Richards v Turnbull

WTA Tour career

Renee RichardsUnited States213 games · 1976–1982Most titles Wendy TurnbullAustralia954 games · 1968–1989

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Wendy Turnbull takes it, 6–2 on categories

Turnbull wins on sets lost. Richards’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Richards 213 matches, Turnbull 954 matches.

Richards has 10 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Turnbull’s 18 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Turnbull averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Richards’ 1.0.
Longevity: Turnbull has 954 matches across 22 seasons, Richards 213 in 7 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, masters/1000 matches, olympic 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.

0.110 total · best 1Titlesper game0.018 total · best 1
10.92,310 total · best 19Games wonper game11.210,680 total · best 23
57.3Sets won %60.8
53.7Games won %54.6
0.118 total · best 1Finalsper game0.142 total · best 1
1.3275 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.41,307 total · best 2

Head to head

15 matches
since 19774

Hard · 3 matchesRichards 0Turnbull 3
Carpet · 2 matchesRichards 1Turnbull 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchRichards 0Turnbull 1

Last meetings

26 Aug 1980 · US Open · Round of 64 · HardTurnbull won 7-5 6-4
22 Oct 1979 · Tampa · Round of 32 · HardTurnbull won 6-4 6-7 6-2
5 Feb 1979 · Seattle · Quarterfinal · CarpetRichards won 6-4 6-2
9 Jan 1978 · Hollywood · Round of 32 · CarpetTurnbull won 7-6 5-7 6-3
10 Oct 1977 · Phoenix · Semifinal · HardTurnbull won 6-2 6-2

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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