · lower is better7.97,146 total · best 25
0.1142 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.1123 total · best 2
0.2336 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.2156 total · best 1
0.17 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game–
0.15 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game–
0.02 total · best 1Olympic matchesper game–
0.172 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.114 total · best 1
–Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.07 total · best 1
Evert won 6-1 6-0
26 June 1978 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassEvert won 6-3 3-6 6-2
26 Mar 1978 · Philadelphia · Final · HardEvert won 6-0 6-4
13 Mar 1978 · Boston · Semifinal · CarpetEvert won 6-3 6-2
1 Nov 1977 · Palm Springs · Final · GrassEvert won 6-2 6-2
31 Aug 1977 · US Open · Quarterfinal · ClayEvert won 6-2 6-0
