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Julie Heldman v Virginia Wade: stats compared | Lineball
Wade wins on titles. Heldman’s case rests on games lost, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Heldman 570 matches, Wade 1,278 matches.
Wade has 60 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Heldman’s 20 titles (one every 25 matches).
Heldman averages 8.3 games lost a match to Wade’s 8.8.
Longevity: Wade has 1,278 matches across 18 seasons, Heldman 570 in 8 — 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.
0.020 total · best 1Titlesper game0.160 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
11.56,537 total · best 22Games wonper game11.915,196 total · best 31
66.7Sets won %68.5
58.0Games won %57.4
0.143 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1114 total · best 1
Head to head
732 matches since 196825
Carpet · 21 matchesHeldman 3Wade 18
Hard · 5 matchesHeldman 1Wade 4
Grass · 3 matchesHeldman 1Wade 2
Clay · 3 matchesHeldman 2Wade 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchHeldman 0Wade 1
Finals · 12 matchesHeldman 2Wade 10
Last meetings
1 Apr 1975 · Virginia Slims Championships · Round robin · CarpetWade won 6-7(2) 6-2 7-5
13 Jan 1975 · Sarasota · Bronze medal match · CarpetHeldman won 7-6(4)
6 Jan 1975 · San Francisco · Quarterfinal · HardWade won 6-2 6-4
12 Nov 1974 · London · Final · CarpetWade won 7-6(3) 6-2
4 Nov 1974 · Edinburgh · Final · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.5840 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.51,948 total · best 2
0.7420 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.7898 total · best 2
8.34,743 total · best 21Games lostper game · lower is better8.811,279 total · best 23
0.133 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.1169 total · best 2
0.168 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.1171 total · best 1
–Masters/1000 matchesper game0.12 total · best 1
0.15 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game0.15 total · best 1
0.17 total · best 1Olympic matchesper game–
0.125 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.182 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.06 total · best 1
Wade won 6-3 4-6 6-2
24 Oct 1974 · Wightman Cup · Round robin · CarpetWade won 5-7 9-7 6-4
14 Oct 1974 · Los Angeles · Round of 16 · CarpetWade won 6-4 7-5
18 Aug 1974 · Newport · Bronze medal match · GrassHeldman won 8-1
20 May 1974 · Bournemouth · Final · ClayWade won 6-1 3-6 6-1
12 Nov 1973 · London · Final · CarpetWade won 6-2 3-6 7-5
