Kim Sands
Peak ranking
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Elo peak
1715 (61.1%ile)
Career record
53–123 (30.1%)
Career titles
0
Prize money
$199,233
Recent WTA Matches full match log →
| Date | Tournament | Category | Round | Surface | Opponent | Score | Result | H2H | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 1987* | Hilton Head | WTA 250 | R64 | Clay | Angelika Kanellopoulou | 6-3 5-7 5-7 | L | H2H | Match data |
| Apr 1, 1987* | Charleston | WTA 500 | R64 | Clay | Isabel Cueto | 1-6 4-6 | L | H2H | Match data |
| Feb 24, 1987* | Key Biscayne | WTA 250 | R128 | Hard | Melissa Gurney | 3-6 1-6 | L | H2H | Match data |
| Nov 6, 1986* | Little Rock | WTA 250 | R32 | Carpet | Beth Herr | 0-6 3-6 | L | H2H | Match data |
| Oct 2, 1986* | New Orleans | WTA 250 | R32 | Carpet | Anne White | 6-7 5-7 | L | H2H | Match data |
Rivals full rivalries list →
| Opponent | W | L | M | Last Played | H2H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosalyn Fairbank | 0 | 7 | 7 | Aug 6, 1986 | H2H |
| Barbara Potter | 0 | 6 | 6 | Feb 2, 1984 | H2H |
| Candy Reynolds | 1 | 3 | 4 | Feb 27, 1986 | H2H |
| Zina Garrison | 0 | 4 | 4 | Sep 26, 1985 | H2H |
| Wendy White | 1 | 3 | 4 | Nov 11, 1983 | H2H |
Career Results
Career Results by Surface
| Season | Age | Hard | Clay | Grass | Carpet | Total | |||||||||||||||
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| W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | ||
| 1976 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 1978 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 4 | 4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 1979 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 1980 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 36.4% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33.3% | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38.5% | 11 | 22 | 33 | 33.3% |
| 1981 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16.7% | 2 | 6 | 8 | 25.0% | 4 | 3 | 7 | 57.1% | 2 | 7 | 9 | 22.2% | 9 | 21 | 30 | 30.0% |
| 1982 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 1 | 7 | 8 | 12.5% | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20.0% | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20.0% | 3 | 16 | 19 | 15.8% |
| 1983 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 50.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 | 40.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 3 | 3 | 6 | 50.0% | 12 | 13 | 25 | 48.0% |
| 1984 | 27 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 43.8% | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14.3% | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0% | 2 | 4 | 6 | 33.3% | 10 | 23 | 33 | 30.3% |
| 1985 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 25.0% | 2 | 2 | 4 | 50.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 3 | 8 | 11 | 27.3% |
| 1986 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 1 | 10 | 11 | 9.1% |
| 1987 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0% |
| Career | — | 18 | 35 | 53 | 34.0% | 9 | 30 | 39 | 23.1% | 12 | 24 | 36 | 33.3% | 14 | 33 | 47 | 29.8% | 53 | 123 | 176 | 30.1% |
Career Results by Opponent Rank
| Season | Age | 1-10 | 11-30 | 31-100 | 100+ | Total | |||||||||||||||
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| W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | W | L | M | Win % | ||
| 1984 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 2 | 3 | 5 | 40.0% | 5 | 8 | 13 | 38.5% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 7 | 15 | 22 | 31.8% |
| 1985 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 1 | 0 | 1 | 100.0% | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14.3% |
| 1986 | 29 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.0% |
| 1987 | 30 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Career | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0.0% | 2 | 8 | 10 | 20.0% | 5 | 14 | 19 | 26.3% | 1 | 4 | 5 | 20.0% | 8 | 31 | 39 | 20.5% | |
Opponent ranking data available for 39/176 (22.2%) of Kim Sands's WTA main draw matches.
Advanced Stats
| Season | Age | ELO | ELO % | Hard % | Clay % | Grass % | Set Win % | Set Margin | SoS % | Deep Run % | Dec. Set W% | TB W | TB L | TB W% |
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| 1976 | 19 | 1489 | 38 | — | — | — | 0.0% | -5.50 | 41 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 21 | 1512 | 63 | — | — | 57 | 57.1% | +1.17 | 47 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | — |
| 1979 | 22 | 1490 | 35 | — | — | — | 20.0% | -1.84 | 61 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980 | 23 | 1584 | 83 | 71 | 10 | 39 | 32.5% | -1.82 | 95 | 0 | 73 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| 1981 | 24 | 1561 | 76 | 9 | 2 | 68 | 35.7% | -1.11 | 85 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1982 | 25 | 1504 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 23.3% | -2.04 | 85 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 50 |
| 1983 | 26 | 1623 | 70 | 52 | 1 | 52 | 51.6% | +0.13 | 49 | 23 | 36 | 3 | 2 | 60 |
| 1984 | 27 | 1558 | 52 | 59 | 1 | 10 | 31.9% | -1.27 | 80 | 4 | 60 | 2 | 5 | 29 |
| 1985 | 28 | 1546 | 58 | 42 | 1 | — | 33.3% | -1.47 | 67 | 13 | 40 | 1 | 1 | — |
| 1986 | 29 | 1480 | 17 | 5 | — | — | 20.0% | -1.64 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 30 | 1456 | 8 | — | — | — | 14.3% | -2.61 | 61 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Career | 1550 | 60 | 44 | 2 | 42 | 34.9% | -1.33 | 77 | 4 | 38 | 10 | 19 | 34 |
Tournament Results by Category
Results show best round reached per tournament per season.
