Career 1982 1981 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Billie Jean King takes it, 6–1 on categories Jean King wins on games won. WTA Tour career: Gagel 18 matches, Jean King 900 matches.
Jean King averages 12.3 games won a match to Gagel’s 8.6 (43% more). Jean King has the better sets won %: 76.3 to Gagel’s 32.6. Jean King averages 1.7 sets won a match to Gagel’s 0.8 — 2.2 times as many. Best single match: Jean King 23 games won, Gagel 19. Winners’ edge: Jean King’s team won 81%, Gagel’s team won 28% of the matches they played. Longevity: Jean King has 900 matches across 17 seasons, Gagel 18 in 9 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, finals, davis/bjk cup 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 83 total · best 1
– Grand Slam titlesper game 0.0 9 total · best 1
8.6 154 total · best 19 Games wonper game 12.3 11,033 total · best 23
32.6 Sets won % 76.3
41.5 Games won % 60.7
0.2 1 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 125 total · best 1
0.8
Head to head 0 1 match 1
Hard · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 28 Sept 1970 · San Francisco · Round of 32 · Hard 6-1 6-4 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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