Career 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 Barbara Potter takes it, 7–0 on categories Potter wins on games won. WTA Tour career: Sands 177 matches, Potter 514 matches.
Potter averages 11.7 games won a match to Sands’ 9.4 (24% more). Potter has the better sets won %: 60.1 to Sands’s 34.6. Potter averages 1.4 sets won a match to Sands’ 0.8 (69% more). Best single match: Potter 20 games won, Sands 19. Winners’ edge: Potter’s team won 61%, Sands’s team won 30% of the matches they played. Longevity: Potter has 514 matches across 12 seasons, Sands 177 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
– Titlesper game 0.0 5 total · best 1
9.4 1,661 total · best 19 Games wonper game 11.7 5,995 total · best 20
34.6 Sets won % 60.1
44.0 Games won % 53.6
0.0 1 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 14 total · best 1
0.8 143 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.4 702 total · best 2
Head to head 0 6 matches 6
Carpet · 4 matches 0 4 Hard · 1 match 0 1 Grass · 1 match 0 1 Grand Slams · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 30 Jan 1984 · Houston · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-1 6-4 31 Aug 1982 · US Open · Round of 128 · Hard 7-6 6-4 18 Jan 1982 · Seattle · Round of 16 · Carpet 6-4 3-6 6-1 19 Oct 1981 · Brighton · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-3 6-4 15 June 1981 · Eastbourne · Round of 16 · Grass 6-3 6-3 9 Oct 1978 · Minneapolis · Round of 16 · Carpet 4-6 7-6 6-2 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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