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Helen Gourlay

AUS Age 79 WTA Tour years active: 1968–1980

Helen Gourlay represented Australia on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Helen Gourlay finished with a career record of 295–201 and 7 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

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Elo peak

1962 (91st percentile)

Career record

295–201 (59.5%)

Career 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 →

Helen Gourlay's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Marie Pinterova	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 10, 1980*	R64	Adelaide International	WTA 500	Grass
Diane Morrison	6-0 6-7 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Dec 4, 1980*	R32	Sydney International	WTA 500	Grass
Jenny Walker	6-7 6-4 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Dec 3, 1980*	R64	Sydney International	WTA 500	Grass
Candy Reynolds	4-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 28, 1980*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Grass
Chris Newton	4-6 6-0 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 22, 1980*	QF	Brisbane International	WTA 500	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Helen Gourlay's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Evonne Goolagong	2	13	15	Jan 1, 1978	H2H
Lesley Hunt	5	7	12	Nov 17, 1977	H2H
Kerry Reid	0	12	12	Jan 15, 1977	H2H
Betty Stove	2	8	10	Nov 26, 1977	H2H
Rosie Casals	0	9	9	Oct 27, 1977	H2H

Titles (7)

Helen Gourlay titles by season and category
Season	Age	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	21	3	—	—	—	3	—	Naples, Prague Intl, Reggio Calabria
1969	22	2	—	—	—	2	—	Budapest, Knokke
1970	23	2	—	—	—	2	—	Lee-On-Solent, Malvern
Total		7	—	—	—	7	—

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

Career Results

Helen Gourlay career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	21	48	21	69	69.6%	—	—
1969	22	41	29	70	58.6%	—	—
1970	23	42	22	64	65.6%	—	—
1971	24	46	25	71	64.8%	—	—
1972	25	34	25	59	57.6%	—	—
1973	26	7	13	20	35.0%	—	—
1974	27	30	19	49	61.2%	—	—
1975	28	8	14	22	36.4%	—	—
1976	29	7	7	14	50.0%	—	—
1977	30	24	19	43	55.8%	—	—
1978	31	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—
1980	33	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—
Career		295	201	496	59.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Helen Gourlay 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	21	—	—	—	—	34	10	44	77.3%	13	10	23	56.5%	—	—	—	—	48	21	69	69.6%
1969	22	4	3	7	57.1%	21	11	32	65.6%	13	10	23	56.5%	3	5	8	37.5%	41	29	70	58.6%
1970	23	14	7	21	66.7%	14	9	23	60.9%	14	6	20	70.0%	—	—	—	—	42	22	64	65.6%
1971	24	8	4	12	66.7%	14	7	21	66.7%	24	14	38	63.2%	—	—	—	—	46	25	71	64.8%
1972	25	4	2	6	66.7%	10	5	15	66.7%	14	10	24	58.3%	6	8	14	42.9%	34	25	59	57.6%
1973	26	3	3	6	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
1974	27	8	4	12	66.7%	5	4	9	55.6%	10	6	16	62.5%	7	5	12	58.3%	30	19	49	61.2%
1975	28	0	3	3	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	8	14	22	36.4%
1976	29	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	7	7	14	50.0%
1977	30	2	3	5	40.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	16	6	22	72.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	24	19	43	55.8%
1978	31	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
1980	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%
Career	—	43	29	72	59.7%	112	63	175	64.0%	118	80	198	59.6%	19	27	46	41.3%	295	201	496	59.5%

Advanced Stats

Helen Gourlay 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	21	1678	124.8	—	—	—	—	—	+138	-25	66.7%	+1.23	12–8 (60%)	—	—	+0.47
1969	22	1730	129.9	—	—	—	—	-101	+74	0	57.0%	+0.54	10–10 (50%)	—	—	-2.37
1970	23	1845	137.5	—	—	—	—	-65	-20	+20	61.9%	+0.90	12–7 (63%)	2–1 (67%)	105.2	-3.63
1971	24	1908	139.3	—	—	—	—	-97	+13	+18	59.3%	+0.48	16–4 (80%)	6–4 (60%)	110.6	-3.93
1972	25	1799	145.3	—	—	—	—	-6	+158	+32	57.0%	+0.73	7–5 (58%)	1–5 (17%)	97.7	-4.23
1973	26	1745	133.2	—	—	—	—	+25	+125	+41	34.9%	-1.00	2–3 (40%)	0–2	—	-2.97
1974	27	1943	155.6	—	—	—	—	+1	-37	-73	58.2%	+0.69	10–6 (63%)	2–2 (50%)	103.5	-7.00
1975	28	1841	138.9	—	—	—	—	+23	+75	-47	42.3%	-0.52	2–6 (25%)	0–3 (0%)	—	-2.67
1976	29	1815	132.4	—	—	—	—	—	+77	+28	50.0%	+0.16	2–2 (50%)	1–1	—	-0.42
1977	30	1898	153.8	—	—	—	—	-104	-101	+103	57.3%	+0.74	3–7 (30%)	0–2	—	-2.97
1978	31	1883	117.6	—	—	—	—	—	-72	+76	50.0%	-0.37	2–0	1–0	—	-0.80
1980	33	1797	99.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	+40	42.1%	+0.47	3–2 (60%)	0–5 (0%)	94.9	+0.81
Career		1962	144.2	—	—	—	—	-37	+58	+16	57.4%	+0.59	81–60 (57%)	13–25 (34%)	97.0	-6.03

