Career 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 Joanne Russell takes it, 7–1 on categories Russell wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Anne Thompson 114 matches, Russell 410 matches.
Russell has 5 titles (one every 20 matches) to Anne Thompson’s 1 title (one every 50 matches). Russell averages 10.7 games won a match to Anne Thompson’s 9.7 (11% more). Russell averages 1.1 sets won a match to Anne Thompson’s 0.9 (22% more). Winners’ edge: Russell’s team won 51%, Anne Thompson’s team won 38% of the matches they played. Longevity: Russell has 410 matches across 16 seasons, Anne Thompson 114 in 6 — 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 0.1 5 total · best 1
9.7 1,100 total · best 18 Games wonper game 10.7 4,374 total · best 21
41.1 Sets won % 49.0
47.3 Games won % 49.7
0.1 2 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 9 total · best 1
0.9 106 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 464 total · best 2
Head to head 1 3 matches 2
Carpet · 2 matches 1 1 Hard · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 4 Mar 1985 · Indianapolis 1 · Round of 32 · Hard 4-6 6-4 6-4 2 Oct 1983 · Detroit · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-1 6-0 10 Jan 1983 · Houston · Round of 32 · Carpet 7-5 7-6 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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