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Francoise Durr

FRA Age 83 162 cm / 5'4" Plays: Right-Handed, One-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1968–1981

Francoise Durr represented France on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 9. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 373–233 and 9 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

2153 (97th percentile)

Singles record

373–233 (61.6%)

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 →

Francoise Durr's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Sylvia Hanika	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1981*	R16	Monaco	WTA 250	Clay
Jennifer Mundel	3-4 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 30, 1979*	R16	South African Open	WTA 250	Hard
Marion De Witte	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 29, 1979*	R32	South African Open	WTA 250	Hard
Marise Kruger	6-0 3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 23, 1979*	R16	Johannesburg Eagle	WTA 250	Hard
Hana Mandlikova	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 30, 1979*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Francoise Durr's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rosie Casals	14	20	34	Jun 29, 1979	H2H
Billie Jean King	7	22	29	Oct 27, 1977	H2H
Virginia Wade	5	21	26	Jan 20, 1978	H2H
Lesley Hunt	14	4	18	Mar 26, 1976	H2H
Kerry Reid	3	13	16	Feb 9, 1978	H2H

Singles Titles (9)

Francoise Durr 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
1969	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Gstaad
1970	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	London
1971	28	5	—	—	—	5	—	Canadian Open, Chicago, Christchurch, Fort Lauderdale, Gstaad
1972	29	1	—	—	—	1	—	Eastbourne Open
1973	30	1	—	—	—	1	—	Houston
Total		9	—	—	—	9	—

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

Career Results

Francoise Durr career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	25	20	10	30	66.7%	—	—
1969	26	37	18	55	67.3%	—	—
1970	27	47	26	73	64.4%	—	—
1971	28	86	33	119	72.3%	—	—
1972	29	50	25	75	66.7%	—	—
1973	30	32	21	53	60.4%	—	—
1974	31	27	17	44	61.4%	—	—
1975	32	28	19	47	59.6%	—	9
1976	33	18	20	38	47.4%	—	—
1977	34	13	20	33	39.4%	—	—
1978	35	12	11	23	52.2%	—	—
1979	36	3	12	15	20.0%	—	—
1981	38	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		373	233	606	61.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Francoise Durr 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	2	2	4	50.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	10	4	14	71.4%	1	1	2	50.0%	20	10	30	66.7%
1969	26	4	3	7	57.1%	19	6	25	76.0%	13	7	20	65.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	37	18	55	67.3%
1970	27	6	3	9	66.7%	15	8	23	65.2%	16	7	23	69.6%	10	8	18	55.6%	47	26	73	64.4%
1971	28	8	5	13	61.5%	31	6	37	83.8%	18	4	22	81.8%	29	18	47	61.7%	86	33	119	72.3%
1972	29	8	5	13	61.5%	15	6	21	71.4%	14	5	19	73.7%	13	9	22	59.1%	50	25	75	66.7%
1973	30	8	3	11	72.7%	11	6	17	64.7%	6	4	10	60.0%	7	8	15	46.7%	32	21	53	60.4%
1974	31	7	4	11	63.6%	6	4	10	60.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	12	7	19	63.2%	27	17	44	61.4%
1975	32	10	6	16	62.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	14	9	23	60.9%	28	19	47	59.6%
1976	33	4	3	7	57.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%	8	13	21	38.1%	18	20	38	47.4%
1977	34	1	5	6	16.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	10	19	47.4%	13	20	33	39.4%
1978	35	5	3	8	62.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	2	6	66.7%	1	5	6	16.7%	12	11	23	52.2%
1979	36	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	3	12	15	20.0%
1981	38	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	64	45	109	58.7%	111	49	160	69.4%	92	43	135	68.1%	106	95	201	52.7%	373	233	606	61.6%

