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Sue Barker v Virginia Wade: stats compared | Lineball
Wade wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Barker 653 matches, Wade 1,278 matches.
Wade has 60 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Barker’s 23 titles (one every 25 matches).
Wade averages 0.7 sets lost a match to Barker’s 0.9.
Wade averages 11.9 games won a match to Barker’s 11 (8% more).
Winners’ edge: Wade’s team won 72%, Barker’s team won 62% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Wade has 1,278 matches across 18 seasons, Barker 653 in 15 — 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.
0.023 total · best 1Titlesper game0.160 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
11.07,208 total · best 21Games wonper game11.915,196 total · best 31
60.2Sets won %68.5
54.0Games won %57.4
0.143 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1114 total · best 1
Head to head
616 matches since 197210
Carpet · 13 matchesBarker 6Wade 7
Hard · 3 matchesBarker 0Wade 3
Finals · 2 matchesBarker 1Wade 1
Last meetings
4 Feb 1980 · Los Angeles · Quarterfinal · CarpetWade won 6-3 6-0
21 Mar 1979 · Avon Championships · Round robin · CarpetBarker won 5-7 7-5 6-2
12 Mar 1979 · Boston · Semifinal · CarpetBarker won 7-6 6-4
5 Mar 1979 · Philadelphia · Semifinal · HardWade won 1-6 7-5 6-3
12 Sept 1977 · Tokyo Sillook · Semifinal · HardWade won 6-4 2-6 6-2
7 Mar 1977 · Dallas · Semifinal · CarpetBarker won 6-4 6-3
28 Feb 1977 · San Francisco · Final · CarpetBarker won 6-3 6-4
24 Jan 1977 · Minneapolis · Quarterfinal · CarpetBarker won 6-5
1 Nov 1976 · London · Semifinal · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.3874 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.51,948 total · best 2
0.9579 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.7898 total · best 2
9.46,151 total · best 31Games lostper game · lower is better8.811,279 total · best 23
0.2115 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.1169 total · best 2
0.177 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.1171 total · best 1
–Masters/1000 matchesper game0.12 total · best 1
–Tour Finals matchesper game0.15 total · best 1
0.141 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.182 total · best 1
0.06 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.06 total · best 1
Wade won 2-6 6-3 6-4
12 Apr 1976 · Virginia Slims Championships · Round robin · CarpetBarker won 7-5 7-6(4)
