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Linda Thomas v Beverly Buckley: stats compared | Lineball
Thomas wins on games won. Buckley’s case rests on retired hurt, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Thomas 86 matches, Buckley 38 matches.
Thomas averages 9.5 games won a match to Buckley’s 7.3 (30% more).
Thomas has the better sets won %: 42.1 to Buckley’s 27.5.
Thomas averages 1.0 sets won a match to Buckley’s 0.6 (67% more).
Best single match: Buckley 19 games won, Thomas 18.
Winners’ edge: Thomas’s team won 37%, Buckley’s team won 24% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Thomas has 86 matches across 9 seasons, Buckley 38 in 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (finals, retired hurt): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
9.5819 total · best 18Games wonper game7.3278 total · best 19
42.1Sets won %27.5
46.6Games won %38.7
0.01 total · best 1Finalsper game–
1.083 total · best 2Sets wonper game0.622 total · best 2
1.3114 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.558 total · best 2
Head to head
34 matches since 19751
Hard · 2 matchesThomas 1Buckley 1
Carpet · 1 matchThomas 1Buckley 0
Clay · 1 matchThomas 1Buckley 0
Last meetings
28 Mar 1977 · Little Rock · Round of 32 · CarpetThomas won 6-3 6-4
21 Aug 1976 · South Orange · Round of 16 · ClayThomas won 6-0 6-0
6 Oct 1975 · Phoenix · Round of 64 · HardThomas won 6-3 6-2
15 Sept 1975 · Atlanta · Round of 64 · HardBuckley won 6-4 6-4
Last 10 games
Games won, oldest to newest.
Thomas1212125811681315
Buckley13059117119
10.9939 total · best 18Games lostper game · lower is better11.6441 total · best 18
0.214 total · best 1Tiebreaksper game0.28 total · best 1
0.17 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game–
11 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.11 total · best 1