Advanced Stats

Francoise Durr 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	1671	125.2	—	—	—	—	-130	-81	+37	65.6%	+1.29	1–2 (33%)	—	—	-0.23
1969	26	1812	140.2	—	—	—	—	-212	+25	-17	65.3%	+1.20	5–5 (50%)	—	—	-3.97
1970	27	1968	159.5	—	—	—	—	-29	-103	-11	67.8%	+1.40	2–9 (18%)	2–0	—	-10.72
1971	28	2120	163.4	—	—	—	—	-83	+32	-44	69.0%	+1.54	16–14 (53%)	8–6 (57%)	102.1	-10.25
1972	29	2031	161.2	—	—	—	—	-12	+120	+35	64.8%	+1.36	8–7 (53%)	7–4 (64%)	100.4	-8.87
1973	30	2069	162.2	—	—	—	—	+57	+52	-58	59.8%	+0.59	7–6 (54%)	8–1 (89%)	106.2	-10.56
1974	31	2026	155.3	—	—	—	—	+75	+39	-41	61.1%	+0.81	5–6 (45%)	5–4 (56%)	98.2	-7.95
1975	32	1998	155.0	—	—	—	—	+22	+82	—	61.8%	+0.83	7–7 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	97.0	-3.43
1976	33	1927	143.1	—	—	—	—	-2	+134	+24	50.6%	-0.12	5–6 (45%)	6–2 (75%)	98.6	-2.17
1977	34	1829	134.9	—	—	—	—	+3	+159	+96	38.2%	-1.13	4–2 (67%)	0–4 (0%)	97.6	-5.08
1978	35	1823	132.6	—	—	—	—	-39	+112	+137	55.1%	+0.29	2–3 (40%)	4–3 (57%)	99.0	-0.72
1979	36	1703	114.4	—	—	—	—	-24	—	+242	25.8%	-2.00	1–2 (33%)	—	—	-0.69
1981	38	1699	105.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.36
Career		2153	158.8	—	—	—	—	-17	+26	+8	61.4%	+0.88	63–69 (48%)	43–27 (61%)	101.8	-10.94

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Francoise Durr Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	R16	QF	R16	9–3 (75%)
1969	26	R16	R16	R64	R16	6–4 (60%)
1970	27	—	R16	SF	QF	10–3 (77%)
1971	28	—	QF	QF	R16	8–3 (73%)
1972	29	—	SF	QF	R16	8–3 (73%)
1973	30	—	SF	R16	R64	7–3 (70%)
1974	31	—	—	R32	R32	2–2 (50%)
1975	32	—	—	R64	R32	2–2 (50%)
1976	33	—	—	R16	R16	4–2 (67%)
1977	34	—	—	R32	R128	2–2 (50%)
1978	35	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
1979	36	—	R64	R64	R128	0–3 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	17–7 (71%)	27–12 (69%)	15–11 (58%)	60–31 (66%)

WTA 500

Francoise Durr WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	PAR	SDG	SPB	WAS	LOS	PAC	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1969	26	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	3–2 (60%)
1970	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1971	28	—	R16	R16	—	—	SF	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1972	29	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1973	30	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1974	31	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1975	32	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1976	33	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	34	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	3–2 (60%)
1978	35	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	36	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	8–3 (73%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	20–18 (53%)

