Career 1974 Janet Young takes it, 6–0 on categories Young wins on games won. WTA Tour career: Thompson 11 matches, Young 165 matches.
Young averages 10.4 games won a match to Thompson’s 6.7 (55% more). Young has the better sets won %: 48.4 to Thompson’s 20.8. Young averages 1.1 sets won a match to Thompson’s 0.5 — 2.5 times as many. Best single match: Young 20 games won, Thompson 18. Winners’ edge: Young’s team won 48%, Thompson’s team won 18% of the matches they played. Longevity: Young has 165 matches across 10 seasons, Thompson 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (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 0.0 2 total · best 1
6.7 74 total · best 18 Games wonper game 10.4 1,720 total · best 20
20.8 Sets won % 48.4
35.8 Games won % 49.9
– Finalsper game 0.1 4 total · best 1
0.5 5 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 183 total · best 2
1.7 19 total · best 2
Head to head 0 1 match 1
Hard · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 1 Apr 1974 · Costa Mesa · Round of 16 · Hard 6-1 6-2 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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