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Sue Barker v Chris Evert: stats compared | Lineball
Evert wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Barker 653 matches, Evert 1,478 matches.
Evert has 161 titles (one every 9.1 matches) to Barker’s 23 titles (one every 25 matches).
Evert has 18 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Barker’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
Evert averages a sets lost every 3.1 matches to Barker’s 0.9.
Winners’ edge: Evert’s team won 90%, Barker’s team won 62% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Evert has 1,478 matches across 21 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 game0.1161 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.018 total · best 1
11.07,208 total · best 21Games wonper game12.217,999 total · best 25
60.2Sets won %84.9
54.0Games won %67.6
0.143 total · best 1Finalsper game0.2236 total · best 1
Head to head
125 matches since 197524
Carpet · 15 matchesBarker 1Evert 14
Hard · 5 matchesBarker 0Evert 5
Clay · 4 matchesBarker 0Evert 4
Grand Slams · 1 matchBarker 0Evert 1
Finals · 2 matchesBarker 0Evert 2
Last meetings
4 Nov 1982 · Wightman Cup · Round robin · CarpetEvert won 6-4 6-3
11 Oct 1982 · Tampa · Round of 16 · HardEvert won 6-0 6-1
2 Aug 1982 · Perth · SemifinalEvert won 6-0 6-4
9 Nov 1981 · Fed Cup WG F: USA vs GBR · Round robin · ClayEvert won 6-2 6-1
17 July 1981 · Wightman Cup · Round robin · CarpetEvert won 6-3 6-0
31 Oct 1980 · Wightman Cup · Round robin · CarpetEvert won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.3874 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.82,693 total · best 2
0.9579 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.3479 total · best 3
9.46,151 total · best 31Games lostper game · lower is better5.98,644 total · best 23
0.2115 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.1142 total · best 3
0.177 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.2336 total · best 1
–Masters/1000 matchesper game0.17 total · best 1
–Tour Finals matchesper game0.15 total · best 1
–Olympic matchesper game0.02 total · best 1
0.141 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.172 total · best 1
0.06 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better–
6-2 6-1
2 Nov 1979 · Wightman Cup · Round robin · ClayEvert won 7-5 6-2
20 Aug 1979 · Mahwah · Quarterfinal · HardEvert won 6-2 6-2
21 Mar 1979 · Avon Championships · Round robin · CarpetEvert won 6-3 6-4
12 Mar 1979 · Boston · Quarterfinal · CarpetBarker won 6-3 6-1
