Career 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 Helena Sukova takes it, 6–2 on categories Sukova wins on games won. Gurney’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Gurney 128 matches, Sukova 937 matches.
Gurney has 2 titles (one every 25 matches) to Sukova’s 9 titles (one every 50 matches). Sukova averages 11.6 games won a match to Gurney’s 10.3 (13% more). Sukova averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Gurney’s 1.1. Winners’ edge: Sukova’s team won 67%, Gurney’s team won 52% of the matches they played. Longevity: Sukova has 937 matches across 18 seasons, Gurney 128 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 2 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 9 total · best 1
10.3 1,313 total · best 18 Games wonper game 11.6 10,910 total · best 20
52.6 Sets won % 63.0
51.6 Games won % 54.9
0.1 4 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 30 total · best 1
1.2 151 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.4 1,347 total · best 2
Head to head 0 5 matches 5
Carpet · 3 matches 0 3 Hard · 2 matches 0 2 Grand Slams · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 1 Sept 1987 · US Open · Round of 128 · Hard 6-7(2) 6-3 6-4 3 Nov 1986 · Worcester · Round of 32 · Hard 1-6 6-1 6-2 11 Mar 1985 · Dallas · Round of 16 · Carpet 6-2 6-0 7 Jan 1985 · Washington · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-1 4-6 6-4 19 Mar 1984 · Dallas · Round of 16 · Carpet 6-3 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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