Career 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 Pam Shriver takes it, 7–1 on categories Shriver wins on games won. Smith’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Smith 394 matches, Shriver 946 matches.
Smith has 3 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Shriver’s 26 titles (one every 25 matches). Shriver averages 0.7 sets lost a match to Smith’s 1.0. Shriver averages 11.7 games won a match to Smith’s 10.8 (8% more). Winners’ edge: Shriver’s team won 70%, Smith’s team won 56% of the matches they played. Longevity: Shriver has 946 matches across 20 seasons, Smith 394 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, olympic matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 3 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 26 total · best 1
10.8 4,256 total · best 20 Games wonper game 11.7 11,077 total · best 23
54.8 Sets won % 67.7
52.0 Games won % 57.5
0.1 7 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 59 total · best 1
1.2 488 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.5 1,423 total · best 2
Head to head 4 8 matches 4
Carpet · 4 matches 2 2 Hard · 2 matches 1 1 Grass · 1 match 0 1 Grand Slams · 2 matches 1 1 Finals · 1 match 1 0 Last meetings 6 Nov 1989 · Chicago · Round of 16 · Carpet 6-4 6-2 18 Sept 1989 · Dallas · Round of 16 · Carpet 3-6 7-6 6-4 29 Aug 1988 · US Open · Round of 128 · Hard 6-4 6-3 4 Jan 1982 · Washington · Quarterfinal · Carpet 6-3 6-4 16 Nov 1981 · Perth 2 · Quarterfinal · Grass 6-2 7-6 1 Sept 1981 · US Open · Round of 16 · Hard Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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