Career 1979 1978 1976 1974 1973 Too close to call — 3–3 on categories Walker wins on games won. Cottrell’s case rests on sets lost. WTA Tour career: Cottrell 14 matches, Walker 110 matches.
Walker averages 10.1 games won a match to Cottrell’s 9.1 (12% more). Cottrell averages 1.1 sets lost a match to Walker’s 1.3. Cottrell averages 9.9 games lost a match to Walker’s 10.9. Best single match: Walker 20 games won, Cottrell 16. Winners’ edge: Cottrell’s team won 50%, Walker’s team won 43% of the matches they played. Longevity: Walker has 110 matches across 10 seasons, Cottrell 14 in 5 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): 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 3 total · best 1
9.1 127 total · best 16 Games wonper game 10.1 1,113 total · best 20
46.7 Sets won % 45.5
47.7 Games won % 48.2
– Finalsper game 0.1 6 total · best 1
1 14 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 117 total · best 2
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Head to head 1 1 match since 1973 0
Clay · 1 match Cottrell 1 Walker 0 Last meetings 16 Apr 1973 · Hampstead · Round of 16 · Clay Cottrell won 6-4 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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