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Margaret Court

AUS Age 84 175 cm / 5'9" Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1968–1977

Margaret Court represented Australia on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 6. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 613–64 and 93 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

Elo peak

2521 (100th percentile)

Singles record

613–64 (90.5%)

Singles titles

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 →

Margaret Court's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Francoise Durr	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 27, 1977*	QF	Detroit	WTA 250	Carpet
Greer Stevens	5-7 7-6 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 26, 1977*	R16	Detroit	WTA 250	Carpet
Terry Holladay	6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 25, 1977*	R32	Detroit	WTA 250	Carpet
Rosie Casals	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 20, 1977*	BR	Los Angeles	WTA 500	Hard
Martina Navratilova	7-5 4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 19, 1977*	SF	Los Angeles	WTA 500	Hard

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Margaret Court's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rosie Casals	29	3	32	Feb 20, 1977	H2H
Virginia Wade	23	3	26	Jan 15, 1977	H2H
Kerry Reid	21	3	24	Dec 12, 1976	H2H
Billie Jean King	12	10	22	Aug 12, 1973	H2H
Evonne Goolagong	15	5	20	Jul 6, 1975	H2H

Singles Titles (93)

Margaret Court singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles 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
1968	25	13	—	—	—	13	—	Beckenham, Berkeley, Chestnut Hill, Dublin, Dutch Open, Hoylake, Hurlingham, Manchester, Manchester Indoors, Perth Scotland, Port Talbot, Queen's Indoors, Torquay
1969	26	19	3	—	1	15	—	Berkeley, Bournemouth, Bristol, Caracas, Charlotte, Chestnut Hill, Frinton-On-Sea, Haverford, Houston, Hurlingham, Locust Valley, Melbourne, Newport Wales, Perth, San Juan, Sydney International, Australian Open, Roland Garros, US Open
1970	27	22	4	—	—	18	—	Bournemouth, Bristol, Budapest, Canadian Open, Dallas, Dutch Open, Frinton-On-Sea, Guildford, Haverford, Hobart International, Melbourne, New York, Perth, Perth, Philadelphia, Queen's Club Championships, South African Open, Sutton, Australian Open, Roland Garros, US Open, Wimbledon
1971	28	9	1	—	1	7	—	Auckland Centennial, Bournemouth, Dublin, Durban, Fulham, Queen's Club Championships, South African Open, Sydney International, Australian Open
1972	29	9	—	—	—	9	—	Albany, Billingham, Cincinnati Open, Edingburgh, London, Newport, Perth 2, Port Talbot, Torquay
1973	30	18	3	—	2	13	—	Bethesda, Chicago, Detroit, Dublin, Jacksonville, Jersey Shore, Miami Open, Nashville, Newport, Philadelphia, Quincy, Richmond, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Sydney International, Australian Open, Roland Garros, US Open
1974	31	1	—	—	—	1	—	Perth
1975	32	1	—	—	—	1	—	Chicago
1976	33	1	—	—	—	1	—	Melbourne
Total		93	11	—	4	78	—

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

Career Results

Margaret Court career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	25	103	12	115	89.6%	—	—
1969	26	103	6	109	94.5%	—	—
1970	27	114	6	120	95.0%	—	—
1971	28	56	4	60	93.3%	—	—
1972	29	57	6	63	90.5%	—	—
1973	30	105	7	112	93.8%	—	—
1974	31	12	2	14	85.7%	—	—
1975	32	40	13	53	75.5%	—	6
1976	33	7	1	8	87.5%	—	—
1977	34	16	7	23	69.6%	—	—
Career		613	64	677	90.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Margaret Court career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	25	16	1	17	94.1%	19	3	22	86.4%	50	7	57	87.7%	18	1	19	94.7%	103	12	115	89.6%
1969	26	14	2	16	87.5%	32	3	35	91.4%	57	1	58	98.3%	—	—	—	—	103	6	109	94.5%
1970	27	10	1	11	90.9%	37	2	39	94.9%	58	3	61	95.1%	9	0	9	100.0%	114	6	120	95.0%
1971	28	11	0	11	100.0%	12	1	13	92.3%	33	3	36	91.7%	—	—	—	—	56	4	60	93.3%
1972	29	9	1	10	90.0%	14	4	18	77.8%	14	1	15	93.3%	20	0	20	100.0%	57	6	63	90.5%
1973	30	11	1	12	91.7%	26	2	28	92.9%	30	3	33	90.9%	38	1	39	97.4%	105	7	112	93.8%
1974	31	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	9	1	10	90.0%	—	—	—	—	12	2	14	85.7%
1975	32	8	2	10	80.0%	9	4	13	69.2%	7	2	9	77.8%	16	5	21	76.2%	40	13	53	75.5%
1976	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7	1	8	87.5%	—	—	—	—	7	1	8	87.5%
1977	34	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13	5	18	72.2%	16	7	23	69.6%
Career	—	85	11	96	88.5%	149	19	168	88.7%	265	22	287	92.3%	114	12	126	90.5%	613	64	677	90.5%

