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Jill Hetherington

CAN Age 61 163 cm / 5'4" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1983–1993

Jill Hetherington represented Canada on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 64. In TennisDB's records, Jill Hetherington finished with a career record of 31–58 and one singles title. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

64 (Feb 29, 1988)

Elo peak

1645 (48th percentile)

Singles record

31–58 (34.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$805,129

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 →

Jill Hetherington's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Camille Benjamin #268	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 28, 1993*	R64	Stratton Mountain	WTA 500	Hard
Carrie Cunningham #85	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 22, 1993	R64	Indian Wells Open	WTA 500	Hard
Elena Brioukhovets #142	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 12, 1992*	R32	Philadelphia	WTA 500	Carpet
Rennae Stubbs #123	6-3 1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 18, 1992*	R32	Eastbourne Open	WTA 500	Grass
Catherine Tanvier #97	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 17, 1992*	R64	Eastbourne Open	WTA 500	Grass

Rivals all rivalries →

Jill Hetherington's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Patty Fendick	2	2	Jun 26, 1991	H2H
Kathy Jordan	2	2	Jun 13, 1990	H2H
Helen Kelesi	2	2	Nov 9, 1989	H2H
Nana Smith	2	2	Aug 23, 1989	H2H
Pam Shriver	2	2	Jul 22, 1989	H2H

Titles (1)

Jill Hetherington 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
1988	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Wellington
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Jill Hetherington Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Pam Shriver #5 def. Jill Hetherington #93 6-2 6-3	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Jill Hetherington career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1983	18	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1984	19	2	2	4	50.0%	204	121
1985	20	0	2	2	0.0%	118	118
1986	21	1	1	2	50.0%	347	386
1987	22	2	4	6	33.3%	239	169
1988	23	15	19	34	44.1%	143	81
1989	24	8	17	25	32.0%	90	122
1990	25	1	6	7	14.3%	122	247
1991	26	0	1	1	0.0%	249	245
1992	27	1	3	4	25.0%	248	277
1993	28	0	2	2	0.0%	277	468
Career		31	58	89	34.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jill Hetherington 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 %
1983	18	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1984	19	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1985	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1986	21	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1987	22	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
1988	23	13	13	26	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	15	19	34	44.1%
1989	24	6	14	20	30.0%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	8	17	25	32.0%
1990	25	1	5	6	16.7%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
1991	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	27	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1993	28	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	24	42	66	36.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	5	10	15	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	31	58	89	34.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jill Hetherington 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	19	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1986	21	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1987	22	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1988	23	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	5	3	8	62.5%	10	15	25	40.0%
1989	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	15	20	25.0%
1990	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
1991	26	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1992	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1993	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	5	5	0.0%	3	8	11	27.3%	6	20	26	23.1%	8	12	20	40.0%	17	45	62	27.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 62/89 (69.7%) of Jill Hetherington's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jill Hetherington 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
1983	18	1507	98.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-0.67	1–1	—	—	+0.39
1984	19	1543	109.8	—	—	—	—	+46	—	—	54.5%	+0.64	1–2 (33%)	0–1	—	-0.28
1985	20	1523	106.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.20	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.21
1986	21	1537	105.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	-1.25	—	1–0	—	+0.01
1987	22	1534	111.8	—	—	—	—	—	+29	—	33.3%	-0.17	2–0	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.14
1988	23	1573	119.5	—	—	—	—	+34	—	-38	46.9%	-0.23	5–8 (38%)	4–4 (50%)	98.9	+1.57
1989	24	1532	113.9	—	—	—	—	-43	—	+52	36.8%	-0.89	2–5 (29%)	3–3 (50%)	97.3	+0.78
1990	25	1482	97.6	—	—	—	—	-40	—	—	25.0%	-1.63	0–2	—	—	+0.39
1991	26	1476	101.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	0–1	—	-0.05
1992	27	1459	96.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.10	0–2	—	—	+0.64
1993	28	1438	95.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.25	—	—	—	0.00
Career		1645	115.3	—	—	—	—	-1	+29	-5	40.2%	-0.64	11–22 (33%)	9–14 (39%)	91.7	+3.80

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jill Hetherington Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	W	USO	W-L Win %
1988	23	R128	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1989	24	R64	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
1990	25	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	26	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	0–3 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	4–8 (33%)

