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Shaun Stafford

USA Age 57 178 cm / 5'10" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1987–1996

Shaun Stafford represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 48. In TennisDB's records, Shaun Stafford finished with a career record of 90–132 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

48 (Jan 22, 1990)

Elo peak

1773 (71st percentile)

Career record

90–132 (40.5%)

Career titles

Prize money

$788,298

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 →

Shaun Stafford's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Andrea Temesvari #173	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 29, 1996*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
María Sánchez Lorenzo #103	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 8, 1996*	R64	Italian Open	WTA 1000	Clay
Elena Makarova	6-4 1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1996*	R64	Amelia Island	WTA 500	Clay
Jana Novotna #10	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1996*	R64	Key Biscayne	WTA 1000	Hard
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	6-3 1-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 22, 1996*	R128	Key Biscayne	WTA 1000	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Shaun Stafford's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Lori Mcneil	1	4	5	Nov 9, 1995	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	2	3	5	Nov 3, 1995	H2H
Shi-Ting Wang	0	5	5	Sep 30, 1995	H2H
Natasha Zvereva	1	4	5	Feb 10, 1994	H2H
Joannette Kruger	0	4	4	Feb 23, 1996	H2H

Titles (1)

Shaun Stafford 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
1992	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Taipei
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Shaun Stafford career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1987	18	0	2	2	0.0%	232	189
1988	19	1	5	6	16.7%	189	121
1989	20	17	15	32	53.1%	120	51
1990	21	6	18	24	25.0%	51	150
1991	22	10	17	27	37.0%	143	102
1992	23	9	12	21	42.9%	105	68
1993	24	16	18	34	47.1%	68	74
1994	25	17	19	36	47.2%	74	55
1995	26	13	20	33	39.4%	54	97
1996	27	1	6	7	14.3%	91	388
Career		90	132	222	40.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Shaun Stafford 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 %
1987	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1988	19	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%
1989	20	7	6	13	53.8%	5	5	10	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	1	2	50.0%	17	15	32	53.1%
1990	21	4	10	14	28.6%	2	5	7	28.6%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	6	18	24	25.0%
1991	22	6	11	17	35.3%	4	2	6	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	10	17	27	37.0%
1992	23	7	8	15	46.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	9	12	21	42.9%
1993	24	6	6	12	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	16	18	34	47.1%
1994	25	8	8	16	50.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	17	19	36	47.2%
1995	26	6	9	15	40.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	13	20	33	39.4%
1996	27	1	3	4	25.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
Career	—	45	63	108	41.7%	31	35	66	47.0%	8	15	23	34.8%	6	19	25	24.0%	90	132	222	40.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Shaun Stafford 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 %
1987	18	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1988	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%
1989	20	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	11	14	25	44.0%
1990	21	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
1991	22	0	2	2	0.0%	0	6	6	0.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	13	22	40.9%
1992	23	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1993	24	0	1	1	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	7	2	9	77.8%	13	16	29	44.8%
1994	25	0	1	1	0.0%	2	12	14	14.3%	7	4	11	63.6%	3	1	4	75.0%	12	18	30	40.0%
1995	26	0	2	2	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%	5	8	13	38.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	9	20	29	31.0%
1996	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
Career		1	14	15	6.7%	8	51	59	13.6%	35	40	75	46.7%	21	11	32	65.6%	65	116	181	35.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 181/222 (81.5%) of Shaun Stafford's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Shaun Stafford 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
1987	18	1483	99.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.25	—	—	—	+0.09
1988	19	1471	116.6	—	—	—	—	+31	—	—	16.7%	-1.67	—	0–1	—	-0.13
1989	20	1673	122.5	—	—	—	—	-60	-75	-86	50.7%	-0.26	6–3 (67%)	6–2 (75%)	109.8	+0.08
1990	21	1589	119.2	—	—	—	—	-9	-29	-28	30.9%	-1.22	2–5 (29%)	0–2	—	-1.57
1991	22	1577	121.7	—	—	—	—	-59	+72	—	41.0%	-0.70	2–5 (29%)	3–3 (50%)	99.4	-0.55
1992	23	1660	133.5	—	—	—	—	-38	+7	—	44.7%	-0.40	4–3 (57%)	2–2 (50%)	103.7	-0.42
1993	24	1667	121.5	—	—	—	—	-35	+14	-114	45.2%	-0.41	10–6 (63%)	7–5 (58%)	105.5	+0.58
1994	25	1717	135.1	—	—	—	—	-45	+18	—	46.4%	-0.08	7–7 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	100.5	-1.10
1995	26	1641	125.6	—	—	—	—	-24	+89	-139	42.0%	-0.90	0–3 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	98.1	+0.13
1996	27	1587	108.0	—	—	—	—	+25	+65	—	18.8%	-2.44	1–1	—	—	-0.62
Career		1773	130.7	—	—	—	—	-36	+14	-94	41.8%	-0.64	32–33 (49%)	23–21 (52%)	106.4	-1.58

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Shaun Stafford Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1987	18	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
1988	19	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1989	20	—	R64	R32	R32	5–3 (62%)
1990	21	R128	R128	R128	R32	2–4 (33%)
1991	22	R32	R32	R128	R64	5–4 (56%)
1992	23	R128	R64	—	R128	1–3 (25%)
1993	24	R64	R64	R32	R64	5–4 (56%)
1994	25	R128	R16	R128	R32	5–4 (56%)
1995	26	R64	R128	R32	R128	3–4 (43%)
1996	27	R128	R128	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		4–7 (36%)	8–8 (50%)	6–7 (46%)	8–8 (50%)	26–30 (46%)