WTA 250

Francoise Durr WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	BAD	BUE	DAL	EAS	GST	HOU	MC	MEL	MIA	NAP	NWP	PAR	QUE	ITA	STO	TKY	AIX	AKR	ALB	AME	BAR	BEC	BET	BIL	BOS	BOU	BRI	BRU	CAN	CAR	CHA	CHA	CHI	CHI	CHR	COL	DEN	DET	DUR	EDI	FOR	FOR	FUL	HAV	HIL	HOL	JAC	JER	JOH	KIN	LAN	LAS	LON	LON	LON	LOU	MAN	MEX	MIL	MIN	MIS	MOB	MON	MON	NAS	NEW	OAK	OKL	ORL	PAL	PER	PHI	PHO	POR	QUI	ROC	SAN	SAN	SAN	SÃO	SAR	SEA	SOU	SOU	TOR	TUC	VEN	WEM	W-L Win %
1968	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–6 (60%)
1969	26	—	—	—	SF	—	—	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	SF	R16	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	28–12 (70%)
1970	27	—	—	QF	—	SF	SF	F	—	SF	—	—	—	—	F	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	SF	—	—	BR	36–22 (62%)
1971	28	—	QF	—	—	—	SF	W	QF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	BR	SF	—	—	W	—	—	SF	W	—	W	—	—	—	—	F	W	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	R16	SF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	SF	—	—	—	F	QF	SF	—	R16	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	QF	F	74–27 (73%)
1972	29	—	—	—	—	R16	W	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	SF	—	F	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	36–19 (65%)
1973	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21–16 (57%)
1974	31	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	BR	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	BR	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23–13 (64%)
1975	32	SF	—	—	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	F	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	BR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25–15 (62%)
1976	33	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	13–13 (50%)
1977	34	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–16 (33%)
1978	35	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	10–9 (53%)
1979	36	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	3–8 (27%)
1981	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–3 (62%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	10–7 (59%)	13–3 (81%)	11–1 (92%)	10–5 (67%)	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–3 (70%)	2–1 (67%)	6–2 (75%)	5–2 (71%)	3–2 (60%)	2–4 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	7–4 (64%)	4–1 (80%)	6–3 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	4–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	8–4 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	4–0 (100%)	5–2 (71%)	9–4 (69%)	9–7 (56%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	6–1 (86%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	3–1 (75%)	6–6 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	5–6 (45%)	11–8 (58%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	7–7 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	7–2 (78%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	286–177 (62%)

WTA Finals

Francoise Durr WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	WTA	W-L Win %
1972	29	BR	—	3–1 (75%)
1973	30	SF	—	3–1 (75%)
1974	31	R16	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	33	—	RR	1–4 (20%)
W-L		6–3 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	7–7 (50%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

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Greer Stevens	RSA	#10	2,118	230	139	91	60.4%	—	5	0	1973–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Betty Stove	NED	#7	2,175	726	419	307	57.7%	$1,047,356	8	0	1969–1983	Rivalries	Match log
Kerry Reid	AUS	#8	2,269	831	586	245	70.5%	$2,225	21	1	1968–1985	Rivalries	Match log
Nancy Richey	USA	#8	2,245	433	324	109	74.8%	—	22	1	1968–1978	Rivalries	Match log
Rosie Casals	USA	#6	2,213	917	594	323	64.8%	$1,364,955	12	0	1968–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Olga Morozova	URS	#7	2,221	432	325	107	75.2%	—	37	0	1968–1980	Rivalries	Match log
Barbara Potter	USA	#8	2,098	494	303	191	61.3%	$1,376,580	5	0	1978–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Lori Mcneil	USA	#9	2,024	650	377	273	58.0%	$3,441,604	11	0	1980–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Sue Barker	GBR	#5	2,267	599	381	218	63.6%	$878,701	22	1	1970–1984	Rivalries	Match log
Bonnie Gadusek	USA	#10	2,076	283	189	94	66.8%	$504,238	8	0	1980–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	USA	#9	2,083	490	277	213	56.5%	$1,417,423	4	0	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Kathy Horvath	USA	#10	1,976	342	187	155	54.7%	$570,414	7	0	1979–1989	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Francoise Durr?: Francoise Durr is 83 years old, born on December 25, 1942.
Which country does Francoise Durr represent?: Francoise Durr represents France in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Francoise Durr?: Francoise Durr is 162 cm / 5'4".
Does Francoise Durr use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Francoise Durr uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Francoise Durr left-handed or right-handed?: Francoise Durr plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Francoise Durr won?: Francoise Durr has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Francoise Durr won?: TennisDB does not group any of Francoise Durr's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Francoise Durr won?: Francoise Durr has won 9 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Houston in 1973.
What is Francoise Durr's highest WTA ranking?: Francoise Durr's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 9.
What is Francoise Durr's career win-loss record?: Francoise Durr has a career WTA singles record of 373 wins and 233 losses (61.6%).
Which seasons of Francoise Durr's career appear in TennisDB?: Francoise Durr appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1981.
On which surface does Francoise Durr have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Francoise Durr's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 69.4% (111–49).
Who has Francoise Durr faced most often?: Francoise Durr's most frequent opponent is Rosie Casals, with a head-to-head record of 14–20 across 34 meetings.