Career 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1978 Wendy Turnbull takes it, 7–1 on categories Turnbull wins on games won. White’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: White 234 matches, Turnbull 954 matches.
White has 1 title (one every 20 matches) to Turnbull’s 18 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Turnbull averages 0.9 sets lost a match to White’s 1.2. Turnbull averages 1.4 sets won a match to White’s 1.0 (32% more). Winners’ edge: Turnbull’s team won 64%, White’s team won 47% of the matches they played. Longevity: Turnbull has 954 matches across 22 seasons, White 234 in 10 — 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 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 18 total · best 1
10.2 2,390 total · best 19 Games wonper game 11.2 10,680 total · best 23
46.6 Sets won % 60.8
48.4 Games won % 54.6
0.0 2 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 42 total · best 1
1.0 244 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.4 1,307 total · best 2
Head to head 1 5 matches since 1981 4
Carpet · 3 matches White 1 Turnbull 2 Grass · 2 matches White 0 Turnbull 2 Grand Slams · 2 matches White 0 Turnbull 2 Last meetings 28 Sept 1987 · New Orleans · Round of 32 · Carpet Turnbull won 7-5 6-2 10 Mar 1986 · Dallas · Round of 32 · Carpet White won 6-1 0-6 6-2 25 July 1984 · Sydney Indoors · Round robin · Carpet Turnbull won 6-1 6-1 20 June 1983 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · Grass Turnbull won 6-3 6-3 30 Nov 1981 · Australian Open · Round of 32 · Grass Turnbull won 6-2 4-6 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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