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Linda Wild

USA Age 55 185 cm / 6'1" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1972–2000

Linda Wild represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 23. In TennisDB's records, Linda Wild finished with a career record of 135–146 and 5 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

23 (Sep 9, 1996)

Elo peak

1816 (77th percentile)

Singles record

135–146 (48.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,237,931

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Linda Wild's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Silvija Talaja #23	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 12, 2000*	R64	Amelia Island	WTA 500	Clay
Angeles Montolio #60	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 10, 2000*	R32	Bogotá Open	WTA 250	Clay
Mary Pierce #5	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 19, 2000*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Shinobu Asagoe #131	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 4, 1999*	R32	Quebec City	WTA 250	Hard
María Sánchez Lorenzo #49	3-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1999*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Linda Wild's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Pam Shriver	3	2	5	Nov 8, 1996	H2H
Brenda Schultz-Mccarthy	0	5	5	Nov 1, 1996	H2H
Rachel Mcquillan	1	4	5	Jun 28, 1995	H2H
Tami Whitlinger Jones	5	0	5	Feb 17, 1994	H2H
Nicole Bradtke	3	2	5	Feb 20, 1993	H2H

Titles (5)

Linda Wild titles by season and category
Season	Titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1993	2	—	—	—	2	—	San Juan, Sapporo
1995	2	—	—	—	2	—	China Open, Nagoya
1996	1	—	—	—	1	—	Jakarta
Total	5	—	—	—	5	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Linda Wild career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1989	1	7	8	12.5%	262	155
1990	9	12	21	42.9%	155	86
1991	20	19	39	51.3%	62	41
1992	19	21	40	47.5%	58	49
1993	24	18	42	57.1%	45	45
1994	20	19	39	51.3%	45	49
1995	17	13	30	56.7%	48	58
1996	22	16	38	57.9%	55	29
1997	3	14	17	17.7%	29	223
1999	0	3	3	0.0%	497	191
2000	0	3	3	0.0%	191	252
Career	135	146	281	48.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Linda Wild career results by season and surface
Season	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1972	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1989	1	7	8	12.5%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%
1990	3	6	9	33.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	9	12	21	42.9%
1991	8	9	17	47.1%	7	4	11	63.6%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	20	19	39	51.3%
1992	8	10	18	44.4%	4	5	9	44.4%	6	2	8	75.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	19	21	40	47.5%
1993	15	9	24	62.5%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	8	2	10	80.0%	24	18	42	57.1%
1994	9	11	20	45.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	3	3	6	50.0%	20	19	39	51.3%
1995	8	6	14	57.1%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	7	2	9	77.8%	17	13	30	56.7%
1996	15	10	25	60.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	22	16	38	57.9%
1997	3	8	11	27.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	14	17	17.6%
1999	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2000	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	70	79	149	47.0%	19	30	49	38.8%	19	19	38	50.0%	27	18	45	60.0%	135	146	281	48.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Linda Wild career results by season and opponent rank
Season	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1989	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	6	6	0.0%
1990	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	11	18	38.9%
1991	0	6	6	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	6	3	9	66.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	14	17	31	45.2%
1992	1	2	3	33.3%	2	10	12	16.7%	6	7	13	46.2%	6	2	8	75.0%	15	21	36	41.7%
1993	0	2	2	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	10	6	16	62.5%	9	1	10	90.0%	19	16	35	54.3%
1994	1	1	2	50.0%	0	10	10	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	7	1	8	87.5%	15	17	32	46.9%
1995	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	10	2	12	83.3%	16	10	26	61.5%
1996	1	4	5	20.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	12	3	15	80.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	20	15	35	57.1%
1997	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	9	9	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	3	14	17	17.6%
1999	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2000	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	4	21	25	16.0%	9	49	58	15.5%	50	47	97	51.5%	46	16	62	74.2%	109	133	242	45.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 242/281 (86.1%) of Linda Wild's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Linda Wild advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1972	1493	98.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.00	—	—	—	-0.09
1989	1457	103.4	—	—	—	—	+30	—	—	17.6%	-2.06	0–1	—	—	-0.09
1990	1555	123.6	—	—	—	—	+1	-3	—	43.2%	-0.52	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	104.4	-0.32
1991	1721	134.6	—	—	—	—	-71	-49	-115	50.0%	-0.26	8–4 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	107.4	-0.67
1992	1733	139.7	—	—	—	—	-89	-75	+45	47.8%	-0.05	6–6 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	103.9	-1.52
1993	1765	132.8	—	—	—	—	+27	-174	-41	56.4%	+0.47	7–5 (58%)	3–4 (43%)	99.5	+0.50
1994	1741	132.8	—	—	—	—	-38	-164	+80	51.6%	-0.05	8–9 (47%)	6–4 (60%)	98.6	-1.90
1995	1758	128.9	—	—	—	—	+19	-201	+14	58.0%	+0.57	3–6 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	96.1	+1.45
1996	1810	144.4	—	—	—	—	+25	-227	-22	55.2%	+0.55	7–6 (54%)	6–8 (43%)	101.6	+0.67
1997	1625	106.2	—	—	—	—	+96	-90	+72	25.6%	-2.15	1–4 (20%)	2–3 (40%)	95.7	+0.19
1999	1567	91.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	0–1	—	+0.38
2000	1541	109.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.42
Career	1816	137.3	—	—	—	—	-7	-98	+18	48.5%	-0.14	43–42 (51%)	31–29 (52%)	102.2	-0.65

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Linda Wild Grand Slams results by season
Season	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1989	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1990	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1991	R128	R32	R32	—	4–3 (57%)
1992	R64	R64	R64	R128	3–4 (43%)
1993	R128	R64	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
1994	R64	R128	R32	R64	4–4 (50%)
1995	R64	R64	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1996	R64	R32	R32	QF	9–4 (69%)
1997	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
1999	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2000	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	4–8 (33%)	7–8 (47%)	8–9 (47%)	6–8 (43%)	25–33 (43%)

