Career 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 Annabel Croft takes it, 7–1 on categories Croft wins on games lost. Smylie’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Croft 191 matches, Smylie 366 matches.
Smylie has 5 titles (one every 25 matches) to Croft’s 1 title (one every 50 matches). Croft averages 10.4 games lost a match to Smylie’s 11.2. Croft averages 1.2 sets lost a match to Smylie’s 1.3. Longevity: Smylie has 366 matches across 15 seasons, Croft 191 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.
0.0 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 5 total · best 1
10.3 1,969 total · best 19 Games wonper game 10.3 3,770 total · best 20
48.0 Sets won % 45.9
49.8 Games won % 47.9
0.1 4 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 10 total · best 1
1.1 207 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 392 total · best 2
Head to head 2 5 matches since 1982 3
Hard · 2 matches Croft 1 Smylie 1 Grass · 1 match Croft 0 Smylie 1 Carpet · 1 match Croft 1 Smylie 0 Clay · 1 match Croft 0 Smylie 1 Grand Slams · 1 match Croft 0 Smylie 1 Finals · 1 match Croft 0 Smylie 1 Last meetings 22 June 1987 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · Grass Smylie won 6-3 6-1 4 Aug 1986 · Montreal · Round of 64 · Hard Smylie won 6-3 6-0 9 Dec 1985 · Tokyo Pan Pacific · Round of 16 · Carpet Croft won 6-1 6-1 6 May 1985 · Australian Indoor · Round of 32 · Hard Croft won 3-1 3-6 6-0 3 May 1982 · Solihull · Final · Clay Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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