Career 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Heide Orth takes it, 6–3 on categories Orth wins on games won. Sturm’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Sturm 115 matches, Orth 124 matches.
Sturm has 3 titles (one every 10 matches) to Orth’s 2 titles (one every 16.7 matches). Orth averages 10.4 games won a match to Sturm’s 9.5 (10% more). Orth averages 1.2 sets won a match to Sturm’s 1.0 (21% more). Winners’ edge: Orth’s team won 52%, Sturm’s team won 43% of the matches they played. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, davis/bjk cup matches, retired hurt): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 3 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.1 2 total · best 1
9.5 1,094 total · best 19 Games wonper game 10.4 1,292 total · best 22
43.8 Sets won % 52.5
47.5 Games won % 51.4
0.1 7 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 10 total · best 1
1.0 113 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.2 147 total · best 2
Head to head 2 3 matches since 1968 1
Clay · 2 matches Sturm 1 Orth 1 Finals · 1 match Sturm 1 Orth 0 Last meetings 24 Aug 1970 · Braunschweig · Quarterfinal · Clay Orth won 6-1 6-3 5 Oct 1968 · Tel Aviv · Final Sturm won 9-7 7-5 6 June 1968 · Leverkusen · Semifinal · Clay Sturm won 10-8 3-6 6-1 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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