Career 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 Wendy Turnbull takes it, 6–1 on categories Turnbull wins on games won. Kruger’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Kruger 139 matches, Turnbull 954 matches.
Kruger has 1 title (one every 25 matches) to Turnbull’s 18 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Turnbull averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Kruger’s 1.2. Turnbull averages 11.2 games won a match to Kruger’s 10.4 (8% more). Winners’ edge: Turnbull’s team won 64%, Kruger’s team won 50% of the matches they played. Longevity: Turnbull has 954 matches across 22 seasons, Kruger 139 in 7 — 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 18 total · best 1
10.4 1,443 total · best 19 Games wonper game 11.2 10,680 total · best 23
49.2 Sets won % 60.8
50.1 Games won % 54.6
0.1 3 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 42 total · best 1
1.1 156 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.4 1,307 total · best 2
Head to head 4 4 matches 0
Grass · 2 matches 2 0 Carpet · 1 match 1 0 Hard · 1 match 1 0 Grand Slams · 1 match 1 0 Last meetings 29 Jan 1979 · Chicago · Round of 16 · Carpet 6-4 4-6 6-2 22 Jan 1979 · Hollywood · Round of 16 · Hard 6-4 6-7 7-3 30 Nov 1976 · Sydney · Round of 16 · Grass 6-3 6-7 6-4 21 June 1976 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · Grass 8-6 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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