WTA 1000

Jill Hetherington WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	W-L Win %
1990	25	R64	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 500

Jill Hetherington WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	EAS	IW	SDG	PAN	AME	BOC	CAN	KEY	LOS	PHI	STR	SYD	W-L Win %
1983	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1984	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1985	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1987	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	23	R16	—	—	R32	—	R64	R64	R64	R64	R64	—	—	R64	3–8 (27%)
1989	24	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	R64	1–5 (17%)
1992	27	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1993	28	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–7 (36%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	9–22 (29%)

WTA 250

Jill Hetherington WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BUE	EAS	NAP	NWP	RIO	APT	BIR	BRE	GUA	KEY	LAN	LIT	NAS	OAK	SAN	SAN	SIN	WEL	ZUR	W-L Win %
1984	19	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1985	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1987	22	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1988	23	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R16	—	W	—	9–7 (56%)
1989	24	R32	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	R16	R32	—	R16	—	R32	5–9 (36%)
1990	25	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1992	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	6–1 (86%)	0–1 (0%)	17–26 (40%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Feb 29, 1988

First Top 100

Mar 5, 1984

First Top 50

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First Top 20

—

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jill Hetherington ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	19	213	220	181	179	178	181	176	259	118	128	125	121
1985	20	118	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	21	353	353	351	355	360	385	386	—	—	—	—	—
1987	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	241	203	169
1988	23	138	64	80	91	83	83	91	103	91	88	84	81
1989	24	78	133	133	119	125	124	108	101	111	121	123	122
1990	25	123	128	142	155	161	157	248	266	371	317	241	247
1991	26	236	241	242	234	230	233	213	201	193	195	240	245
1992	27	246	235	245	248	253	208	226	225	248	263	277	277
1993	28	275	319	296	293	303	304	428	—	423	438	460	468
1994	29	543	547	—	—	—	751	748	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Jill Hetherington's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Cecilia Dahlman	SWE	63	1,673	2	101	38	63	37.6%	1985–1993	Match log
Csilla Cserepy	SUI	69	1,591	0	68	24	44	35.3%	1984–1991	Match log
Kaoru Okamoto	JPN	75	1,589	1	67	23	44	34.3%	1978–1992	Match log
Maya Kidowaki	JPN	68	1,658	0	90	34	56	37.8%	1988–1994	Match log
Sophie Amiach	FRA	57	1,647	0	150	57	93	38.0%	1980–1995	Match log
Cammy Macgregor	USA	75	1,604	0	135	48	87	35.6%	1985–1993	Match log
Pilar Vasquez	PER	66	1,799	4	224	94	130	42.0%	1980–1993	Match log
Karen Schimper	RSA	75	1,650	0	67	24	43	35.8%	1987–1990	Match log
Sarah Loosemore	GBR	76	1,640	0	59	21	38	35.6%	1988–1992	Match log
Heather Ludloff	USA	69	1,575	0	154	48	106	31.2%	1978–1992	Match log
Cristina Tessi	ARG	70	1,612	0	62	25	37	40.3%	1988–1992	Match log
Silke Frankl	GER	67	1,649	0	119	42	77	35.3%	1988–1995	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jill Hetherington?: Jill Hetherington is 61 years old, born on October 27, 1964.
Which country does Jill Hetherington represent?: Jill Hetherington represents Canada in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Jill Hetherington?: Jill Hetherington is 163 cm / 5'4".
Is Jill Hetherington left-handed or right-handed?: Jill Hetherington plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Jill Hetherington won?: Jill Hetherington has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Jill Hetherington won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jill Hetherington's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Jill Hetherington won?: Jill Hetherington has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Wellington in 1988.
What is Jill Hetherington's highest WTA ranking?: Jill Hetherington's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 64, first achieved on February 29, 1988.
What is Jill Hetherington's career win-loss record?: Jill Hetherington has a career WTA singles record of 31 wins and 58 losses (34.8%).
How much career prize money has Jill Hetherington earned?: Jill Hetherington has earned at least $805,129 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jill Hetherington's career appear in TennisDB?: Jill Hetherington appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1983 through 1993.
On which surface does Jill Hetherington have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jill Hetherington's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 36.4% (24–42).
Who has Jill Hetherington faced most often?: Jill Hetherington's most frequent opponent is Patty Fendick, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.