WTA 1000

Shaun Stafford WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	TKY	BER	BOC	CAN	HIL	KEY	PHI	PAN	ZUR	W-L Win %
1990	21	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1991	22	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	23	—	—	—	R64	R64	R32	R64	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1993	24	R64	R32	R32	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1994	25	R32	—	R32	—	R32	R32	R64	R32	—	QF	7–7 (50%)
1995	26	QF	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R32	R32	—	4–5 (44%)
1996	27	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	3–4 (43%)	4–5 (44%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	16–26 (38%)

WTA 500

Shaun Stafford WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	EAS	HOU	IW	SDG	TKY	WAS	AME	BOC	CAN	CHI	LOS	MAN	OAK	PHI	SYD	TOY	WOR	W-L Win %
1988	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–2 (33%)
1989	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1990	21	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1991	22	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	R32	—	—	—	0–5 (0%)
1992	23	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
1993	24	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1994	25	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1995	26	—	R64	R32	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	R32	—	2–8 (20%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–5 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–6 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	10–35 (22%)

WTA 250

Shaun Stafford WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BEI	BRI	DAL	EAS	GEN	MEL	NAP	AME	BIR	BOC	CHI	HIL	KEY	NAG	NEW	OKL	PHO	QUE	SAN	SAP	SCH	SCO	STR	SYD	TAI	TAM	WEL	WIC	W-L Win %
1987	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1989	20	—	—	—	R16	R16	R16	—	—	R32	R64	R64	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	11–11 (50%)
1990	21	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	4–8 (33%)
1991	22	R16	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	5–7 (42%)
1992	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	W	—	—	—	5–1 (83%)
1993	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1994	25	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1995	26	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	8–1 (89%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	38–41 (48%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 22, 1990

First Top 100

Feb 27, 1989

First Top 50

Jan 8, 1990

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Shaun Stafford ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	232	193	191	189	187	189
1988	19	202	211	215	177	180	188	204	255	233	182	121	121
1989	20	121	94	94	82	92	78	63	70	57	52	51	51
1990	21	48	56	66	74	85	104	118	124	145	158	151	150
1991	22	128	124	117	107	102	81	81	84	89	89	102	102
1992	23	132	134	134	145	177	189	184	160	148	76	69	68
1993	24	66	73	72	56	59	58	55	60	59	70	75	74
1994	25	72	73	70	75	70	65	73	66	61	58	55	55
1995	26	53	60	57	65	56	64	60	66	86	101	96	97
1996	27	109	105	104	105	156	149	186	192	237	241	375	388
1997	28	455	480	753	803	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

Similar Players

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

Shaun Stafford's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Veronika Martinek	GER	49	1,664	1	177	73	104	41.2%	1988–1998	Match log
Karine Quentrec	FRA	45	1,739	1	129	55	74	42.6%	1988–1994	Match log
Sandra Wasserman	BEL	48	1,701	0	170	77	93	45.3%	1987–1994	Match log
Petra Langrova	TCH	53	1,700	1	198	81	117	40.9%	1988–1998	Match log
Nicole Arendt	USA	49	1,775	0	142	67	75	47.2%	1986–2000	Match log
Jana Pospisilova	CZE	49	1,709	0	73	31	42	42.5%	1988–1994	Match log
Monique Javer	GBR	56	1,684	1	169	63	106	37.3%	1986–1996	Match log
Beverly Bowes	USA	49	1,676	0	189	69	120	36.5%	1983–1994	Match log
Petra Schwarz	AUT	52	1,667	0	126	48	78	38.1%	1987–1997	Match log
Donna Faber	USA	55	1,718	0	165	68	97	41.2%	1987–1993	Match log
Laura Golarsa	ITA	39	1,761	1	307	127	180	41.4%	1985–1999	Match log
Elena Brioukhovets	UKR	46	1,687	0	108	44	64	40.7%	1989–1997	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Shaun Stafford?: Shaun Stafford is 57 years old, born on December 13, 1968.
Which country does Shaun Stafford represent?: Shaun Stafford represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Shaun Stafford?: Shaun Stafford is 178 cm / 5'10".
Is Shaun Stafford left-handed or right-handed?: Shaun Stafford plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Shaun Stafford won?: Shaun Stafford has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Shaun Stafford won?: TennisDB does not group any of Shaun Stafford's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Shaun Stafford won?: Shaun Stafford has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Taipei in 1992.
What is Shaun Stafford's highest WTA ranking?: Shaun Stafford's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 48, first achieved on January 22, 1990.
What is Shaun Stafford's career win-loss record?: Shaun Stafford has a career WTA singles record of 90 wins and 132 losses (40.5%).
How much career prize money has Shaun Stafford earned?: Shaun Stafford has earned at least $788,298 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Shaun Stafford's career appear in TennisDB?: Shaun Stafford appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1987 through 1996.
On which surface does Shaun Stafford have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Shaun Stafford's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 47.0% (31–35).
Who has Shaun Stafford faced most often?: Shaun Stafford's most frequent opponent is Lori Mcneil, with a head-to-head record of 1–4 across 5 meetings.