Career 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 Joanne Russell takes it, 5–2 on categories Russell wins on games won. WTA Tour career: Portman 47 matches, Russell 410 matches.
Russell averages 10.7 games won a match to Portman’s 8.8 (21% more). Russell averages 1.1 sets won a match to Portman’s 0.9 (27% more). Russell has the better sets won %: 49 to Portman’s 41.2. Best single match: Russell 21 games won, Portman 15. Winners’ edge: Russell’s team won 51%, Portman’s team won 36% of the matches they played. Longevity: Russell has 410 matches across 16 seasons, Portman 47 in 5 — 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.
– Titlesper game 0.1 5 total · best 1
8.8 413 total · best 15 Games wonper game 10.7 4,374 total · best 21
41.2 Sets won % 49.0
45.6 Games won % 49.7
– Finalsper game 0.1 9 total · best 1
0.9 42 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 464 total · best 2
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Head to head 0 2 matches 2
Clay · 1 match 0 1 Carpet · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 6 Apr 1981 · Hilton Head · Quarterfinal · Clay 6-4 4-6 6-0 27 Oct 1980 · Stockholm · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-7 6-1 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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