Career 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Rosie Casals takes it, 7–1 on categories Casals wins on games won. Shaw’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Shaw 261 matches, Casals 945 matches.
Shaw has 1 title (one every 20 matches) to Casals’ 14 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Casals averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Shaw’s 1.2. Casals averages 11.4 games won a match to Shaw’s 10.2 (12% more). Winners’ edge: Casals’s team won 64%, Shaw’s team won 45% of the matches they played. Longevity: Casals has 945 matches across 23 seasons, Shaw 261 in 11 — 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 14 total · best 1
10.2 2,649 total · best 21 Games wonper game 11.4 10,757 total · best 20
45.4 Sets won % 61.5
48.6 Games won % 55.0
0.0 6 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 52 total · best 1
1.0 267 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.4 1,312 total · best 2
Head to head 2 13 matches since 1969 11
Carpet · 5 matches Shaw 2 Casals 3 Hard · 3 matches Shaw 0 Casals 3 Grass · 3 matches Shaw 0 Casals 3 Clay · 2 matches Shaw 0 Casals 2 Grand Slams · 2 matches Shaw 0 Casals 2 Last meetings 17 Jan 1977 · Houston · Round of 16 · Carpet Shaw won 7-6 6-4 10 Jan 1977 · Hollywood · Round of 32 · Carpet Shaw won 7-6 6-2 13 Oct 1975 · Orlando · Round of 16 · Clay Casals won 6-0 6-1 18 Nov 1974 · Tokyo Gunze · Quarterfinal · Carpet Casals won 6-0 6-0 18 Mar 1974 · Akron · Round of 16 · Carpet Casals won 6-4 7-5 2 Oct 1973 · Phoenix · Quarterfinal · Hard Casals won Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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