Grand Slams
| Season | Age | AO | RG | W | USO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 21 | R16 | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 23 | — | R64 | R128 | R128 |
| 1981 | 24 | — | R64 | R64 | R128 |
| 1982 | 25 | — | R128 | R128 | R128 |
| 1983 | 26 | — | R64 | R64 | R128 |
| 1984 | 27 | — | R128 | R128 | R128 |
| 1985 | 28 | — | R64 | — | — |
| 1986 | 29 | — | — | R128 | R128 |
WTA 1000
WTA 500
| Season | Age | ADE | BRI | SDG | BER | CHA | LOS | SYD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 21 | R16 | — | — | — | — | — | R64 |
| 1980 | 23 | — | — | R16 | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 24 | — | — | R32 | R32 | — | R32 | — |
| 1982 | 25 | — | R32 | — | R64 | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 30 | — | — | — | — | R64 | — | — |
WTA 250
| Season | Age | ATL | DAL | EAS | HKG | HOU | NAP | NWP | QUE | STO | TKY | WAS | AME | BEC | BIR | BOC | BOS | BRI | CHA | CHI | CHI | DEE | DEN | DET | FIL | FOR | GIN | HER | HIL | KEY | LIT | LUG | MAH | MAN | MAR | MIN | NAS | NEW | OAK | OKL | PAL | PER | PIT | RIC | SAL | SEA | SUR | TAM |
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| 1976 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979 | 22 | — | R64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980 | 23 | — | R16 | R16 | — | — | R64 | — | — | R32 | R16 | — | R32 | R64 | — | — | R16 | R32 | — | — | R64 | R16 | — | R32 | R16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R64 | — | — | R16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R32 | — | — | — | — |
| 1981 | 24 | R32 | — | R16 | — | — | R64 | — | — | — | R16 | — | R64 | — | — | — | — | R32 | — | — | — | R32 | — | — | R16 | — | — | — | R64 | — | — | — | R32 | — | — | R32 | — | — | R32 | — | — | R32 | — | — | — | R32 | R32 | — |
| 1982 | 25 | — | R64 | R64 | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R64 | — | R64 | — | — | — | — | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R64 | — | — | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | R32 | — | — | R64 | — | — | — | R16 | — | — |
| 1983 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | R32 | — | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | QF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R64 | R64 | — | QF | — | — | — | — | — | R16 | QF | — | — | — | R16 |
| 1984 | 27 | — | — | R64 | — | R32 | — | R32 | — | — | — | R32 | R64 | — | R64 | — | R16 | — | — | R16 | — | — | F | — | — | R32 | — | R16 | R64 | — | — | — | R16 | — | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | R32 | R64 | — | R32 | R32 | — | — | R32 |
| 1985 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | QF | — | — | R64 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R32 | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1986 | 29 | — | — | — | — | R16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R64 | R128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R32 | — | — | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | R32 | — | R32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1987 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | R64 | R128 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Data coverage note: WTA ranking data is unavailable before 1983 from any current source. Weeks at #1, year-end finishes, and peak ranking for this player's early career may be incomplete or absent.
WTA Ranking History full ranking history →
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First top 100
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First top 50
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Ranking History Matrix
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Similar Players
Other WTA players ranked by a composite similarity score over country, era, and peak rank.
| Player | Country | Peak Rank | Peak Elo | Grand Slams | Titles | M | W | L | Win % | Active Years | Match Log |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry Reid | AUS | — | 2,215 | 1 | 22 | 831 | 586 | 245 | 70.5% | 1968-1985 | Match log |
| Betty Stove | NED | — | 2,165 | 0 | 7 | 717 | 413 | 304 | 57.6% | 1969-1983 | Match log |
| Francoise Durr | FRA | — | 2,144 | 0 | 9 | 608 | 373 | 235 | 61.3% | 1968-1981 | Match log |
Frequently Asked Questions
- How old is Kim Sands?
- Kim Sands is 69 years old, born on October 11, 1956.
- How many Grand Slams has Kim Sands won?
- Kim Sands has not won a Grand Slam title.
- How many WTA 1000 titles has Kim Sands won?
- Kim Sands has not won a WTA 1000 title.
- What is Kim Sands' career win-loss record?
- Kim Sands has a career WTA singles record of 53 wins and 123 losses (30.1%).
- How much career prize money has Kim Sands earned?
- Kim Sands has earned at least $199,233 in career prize money from professional tennis.
- When did Kim Sands play professional tennis?
- Kim Sands turned professional in 1976 and was active through 1987.
- What is Kim Sands' best surface?
- Kim Sands' best surface is hard court with a 34.0% win rate (18W-35L).
- Who is Kim Sands' biggest rival?
- Kim Sands' most frequent opponent is Rosalyn Fairbank, with a head-to-head record of 0–7 across 7 meetings.