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Helen Gourlay Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	AUS	W-L Win %
1968	21	—	R32	R16	—	R64	5–3 (62%)
1969	22	QF	R32	R32	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1970	23	—	R64	R64	QF	—	4–3 (57%)
1971	24	QF	F	R128	R32	—	8–4 (67%)
1972	25	SF	R16	R16	R64	—	6–4 (60%)
1973	26	—	—	R128	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
1974	27	R32	—	R32	R32	—	4–3 (57%)
1975	28	R32	—	R64	R32	—	2–3 (40%)
1976	29	SF	—	—	R32	—	4–2 (67%)
1977	30	F	R16	R16	R64	—	10–4 (71%)
1978	31	—	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1980	33	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		15–8 (65%)	11–6 (65%)	14–10 (58%)	8–8 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	48–33 (59%)

WTA 500

Helen Gourlay WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BRI	SPB	PAC	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1969	22	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1970	23	—	—	—	QF	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1971	24	—	F	—	QF	—	R16	6–3 (67%)
1974	27	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	7–3 (70%)
1975	28	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1976	29	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1977	30	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	3–2 (60%)
1980	33	R64	QF	—	—	—	R32	4–3 (57%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	12–8 (60%)	25–15 (62%)

WTA 250

Helen Gourlay WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	ASB	BAR	CIN	DAL	EAS	GST	HAM	HOU	KIT	MC	MEL	MUN	NAP	NWP	QUE	ITA	TKY	WAS	AKR	ALE	BAL	BEC	BLO	BOS	BOU	BRI	BUD	CAI	CAN	CAN	CAP	CAS	CAT	CHA	CHE	CHI	CHI	COL	DEN	DET	DUB	DUR	DUS	DUT	FOR	FOR	FRI	FUL	GUI	HAV	HIL	HOB	HOB	HOY	JER	KAN	KNO	LEE	LEI	LOC	LON	LON	LON	LOU	MAL	MAN	MEN	MIS	NAP	NAS	NIC	OKL	OLD	PAL	PEN	PER	PHI	PHO	POE	POR	POR	PRA	REG	REG	ROC	SAN	SAN	SÃO	SAR	SOU	SOU	ST.	STA	STU	TAL	TOR	WEM	WES	WES	WES	W-L Win %
1968	21	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	F	—	SF	W	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	QF	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	W	—	SF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	W	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	43–18 (70%)
1969	22	—	—	QF	F	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	F	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	R16	SF	—	—	36–25 (59%)
1970	23	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	36–18 (67%)
1971	24	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	SF	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	F	R32	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32–18 (64%)
1972	25	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	28–20 (58%)
1973	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–10 (41%)
1974	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	BR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18–12 (60%)
1975	28	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	5–10 (33%)
1976	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	2–4 (33%)
1977	30	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	R32	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	8–12 (40%)
1978	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	6–2 (75%)	3–3 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–4 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	5–3 (62%)	6–4 (60%)	5–4 (56%)	1–1 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	3–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	5–3 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–0 (100%)	2–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–1 (83%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	2–0 (100%)	4–0 (100%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	8–4 (67%)	8–3 (73%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	218–149 (59%)

WTA Finals

Helen Gourlay WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1973	26	R32	0–1 (0%)
1974	27	QF	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Helen Gourlay?: Helen Gourlay is 79 years old, born on December 23, 1946.
Which country does Helen Gourlay represent?: Helen Gourlay represents Australia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Helen Gourlay won?: Helen Gourlay has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Helen Gourlay won?: TennisDB does not group any of Helen Gourlay's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Helen Gourlay won?: Helen Gourlay has won 7 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Malvern in 1970.
What is Helen Gourlay's career win-loss record?: Helen Gourlay has a career WTA singles record of 295 wins and 201 losses (59.5%).
Which seasons of Helen Gourlay's career appear in TennisDB?: Helen Gourlay appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1980.
On which surface does Helen Gourlay have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Helen Gourlay's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 64.0% (112–63).
Who has Helen Gourlay faced most often?: Helen Gourlay's most frequent opponent is Evonne Goolagong, with a head-to-head record of 2–13 across 15 meetings.