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Barbara Downs

USA Age 72 WTA Tour years active: 1968–1979

Barbara Downs represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Barbara Downs finished with a career record of 30–74 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

1612 (38th percentile)

Career record

30–74 (28.8%)

Career titles

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 Downs's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Chris Newton	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 1979*	R64	Manchester	WTA 250	Grass
Patricia Bostrom	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 1976*	R64	Atlanta	WTA 250	Carpet
Mary Mclean	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 1975*	R64	Denver	WTA 250	Carpet
Carrie Meyer	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 17, 1975*	R64	Atlanta	WTA 250	Hard
Sandy Stap	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 25, 1975*	R16	Paxton	WTA 250	—

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Barbara Downs's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rosie Casals	0	9	9	Aug 31, 1974	H2H
Valerie Ziegenfuss	0	5	5	Feb 23, 1974	H2H
Francoise Durr	0	4	4	Jan 9, 1975	H2H
Susie Mehmedbasich	1	2	3	Jul 18, 1975	H2H
Virginia Wade	0	3	3	Oct 11, 1974	H2H

Career Results

Barbara Downs career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	14	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1969	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1970	16	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—
1971	17	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—
1972	18	7	16	23	30.4%	—	—
1973	19	6	21	27	22.2%	—	—
1974	20	5	14	19	26.3%	—	—
1975	21	6	8	14	42.9%	—	—
1976	22	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1979	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		30	74	104	28.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Barbara Downs 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 %
1968	14	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1969	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1970	16	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1971	17	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
1972	18	3	4	7	42.9%	1	6	7	14.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	7	16	23	30.4%
1973	19	3	5	8	37.5%	0	5	5	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	2	6	8	25.0%	6	21	27	22.2%
1974	20	3	5	8	37.5%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	5	14	19	26.3%
1975	21	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	8	14	42.9%
1976	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	13	27	40	32.5%	2	15	17	11.8%	5	13	18	27.8%	4	16	20	20.0%	30	74	104	28.8%

Advanced Stats

Barbara Downs 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
1968	14	1471	89.9	—	—	—	—	-5	—	—	33.3%	-1.89	0–1	—	—	+0.12
1969	15	1467	100.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.22
1970	16	1470	100.3	—	—	—	—	-18	—	—	28.6%	-2.21	—	—	—	+0.26
1971	17	1510	111.2	—	—	—	—	-30	—	+74	40.0%	-0.47	1–0	—	—	+0.29
1972	18	1583	130.2	—	—	—	—	-61	-96	+37	34.0%	-1.19	1–2 (33%)	3–3 (50%)	99.9	-1.67
1973	19	1570	128.0	—	—	—	—	+3	-132	+14	22.8%	-1.79	2–1 (67%)	0–3 (0%)	100.1	-1.73
1974	20	1558	117.4	—	—	—	—	-18	-117	—	27.5%	-1.62	1–1	0–2	—	-0.51
1975	21	1555	121.2	—	—	—	—	+14	—	—	46.9%	-0.25	1–3 (25%)	0–1	—	+0.40
1976	22	1541	100.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.03
Career		1612	125.3	—	—	—	—	-19	-113	+38	31.2%	-1.36	6–8 (43%)	3–9 (25%)	96.7	-2.97

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Barbara Downs Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1971	17	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1972	18	R128	—	R16	2–2 (50%)
1973	19	R64	R128	R64	0–3 (0%)
1974	20	—	R128	R64	0–2 (0%)
1975	21	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	3–9 (25%)

WTA 500

Barbara Downs WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SPB	PAC	W-L Win %
1970	16	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
1971	17	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1974	20	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)

WTA 250

Barbara Downs WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	DAL	HOU	MIA	NAP	NWP	WAS	ALB	AME	ATL	BER	BET	CHI	COL	DEN	DET	GUI	HAV	JAC	JER	LON	MAN	MIS	NAS	NEW	NOT	ORL	PAX	PHI	PHO	POR	QUI	RIC	SAC	SAN	SAN	SAR	ST.	TUC	W-L Win %
1968	14	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1969	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1970	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	R32	F	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1971	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1972	18	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	5–13 (28%)
1973	19	—	—	R32	R32	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	6–17 (26%)
1974	20	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	4–11 (27%)
1975	21	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	F	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	6–7 (46%)
1976	22	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	26–60 (30%)

WTA Finals

Barbara Downs WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1973	19	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

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 Downs?: Barbara Downs is 72 years old, born on January 1, 1954.
Which country does Barbara Downs represent?: Barbara Downs represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Barbara Downs won?: Barbara Downs has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Barbara Downs won?: TennisDB does not group any of Barbara Downs's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Barbara Downs' career win-loss record?: Barbara Downs has a career WTA singles record of 30 wins and 74 losses (28.8%).
Which seasons of Barbara Downs's career appear in TennisDB?: Barbara Downs appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1979.
On which surface does Barbara Downs have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Barbara Downs's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 32.5% (13–27).
Who has Barbara Downs faced most often?: Barbara Downs' most frequent opponent is Rosie Casals, with a head-to-head record of 0–9 across 9 meetings.