Career 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 Too close to call — 3–5 on categories Desfor wins on titles. Walsh Pete’s case rests on sets lost. WTA Tour career: Desfor 179 matches, Walsh Pete 679 matches.
Desfor has 2 titles (one every 7.7 matches) to Walsh Pete’s 9 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Walsh Pete averages 1.2 sets lost a match to Desfor’s 1.3. Walsh Pete has the better sets won %: 48 to Desfor’s 43.5. Longevity: Walsh Pete has 679 matches across 21 seasons, Desfor 179 in 9 — 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.
0.1 2 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 9 total · best 1
10.7 1,906 total · best 19 Games wonper game 10.4 7,083 total · best 23
43.5 Sets won % 48.0
48.5 Games won % 49.1
0.1 3 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 20 total · best 1
1.0 182 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 742 total · best 2
Head to head 1 5 matches 4
Grass · 2 matches 1 1 Hard · 2 matches 0 2 Carpet · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 8 June 1980 · Chichester · Round of 16 · Grass 6-4 2-6 6-3 3 Dec 1979 · Sydney · Round of 16 · Grass 6-2 7-6 29 Jan 1979 · Chicago · Round of 32 · Carpet 5-7 7-6 7-6 6 Feb 1978 · Toronto Futures · Quarterfinal · Hard 7-6 6-4 16 Jan 1978 · Tucson Futures · Quarterfinal · Hard 6-3 6-0 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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