Barbara Jordan

USA Age 69 Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1974–1985

Barbara Jordan represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Barbara Jordan finished with a career record of 62–100 and one singles title. 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

1693 (57th percentile)

Career record

62–100 (38.3%)

Career titles

Prize money

$145,534

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 →

Barbara Jordan's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Helen Kelesi #40	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 11, 1985*	R16	Indianapolis 2	WTA 250	Hard
Anna Maria Fernandez	2-6 6-4 7-5	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 10, 1985*	R32	Indianapolis 2	WTA 250	Hard
Laura Garrone	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1985*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Tine Scheuer Larsen	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 22, 1985*	R32	Monticello	WTA 250	Hard
Isabelle Demongeot #130	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 26, 1985*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

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Barbara Jordan's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Anne Smith	1	4	5	Mar 19, 1982	H2H
Virginia Wade	0	4	4	Feb 12, 1981	H2H
Renata Tomanova	2	2	4	Oct 18, 1980	H2H
Chris Oneil	3	0	3	Jun 22, 1983	H2H
Kim Sands	0	3	3	Mar 3, 1983	H2H

Titles (1)

Barbara Jordan 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
1979	22	1	1	—	—	—	—	Australian Open
Total		1	1	—	—	—	—

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

Career Results

Barbara Jordan career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1974	17	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—
1975	18	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—
1976	19	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1977	20	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—
1978	21	0	6	6	0.0%	—	—
1979	22	12	20	32	37.5%	—	—
1980	23	14	17	31	45.2%	—	—
1981	24	11	16	27	40.7%	—	—
1982	25	8	16	24	33.3%	—	—
1983	26	4	12	16	25.0%	—	—
1984	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1985	28	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—
Career		62	100	162	38.3%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Barbara Jordan 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 %
1974	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%
1975	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%
1976	19	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1977	20	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1978	21	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%
1979	22	3	6	9	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	0	4	4	0.0%	12	20	32	37.5%
1980	23	2	4	6	33.3%	9	6	15	60.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%	14	17	31	45.2%
1981	24	6	4	10	60.0%	5	7	12	41.7%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%	11	16	27	40.7%
1982	25	1	3	4	25.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	3	4	7	42.9%	1	4	5	20.0%	8	16	24	33.3%
1983	26	1	4	5	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	12	16	25.0%
1984	27	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	28	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%
Career	—	15	29	44	34.1%	20	29	49	40.8%	22	20	42	52.4%	3	20	23	13.0%	62	100	162	38.3%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Barbara Jordan 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 %
1985	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 2/162 (1.2%) of Barbara Jordan's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Barbara Jordan 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
1974	17	1552	111.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	+71	72.7%	+2.00	1–0	—	—	+0.97
1975	18	1583	110.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	+70	75.0%	+1.88	—	—	—	+0.71
1976	19	1573	101.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.75	—	—	—	+0.45
1977	20	1619	117.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	63.6%	+0.36	0–1	—	—	-0.48
1978	21	1531	102.7	—	—	—	—	+7	—	—	16.7%	-2.17	0–2	1–3 (25%)	—	+0.95
1979	22	1658	139.3	—	—	—	—	-115	-133	+102	40.8%	-0.63	2–5 (29%)	1–4 (20%)	96.1	-0.04
1980	23	1674	120.9	—	—	—	—	-165	-51	+56	41.9%	-0.73	4–2 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	106.4	-0.95
1981	24	1635	113.2	—	—	—	—	-41	-11	—	42.1%	-0.65	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	99.0	+2.07
1982	25	1615	115.8	—	—	—	—	-92	-27	+106	35.3%	-1.12	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	98.6	-0.95
1983	26	1534	105.3	—	—	—	—	-52	—	+160	30.6%	-1.50	1–3 (25%)	1–1	—	+1.14
1984	27	1522	98.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.08
1985	28	1489	92.2	—	—	—	—	-32	—	—	23.5%	-1.94	1–0	—	—	+1.20
Career		1693	123.3	—	—	—	—	-84	-44	+104	40.1%	-0.77	11–17 (39%)	12–16 (43%)	98.3	+3.20

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Barbara Jordan Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1977	20	—	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1978	21	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1979	22	W	R64	R64	R32	7–3 (70%)
1980	23	—	R64	R32	R64	1–3 (25%)
1981	24	—	R64	—	R64	2–2 (50%)
1982	25	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1983	26	R64	R128	R32	R128	2–4 (33%)
1984	27	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	28	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		5–1 (83%)	1–6 (14%)	4–5 (44%)	4–8 (33%)	14–20 (41%)

WTA 500

Barbara Jordan WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BRI	SDG	BER	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1979	22	R16	—	R32	R32	R32	R16	2–5 (29%)
1981	24	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1982	25	—	R16	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1983	26	—	—	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1985	28	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	7–9 (44%)

WTA 250

Barbara Jordan WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	DAL	EAS	GST	HKG	HOU	MC	NAP	NWP	TKY	AME	BIR	BOS	CAN	CHI	CHI	COL	DET	HAV	HIL	HIT	HOL	KAN	LAS	MAH	MAR	MIN	MON	NAG	NAN	NAS	OAK	OJA	ORA	ORL	PHI	PHO	PIT	RAL	SAL	SEA	TUC	W-L Win %
1974	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–1 (80%)
1975	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1976	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1977	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1978	21	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–5 (0%)
1979	22	R64	R64	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	3–12 (20%)
1980	23	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R16	13–14 (48%)
1981	24	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	SF	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–11 (31%)
1982	25	R64	R64	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–11 (31%)
1983	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	2–7 (22%)
1985	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–6 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	7–2 (78%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	39–68 (36%)

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 Barbara Jordan?: Barbara Jordan is 69 years old, born on April 2, 1957.
Which country does Barbara Jordan represent?: Barbara Jordan represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Barbara Jordan left-handed or right-handed?: Barbara Jordan plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Barbara Jordan won?: Barbara Jordan has won 1 Grand Slam title. The most recent was Australian Open in 1979.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Barbara Jordan won?: TennisDB does not group any of Barbara Jordan's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Barbara Jordan won?: Barbara Jordan has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Australian Open in 1979.
What is Barbara Jordan's career win-loss record?: Barbara Jordan has a career WTA singles record of 62 wins and 100 losses (38.3%).
How much career prize money has Barbara Jordan earned?: Barbara Jordan has earned at least $145,534 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Barbara Jordan's career appear in TennisDB?: Barbara Jordan appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1974 through 1985.
On which surface does Barbara Jordan have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Barbara Jordan's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 52.4% (22–20).
Who has Barbara Jordan faced most often?: Barbara Jordan's most frequent opponent is Anne Smith, with a head-to-head record of 1–4 across 5 meetings.