Advanced Stats

Margaret Court advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	25	2040	150.5	—	—	—	—	+188	-205	+56	85.6%	+2.92	11–6 (65%)	—	—	-1.63
1969	26	2236	164.8	—	—	—	—	+59	-84	+189	88.7%	+3.22	14–4 (78%)	—	—	-2.85
1970	27	2355	173.5	—	—	—	—	+48	-52	+213	90.7%	+3.49	12–5 (71%)	1–3 (25%)	97.1	-4.22
1971	28	2369	169.0	—	—	—	—	+30	-26	+160	88.2%	+3.13	7–0 (100%)	6–2 (75%)	108.0	-1.84
1972	29	2400	174.0	—	—	—	—	+195	-94	+121	88.1%	+3.13	5–1 (83%)	3–2 (60%)	102.9	-4.10
1973	30	2489	175.9	—	—	—	—	+187	-49	+77	86.9%	+2.92	22–4 (85%)	13–5 (72%)	109.4	-3.54
1974	31	2462	149.5	—	—	—	—	+159	—	+110	75.9%	+2.14	3–0 (100%)	0–1	—	-0.89
1975	32	2281	167.2	—	—	—	—	+118	+62	+182	75.7%	+1.94	4–5 (44%)	4–1 (80%)	95.4	-3.66
1976	33	2292	138.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	+198	77.8%	+1.83	2–0	1–1	—	-0.89
1977	34	2272	150.9	—	—	—	—	+123	—	—	67.3%	+1.31	6–1 (86%)	4–1 (80%)	102.9	-2.72
Career		2521	171.5	—	—	—	—	+142	-72	+145	86.0%	+2.95	86–26 (77%)	32–16 (67%)	109.0	-3.95

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Margaret Court Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	AUS	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	—	QF	QF	F	11–3 (79%)
1969	26	W	W	SF	W	—	21–1 (95%)
1970	27	W	W	W	W	—	23–0 (100%)
1971	28	W	R16	F	—	—	11–2 (85%)
1972	29	—	—	—	SF	—	5–1 (83%)
1973	30	W	W	SF	W	—	21–1 (95%)
1975	32	QF	—	SF	QF	—	10–3 (77%)
W-L		21–1 (95%)	20–1 (95%)	27–5 (84%)	29–3 (91%)	5–1 (83%)	102–11 (90%)

WTA 500

Margaret Court WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	WAS	BER	LOS	PAC	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	F	—	QF	—	—	5–2 (71%)
1969	26	—	—	—	—	—	W	5–0 (100%)
1970	27	—	—	—	—	—	F	1–1 (50%)
1971	28	—	—	—	—	—	W	5–0 (100%)
1973	30	—	—	W	—	—	W	9–0 (100%)
1974	31	—	—	—	—	—	F	4–1 (80%)
1975	32	BR	—	—	—	—	—	4–1 (80%)
1976	33	—	—	—	—	QF	—	2–1 (67%)
1977	34	—	—	BR	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
W-L		4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	7–2 (78%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	20–2 (91%)	38–8 (83%)

