Career 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1970 1969 1968 Too close to call — 4–3 on categories Van Zyl wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Van Zyl 156 matches, Wade 1,278 matches.
Van Zyl has 10 titles (one every 8.3 matches) to Wade’s 60 titles (one every 16.7 matches). Van Zyl averages 8.2 games lost a match to Wade’s 8.8. Longevity: Wade has 1,278 matches across 18 seasons, Van Zyl 156 in 8 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, 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 10 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 60 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 3 total · best 1
11.6 1,814 total · best 22 Games wonper game 11.9 15,196 total · best 31
68.3 Sets won % 68.5
58.6 Games won % 57.4
0.1 15 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 114 total · best 1
Head to head 1 6 matches 5
Carpet · 3 matches 0 3 Grass · 1 match 0 1 Clay · 1 match 1 0 Hard · 1 match 0 1 Grand Slams · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 22 Aug 1976 · Fed Cup WG QF: RSA vs GBR · Round robin · Carpet 6-0 6-3 22 June 1970 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · Grass 6-4 7-5 18 Nov 1969 · Wembley · Quarterfinal · Carpet 6-2 6-4 28 Oct 1969 · Port Talbot · Semifinal · Carpet 6-3 7-5 6 Aug 1968 · Hamburg · Semifinal · Clay 6-3 6-0 8 Jan 1968 · Bloemfontein · Semifinal · Hard Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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