WTA 1000

Linda Wild WTA 1000 results by season
Season	BOC	CAN	CHI	BER	HIL	KEY	PHI	W-L Win %
1990	—	—	QF	—	R32	R64	—	4–3 (57%)
1991	R32	—	—	—	R32	R128	—	2–3 (40%)
1992	R64	R64	—	—	R64	R64	—	1–4 (20%)
1993	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1994	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	1–2 (33%)
1995	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1997	—	R64	—	—	R64	R64	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	4–7 (36%)	0–1 (0%)	9–19 (32%)

WTA 500

Linda Wild WTA 500 results by season
Season	ATL	DLB	EAS	HOU	IW	SDG	TKY	AME	CHI	ESS	LOS	MAN	OAK	STA	ZUR	W-L Win %
1989	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1990	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1991	—	—	R64	SF	R64	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	7–8 (47%)
1992	—	—	F	R32	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	8–7 (53%)
1993	—	R64	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1994	—	—	F	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	7–4 (64%)
1995	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1996	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	5–5 (50%)
1997	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	2–2 (50%)
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	11–6 (65%)	3–3 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	4–6 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	34–39 (47%)

WTA 250

Linda Wild WTA 250 results by season
Season	ASB	BEI	BRI	CIN	GEN	MAD	MEL	NAP	JAP	ALB	BIR	BOG	BRE	DOR	HOB	JAK	KEY	LEI	LUC	NAG	NAS	OKL	PAT	PRA	QUE	ROS	SAN	SAP	SCH	SCO	SIN	SYD	TAI	W-L Win %
1972	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1990	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1991	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
1992	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	7–6 (54%)
1993	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	W	W	R32	—	—	—	F	21–7 (75%)
1994	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	R16	R32	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	8–9 (47%)
1995	R16	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–4 (75%)
1996	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
1997	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1999	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2000	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	2–3 (40%)	7–1 (88%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	6–3 (67%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	6–1 (86%)	5–0 (100%)	1–4 (20%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	67–55 (55%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 9, 1996

First Top 100

Aug 13, 1990

First Top 50

Nov 11, 1991

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Linda Wild ranking history by month and season
Season	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	388	395
1988	394	—	—	—	—	—	399	385	388	—	—	—
1989	—	—	264	233	236	225	165	155	161	154	153	155
1990	152	105	110	106	104	103	104	86	78	97	83	86
1991	67	92	99	66	72	62	57	59	64	53	41	41
1992	55	54	53	70	60	40	41	47	45	51	49	49
1993	39	42	45	43	48	79	87	59	61	41	45	45
1994	51	51	45	43	42	34	31	38	38	44	49	49
1995	49	59	59	60	64	98	122	115	89	61	59	58
1996	60	58	55	34	33	33	30	32	28	30	31	29
1997	33	32	34	40	42	44	47	58	115	121	222	223
1998	251	259	261	267	273	283	830	892	—	—	—	—
1999	—	—	—	490	477	431	299	233	219	218	191	191
2000	170	169	166	166	174	161	191	216	218	226	252	—

Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Linda Wild's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Grand Slams	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Anne Minter	AUS	23	1,870	0	5	444	220	224	49.5%	1979–1993	Match log
Natalia Medvedeva	UKR	23	1,882	0	4	222	111	111	50.0%	1987–1997	Match log
Betsy Nagelsen	USA	25	1,890	0	6	590	266	324	45.1%	1972–1994	Match log
Bettina Fulco	ARG	23	1,873	0	0	292	139	153	47.6%	1985–1997	Match log
Liz Smylie	AUS	20	1,823	0	5	350	161	189	46.0%	1980–1994	Match log
Nicole Bradtke	AUS	24	1,866	0	3	346	182	164	52.6%	1985–1997	Match log
Etsuko Inoue	JPN	26	1,803	0	2	253	120	133	47.4%	1980–1990	Match log
Radomira Zrubakova	SVK	22	1,897	0	3	329	172	157	52.3%	1987–1997	Match log
Anne White	USA	19	1,846	0	1	228	110	118	48.2%	1978–1990	Match log
Mima Jausovec	SLO	23	2,090	1	7	585	339	246	57.9%	1972–1988	Match log
Iva Budarova	TCH	25	1,865	0	3	354	148	206	41.8%	1977–1990	Match log
Sabrina Goles	YUG	27	1,843	0	1	233	114	119	48.9%	1983–1990	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Linda Wild?: Linda Wild is 55 years old.
Which country does Linda Wild represent?: Linda Wild represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Linda Wild?: Linda Wild is 185 cm / 6'1".
Is Linda Wild left-handed or right-handed?: Linda Wild plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Linda Wild won?: Linda Wild has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Linda Wild won?: TennisDB does not group any of Linda Wild's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Linda Wild won?: Linda Wild has won 5 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Jakarta in 1996.
What is Linda Wild's highest WTA ranking?: Linda Wild's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 23, first achieved on September 9, 1996.
What is Linda Wild's career win-loss record?: Linda Wild has a career WTA singles record of 135 wins and 146 losses (48.0%).
How much career prize money has Linda Wild earned?: Linda Wild has earned at least $1,237,931 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Linda Wild's career appear in TennisDB?: Linda Wild appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1972 through 2000.
On which surface does Linda Wild have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Linda Wild's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on carpet: 60.0% (27–18).
Who has Linda Wild faced most often?: Linda Wild's most frequent opponent is Pam Shriver, with a head-to-head record of 3–2 across 5 meetings.