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Kim Sands

USA Age 69 WTA Tour years active: 1976–1987

Kim Sands represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Kim Sands finished with a career record of 53–123 and no 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

1714 (61st percentile)

Career record

53–123 (30.1%)

Career titles

Prize money

$199,233

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 →

Kim Sands's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Angelika Kanellopoulou	6-3 5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 8, 1987*	R64	Hilton Head	WTA 250	Clay
Isabel Cueto #92	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 1, 1987*	R64	Charleston Open	WTA 500	Clay
Melissa Gurney #23	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 1987*	R128	Key Biscayne	WTA 250	Hard
Beth Herr #55	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 6, 1986*	R32	Little Rock	WTA 250	Carpet
Anne White #32	6-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 1986*	R32	New Orleans	WTA 250	Carpet

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Kim Sands's most-played WTA rivals
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

Kim Sands career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1976	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1978	21	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—
1979	22	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1980	23	11	22	33	33.3%	—	—
1981	24	9	21	30	30.0%	—	—
1982	25	3	16	19	15.8%	—	—
1983	26	12	13	25	48.0%	—	—
1984	27	10	23	33	30.3%	—	—
1985	28	3	8	11	27.3%	—	—
1986	29	1	10	11	9.1%	—	—
1987	30	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
Career		53	123	176	30.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kim Sands 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 %
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

Kim Sands career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	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	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1986	29	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	7	7	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	7	9	22.2%	5	13	18	27.8%	0	3	3	0.0%	7	28	35	20.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 35/176 (19.9%) of Kim Sands's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kim Sands 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
1976	19	1489	94.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.50	—	—	—	-0.17
1978	21	1512	108.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	+52	57.1%	+0.72	1–4 (20%)	0–1	—	+1.67
1979	22	1490	96.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.60	0–1	—	—	+0.15
1980	23	1583	118.8	—	—	—	—	+6	-110	-44	32.5%	-1.52	8–3 (73%)	1–3 (25%)	105.8	-0.85
1981	24	1560	111.4	—	—	—	—	-8	-100	+50	35.7%	-1.06	3–7 (30%)	1–1	—	+0.95
1982	25	1503	104.0	—	—	—	—	+5	-143	+77	23.3%	-1.88	1–4 (20%)	2–2 (50%)	97.7	-0.85
1983	26	1623	121.1	—	—	—	—	-14	-159	-27	51.6%	0.00	5–9 (36%)	3–2 (60%)	99.7	+1.37
1984	27	1557	125.8	—	—	—	—	+50	-118	-7	31.9%	-1.14	3–2 (60%)	2–5 (29%)	98.6	-1.83
1985	28	1546	109.7	—	—	—	—	+25	-108	—	33.3%	-1.26	2–3 (40%)	1–1	—	+0.26
1986	29	1480	109.1	—	—	—	—	+10	—	—	20.0%	-1.60	0–3 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	93.5	+0.18
1987	30	1456	103.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3%	-2.28	0–1	—	—	-0.17
Career		1714	119.0	—	—	—	—	+12	-124	+20	34.9%	-1.08	23–37 (38%)	10–19 (34%)	92.4	+0.40

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kim Sands Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1978	21	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1980	23	—	R64	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1981	24	—	R64	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1982	25	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1983	26	—	R64	R64	R128	2–3 (40%)
1984	27	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1985	28	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1986	29	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	2–6 (25%)	2–6 (25%)	0–6 (0%)	5–19 (21%)

WTA 500

Kim Sands WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BRI	DLB	NAP	SDG	AME	BER	CAN	CHA	HIL	LOS	SYD	W-L Win %
1978	21	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	2–2 (50%)
1980	23	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1981	24	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	1–3 (25%)
1982	25	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1984	27	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1985	28	—	—	R128	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1986	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	6–16 (27%)

WTA 250

Kim Sands WTA 250 results by season
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	POR	FOR	GIN	HER	HIL	KEY	LIT	LUG	MAH	MAN	MAR	MIN	MON	NAS	NEW	OAK	OKL	PAL	PER	PIT	RIC	SAL	SEA	SUR	TAM	W-L Win %
1976	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1979	22	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1980	23	—	R16	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	R64	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R64	R16	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	10–17 (37%)
1981	24	R32	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	7–15 (32%)
1982	25	—	R64	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–11 (15%)
1983	26	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	R16	10–10 (50%)
1984	27	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	F	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	10–17 (37%)
1985	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
1986	29	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–7 (12%)
1987	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R128	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	42–88 (32%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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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

No ranking history available.

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 Kim Sands?: Kim Sands is 69 years old, born on October 11, 1956.
Which country does Kim Sands represent?: Kim Sands represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
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?: TennisDB does not group any of Kim Sands's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
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.
Which seasons of Kim Sands's career appear in TennisDB?: Kim Sands appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1976 through 1987.
On which surface does Kim Sands have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kim Sands's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 34.0% (18–35).
Who has Kim Sands faced most often?: Kim Sands' most frequent opponent is Rosalyn Fairbank, with a head-to-head record of 0–7 across 7 meetings.