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Gail Sherriff

FRA Born Apr 3, 1945 Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1968–1982

Gail Sherriff represented France on the WTA Tour. TennisDB's records show a 346–145 record in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 1968 through 1982 and 38 recorded singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is also incomplete.

Peak singles rank

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Elo peak

1999 (93rd percentile)

Singles record

346–145 (70.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,239

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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Gail Sherriff's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Leslie Allen	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 26, 1982*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Deborah Jevans	4-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1981*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Andrea Temesvari	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 12, 1981*	F	Nice	WTA 250	—
Catherine Suire	6-1 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1981*	SF	Nice	WTA 250	—
Sophie Amiach	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 11, 1981*	QF	Nice	WTA 250	—

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Gail Sherriff's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Helga Masthoff	3	7	10	Apr 10, 1978	H2H
Rosie Casals	1	8	9	Jun 25, 1975	H2H
Odile De Roubin	5	3	8	Apr 13, 1975	H2H
Virginia Wade	0	7	7	May 31, 1979	H2H
Fiorella Bonicelli	3	4	7	Apr 3, 1978	H2H

Singles Titles (38)

Gail Sherriff 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	23	10	—	—	—	10	—	Ankara, Brumana, Brussels, Casablanca, Deauville, Dusseldorf, Istanbul, Paris Coupe Poree, Paris International, Travemunde
1969	24	4	—	—	—	4	—	Indianapolis, Naples, Nice Natls, Sydney Manly
1970	25	4	—	—	—	4	—	La Chataigneraie, Menton, Nice Intl, Paris Closed
1971	26	2	—	—	—	2	—	Hobart International, Monte Carlo
1972	27	5	—	—	—	5	—	Aix-En-Provence, Barcelona, Cairo, Kisumu, Nairobi 1
1974	29	6	—	—	—	6	—	Aix-En-Provence, Beaulieu, Dublin, Lee-On-Solent, Monte Carlo, Nice
1975	30	4	—	—	—	4	—	Monte Carlo, Nice 1, Nice 2, Tours
1978	33	1	—	—	—	1	—	Barcelona Real
1980	35	1	—	—	—	1	—	Nice
1981	36	1	—	—	—	1	—	Nice
Total		38	—	—	—	38	—

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

Career Results

Gail Sherriff career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	23	69	14	83	83.1%	—	—
1969	24	45	22	67	67.2%	—	—
1970	25	52	19	71	73.2%	—	—
1971	26	49	20	69	71.0%	—	—
1972	27	35	13	48	72.9%	—	—
1973	28	3	7	10	30.0%	—	—
1974	29	30	10	40	75.0%	—	—
1975	30	17	10	27	63.0%	—	—
1976	31	18	10	28	64.3%	—	—
1977	32	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
1978	33	15	6	21	71.4%	—	—
1979	34	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
1980	35	9	5	14	64.3%	—	—
1981	36	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—
1982	37	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		346	145	491	70.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Gail Sherriff 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	23	—	—	—	—	58	8	66	87.9%	8	6	14	57.1%	—	—	—	—	69	14	83	83.1%
1969	24	3	2	5	60.0%	26	9	35	74.3%	16	11	27	59.3%	—	—	—	—	45	22	67	67.2%
1970	25	—	—	—	—	39	11	50	78.0%	11	7	18	61.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	52	19	71	73.2%
1971	26	—	—	—	—	29	11	40	72.5%	20	9	29	69.0%	—	—	—	—	49	20	69	71.0%
1972	27	6	1	7	85.7%	17	6	23	73.9%	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—	—	—	35	13	48	72.9%
1973	28	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	3	7	10	30.0%
1974	29	—	—	—	—	26	6	32	81.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	30	10	40	75.0%
1975	30	2	1	3	66.7%	14	6	20	70.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	17	10	27	63.0%
1976	31	—	—	—	—	18	9	27	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	18	10	28	64.3%
1977	32	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1978	33	1	1	2	50.0%	9	2	11	81.8%	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	15	6	21	71.4%
1979	34	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1980	35	—	—	—	—	6	2	8	75.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	9	5	14	64.3%
1981	36	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%
1982	37	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	12	7	19	63.2%	244	78	322	75.8%	69	51	120	57.5%	3	4	7	42.9%	346	145	491	70.5%

Advanced Stats

Gail Sherriff 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	23	1861	142.2	—	—	—	—	—	+190	-283	81.1%	+2.55	7–4 (64%)	—	—	+1.11
1969	24	1802	140.9	—	—	—	—	-199	+203	-86	70.4%	+1.76	2–5 (29%)	—	—	-0.45
1970	25	1938	147.4	—	—	—	—	-325	+71	-84	69.8%	+1.56	7–4 (64%)	—	—	-3.95
1971	26	1929	151.8	—	—	—	—	—	+128	-64	70.3%	+1.59	8–8 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	97.7	-3.26
1972	27	1837	140.7	—	—	—	—	-55	+123	-77	68.7%	+1.58	5–6 (45%)	1–1	—	+0.93
1973	28	1743	112.1	—	—	—	—	-27	+149	—	39.1%	-0.52	0–3 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	93.1	+0.13
1974	29	1854	142.4	—	—	—	—	—	+166	-128	72.0%	+1.63	5–3 (63%)	2–0	—	-0.55
1975	30	1823	140.3	—	—	—	—	-82	+145	—	58.1%	+0.79	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	103.4	-0.41
1976	31	1790	139.8	—	—	—	—	—	+74	—	63.9%	+1.52	2–5 (29%)	1–3 (25%)	90.7	-0.37
1977	32	1753	108.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3%	-2.43	0–1	0–1	—	-0.49
1978	33	1770	126.7	—	—	—	—	—	+81	-68	60.4%	+0.92	7–1 (88%)	3–2 (60%)	105.3	+0.37
1979	34	1719	114.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27.3%	-0.64	0–1	0–1	—	-0.52
1980	35	1701	129.0	—	—	—	—	—	+185	-49	65.6%	+1.69	1–3 (25%)	1–1	—	+1.42
1981	36	1709	113.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	66.7%	+2.11	1–0	—	—	+0.27
1982	37	1698	98.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.21
Career		1999	147.8	—	—	—	—	-121	+140	-103	68.6%	+1.59	51–46 (53%)	15–15 (50%)	92.8	-1.24

