Career 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 Betty Stove takes it, 7–2 on categories Stove wins on games won. Tomanova’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Tomanova 460 matches, Stove 763 matches.
Tomanova has 9 titles (one every 20 matches) to Stove’s 8 titles (one every 50 matches). Stove averages 11 games won a match to Tomanova’s 10.5 (6% more). Stove averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Tomanova’s 1.1. Winners’ edge: Stove’s team won 58%, Tomanova’s team won 52% of the matches they played. Longevity: Stove has 763 matches across 15 seasons, Tomanova 460 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, davis/bjk cup matches, retired hurt): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 9 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 8 total · best 1
10.5 4,809 total · best 22 Games wonper game 11.0 8,421 total · best 23
51.4 Sets won % 56.8
50.5 Games won % 52.6
0.1 23 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 28 total · best 1
1.2 538 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.3 986 total · best 2
Head to head 1 6 matches 5
Carpet · 3 matches 0 3 Grass · 2 matches 0 2 Hard · 1 match 1 0 Grand Slams · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 23 Aug 1982 · Mahwah · Round of 64 · Hard 6-0 4-6 6-2 8 Dec 1980 · Adelaide · Round of 32 · Grass 7-5 6-2 20 June 1977 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · Grass 6-1 6-2 3 Jan 1977 · Washington DC · Round of 32 · Carpet 7-6(1) 6-4 1 Nov 1976 · London · Round of 16 · Carpet 6-0 6-1 15 Mar 1976 · Dallas · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-3 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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