WTA 250

Margaret Court WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	AUC	CIN	DAL	HOU	MEL	MIA	NAP	NWP	QUE	ITA	AKR	ALB	AME	BAR	BEC	BER	BET	BIL	BOS	BOU	BRI	BUD	CAN	CAR	CHA	CHE	CHI	COL	CUR	DET	DUB	DUR	DUT	EDI	FRI	FUL	GUI	HAV	HIL	HOB	HOL	HOY	HUR	JAC	JER	KAM	LAS	LOC	LON	LON	MAN	MAN	MAN	MIN	NAS	NEW	PER	PER	PER	PER	PHI	PHO	POM	POR	QUI	RIC	SAN	SAN	SOU	SOU	SUT	TOR	TUC	WES	WES	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	W	W	—	—	F	—	—	F	—	W	W	F	—	—	—	F	—	W	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	W	—	—	—	84–6 (93%)
1969	26	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	W	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	W	W	W	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	F	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	77–5 (94%)
1970	27	SF	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	W	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	W	—	W	SF	W	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	SF	W	—	—	—	—	85–5 (94%)
1971	28	W	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	SF	—	40–2 (95%)
1972	29	—	W	—	—	—	—	SF	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	SF	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	F	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	52–4 (93%)
1973	30	—	—	—	—	—	W	BR	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	W	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	75–6 (93%)
1974	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–1 (89%)
1975	32	—	—	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	26–9 (74%)
1976	33	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–0 (100%)
1977	34	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13–5 (72%)
W-L		6–1 (86%)	5–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	9–2 (82%)	19–1 (95%)	5–0 (100%)	6–2 (75%)	14–0 (100%)	14–0 (100%)	5–1 (83%)	4–1 (80%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	9–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	4–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	15–0 (100%)	8–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	7–2 (78%)	4–0 (100%)	8–2 (80%)	11–0 (100%)	13–1 (93%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	10–2 (83%)	13–0 (100%)	9–1 (90%)	9–0 (100%)	4–0 (100%)	7–0 (100%)	8–1 (89%)	9–1 (90%)	11–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	8–1 (89%)	4–1 (80%)	4–0 (100%)	10–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	5–1 (83%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	4–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	3–0 (100%)	19–2 (90%)	4–0 (100%)	3–0 (100%)	4–0 (100%)	7–0 (100%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	8–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	4–0 (100%)	4–0 (100%)	20–1 (95%)	2–1 (67%)	5–0 (100%)	9–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	465–43 (92%)

WTA Finals

Margaret Court WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1972	29	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

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First Top 50

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

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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.

Margaret Court's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Olga Morozova	URS	#7	2,221	432	325	107	75.2%	—	37	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Rosie Casals	USA	#6	2,213	917	594	323	64.8%	$1,364,955	12	0	1968–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Nancy Richey	USA	#8	2,245	433	324	109	74.8%	—	22	1	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Kerry Reid	AUS	#8	2,269	831	586	245	70.5%	$2,225	21	1	1968–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Betty Stove	NED	#7	2,175	726	419	307	57.7%	$1,047,356	8	0	1969–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Sue Barker	GBR	#5	2,267	599	381	218	63.6%	$878,701	22	1	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Dianne Fromholtz	AUS	#5	2,184	749	466	283	62.2%	$1,145,377	22	0	1971–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Billie Jean King	USA	#2	2,437	845	684	161	80.9%	$1,966,487	68	8	1968–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Francoise Durr	FRA	#9	2,152	606	373	233	61.6%	—	9	0	1968–1981	Rivalries	Match log
Evonne Goolagong	AUS	#1	2,482	896	736	160	82.1%	$1,399,431	85	7	1968–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Wendy Turnbull	AUS	#3	2,207	917	586	331	63.9%	$2,769,024	18	0	1968–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Chris Evert	USA	#1	2,617	1,404	1,246	158	88.7%	$8,896,195	154	18	1969–1989	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Margaret Court?: Margaret Court is 84 years old, born on July 16, 1942.
Which country does Margaret Court represent?: Margaret Court represents Australia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Margaret Court?: Margaret Court is 175 cm / 5'9".
Does Margaret Court use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Margaret Court uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Margaret Court left-handed or right-handed?: Margaret Court plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Margaret Court won?: Margaret Court has won 11 Grand Slam singles titles. The most recent was US Open in 1973.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Margaret Court won?: TennisDB does not group any of Margaret Court's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Margaret Court won?: Margaret Court has won 93 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Melbourne in 1976.
What is Margaret Court's highest WTA ranking?: Margaret Court's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 6.
What is Margaret Court's career win-loss record?: Margaret Court has a career WTA singles record of 613 wins and 64 losses (90.5%).
Which seasons of Margaret Court's career appear in TennisDB?: Margaret Court appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1977.
On which surface does Margaret Court have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Margaret Court's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 92.3% (265–22).
Who has Margaret Court faced most often?: Margaret Court's most frequent opponent is Rosie Casals, with a head-to-head record of 29–3 across 32 meetings.