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Gail Sherriff Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	AUS	W-L Win %
1968	23	—	QF	R128	—	R16	6–3 (67%)
1969	24	R32	R32	R64	R32	—	3–4 (43%)
1970	25	—	R16	R32	R32	—	4–3 (57%)
1971	26	R32	QF	R64	R16	—	5–4 (56%)
1972	27	QF	R16	R128	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1974	29	—	R64	R64	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
1975	30	—	R32	R128	R64	—	1–3 (25%)
1976	31	—	R32	R128	R64	—	2–3 (40%)
1977	32	—	—	R64	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1978	33	—	R64	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1979	34	—	R64	R128	R128	—	0–3 (0%)
1980	35	R64	R64	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1981	36	—	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	37	—	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–4 (33%)	13–13 (50%)	3–10 (23%)	6–9 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	26–37 (41%)

WTA 500

Gail Sherriff WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	PAR	BER	PAC	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1968	23	QF	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1969	24	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	3–2 (60%)
1970	25	—	—	QF	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1971	26	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	4–2 (67%)
1972	27	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1975	30	—	R16	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	33	—	—	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1980	35	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	3–2 (60%)
W-L		5–2 (71%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	16–11 (59%)

WTA 250

Gail Sherriff WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	BAR	CIN	DAL	EAS	GST	HAM	KIT	LYO	MAD	MC	MEL	MIA	MUN	NAP	NWP	PAR	QUE	ITA	AIX	ALE	ANK	BEA	BOS	BOU	BRI	BRU	BRU	CAI	CAN	CAS	CAT	CHE	CHR	CHR	DEA	DUB	DUS	FOR	FUL	GUI	HAV	HOB	IST	KAM	KIS	KNO	LA	LA	LEE	MAM	MEN	NAI	NAI	NAP	NEW	NIC	NIC	NIC	NIC	NIC	NIC	ORA	PAL	PER	REG	SAR	SOU	SOU	SYD	TAO	TOU	TRA	VEN	WES	W-L Win %
1968	23	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	W	—	QF	W	SF	W	—	—	—	—	W	W	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	QF	W	SF	—	F	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	57–10 (85%)
1969	24	SF	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	F	W	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	39–15 (72%)
1970	25	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	F	—	—	—	F	—	W	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	45–14 (76%)
1971	26	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	W	QF	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	40–14 (74%)
1972	27	—	—	W	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	F	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	31–9 (78%)
1973	28	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–7 (30%)
1974	29	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	F	R16	—	—	R16	W	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	29–5 (85%)
1975	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	F	W	—	—	R32	16–6 (73%)
1976	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16–7 (70%)
1977	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	33	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13–3 (81%)
1979	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1980	35	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–1 (86%)
1981	36	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–0 (100%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	8–0 (100%)	10–3 (77%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	27–6 (82%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	17–5 (77%)	3–2 (60%)	6–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	13–6 (68%)	7–0 (100%)	2–2 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	1–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	7–5 (58%)	2–3 (40%)	3–0 (100%)	4–1 (80%)	11–2 (85%)	2–2 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	2–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	4–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	4–1 (80%)	6–3 (67%)	7–1 (88%)	3–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	2–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	8–0 (100%)	2–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	25–5 (83%)	1–0 (100%)	5–0 (100%)	3–0 (100%)	7–2 (78%)	3–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	8–2 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	2–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	1–0 (100%)	2–0 (100%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	299–93 (76%)

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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. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is also incomplete; recorded win-loss totals, surface splits and head-to-head counts may understate actual results.

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Gail Sherriff born?: Gail Sherriff was born on April 3, 1945.
Which country did Gail Sherriff represent?: Gail Sherriff represented France in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Gail Sherriff left-handed or right-handed?: Gail Sherriff plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Gail Sherriff won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Gail Sherriff in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Gail Sherriff won?: TennisDB does not group any of Gail Sherriff's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Gail Sherriff won?: TennisDB records 38 WTA singles titles for Gail Sherriff across all categories. The most recent was Nice in 1981.
What is Gail Sherriff's career win-loss record?: Gail Sherriff has 346 wins and 145 losses (70.5%) in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 1968 through 1982.
How much career prize money has Gail Sherriff earned?: Gail Sherriff has earned at least $1,239 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Gail Sherriff's career appear in TennisDB?: Gail Sherriff appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1982.
On which surface does Gail Sherriff have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Gail Sherriff's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 75.8% (244–78).
Who has Gail Sherriff faced most often?: Gail Sherriff's most frequent opponent is Helga Masthoff, with a head-to-head record of 3–7 across 10 meetings.