Struthers v Newberry

WTA Tour career

Mary StruthersUnited States222 games · 1968–1979Most titles Janet NewberryUnited States433 games · 1968–1980Fewest sets lostMost sets won %

Lineball analyst2–6

Janet Newberry takes it, 6–2 on categories

Newberry wins on sets lost. Struthers’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Struthers 222 matches, Newberry 433 matches.

Struthers has 5 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Newberry’s 8 titles (one every 20 matches).
Newberry averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Struthers’ 1.2.
Newberry has the better sets won %: 54.4 to Struthers’s 49.
Winners’ edge: Newberry’s team won 56%, Struthers’s team won 49% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Newberry has 433 matches across 13 seasons, Struthers 222 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, grand slam matches…): 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.

0.15 total · best 1Titlesper game0.18 total · best 1
10.52,324 total · best 19Games wonper game10.74,644 total · best 21
49.0Sets won %54.4
50.2Games won %51.5
0.19 total · best 1Finalsper game0.120 total · best 1
1.1248 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.2530 total · best 2

Head to head

25 matches
since 19683

Hard · 4 matchesStruthers 1Newberry 3
Clay · 1 matchStruthers 1Newberry 0
Finals · 1 matchStruthers 0Newberry 1

Last meetings

24 Oct 1977 · San Juan · Round of 32 · HardNewberry won 6-4 6-3
9 Aug 1976 · Indianapolis · Round of 32 · ClayStruthers won 6-4 6-1
26 Jan 1970 · San Diego March of Dimes 1 · Semifinal · HardNewberry won 6-2 3-6 7-5
14 Jan 1969 · San Diego · Final · HardNewberry won 6-2 6-1
4 July 1968 · La Jolla · Semifinal · HardStruthers won 6-1 4-6 6-3

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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