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Joanne Russell

USA Age 71 WTA Tour years active: 1973–1987

Joanne Russell represented the United States on the WTA Tour. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 205–200 and 5 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

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Elo peak

1939 (89th percentile)

Singles record

205–200 (50.6%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$531,039

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 →

Joanne Russell's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Karen Schimper #114	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1987*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Wendy Turnbull #15	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1987*	R32	Washington Open	WTA 500	Carpet
Zina Garrison #12	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 28, 1986*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Caryn Copeland Wilson	6-7 6-1 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1986*	R32	Berkeley	WTA 250	Hard
Robin White #20	4-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 17, 1986*	R32	Newport	WTA 250	Grass

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Joanne Russell's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Virginia Ruzici	3	9	12	Oct 24, 1985	H2H
Chris Evert	0	11	11	Aug 12, 1983	H2H
Martina Navratilova	1	10	11	Jul 2, 1982	H2H
Mima Jausovec	2	7	9	Dec 11, 1982	H2H
Betsy Nagelsen	3	5	8	Jan 23, 1986	H2H

Singles Titles (5)

Joanne Russell singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles 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
1974	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Tulsa
1975	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Grossinger
1979	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Ft. Wayne
1984	29	2	—	—	—	2	—	Indianapolis Indoors, Richmond
Total		5	—	—	—	5	—

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

Career Results

Joanne Russell career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1973	18	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—
1974	19	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—
1975	20	17	12	29	58.6%	—	—
1976	21	16	14	30	53.3%	—	—
1977	22	19	16	35	54.3%	—	—
1978	23	13	16	29	44.8%	—	—
1979	24	6	10	16	37.5%	—	—
1980	25	32	23	55	58.2%	—	—
1981	26	27	23	50	54.0%	—	—
1982	27	20	22	42	47.6%	—	—
1983	28	11	11	22	50.0%	—	—
1984	29	27	17	44	61.4%	—	—
1985	30	7	20	27	25.9%	—	—
1986	31	2	10	12	16.7%	—	—
1987	32	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
Career		205	200	405	50.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Joanne Russell 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 %
1973	18	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%
1974	19	—	—	—	—	5	1	6	83.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	2	7	71.4%
1975	20	2	3	5	40.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	17	12	29	58.6%
1976	21	3	2	5	60.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	6	6	12	50.0%	16	14	30	53.3%
1977	22	6	4	10	60.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	19	16	35	54.3%
1978	23	1	3	4	25.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	7	10	17	41.2%	13	16	29	44.8%
1979	24	0	2	2	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	10	16	37.5%
1980	25	10	7	17	58.8%	3	3	6	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	14	10	24	58.3%	32	23	55	58.2%
1981	26	3	3	6	50.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	12	10	22	54.5%	27	23	50	54.0%
1982	27	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	13	12	25	52.0%	20	22	42	47.6%
1983	28	3	2	5	60.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	11	11	22	50.0%
1984	29	14	4	18	77.8%	3	5	8	37.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	6	15	60.0%	27	17	44	61.4%
1985	30	3	8	11	27.3%	2	4	6	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	6	7	14.3%	7	20	27	25.9%
1986	31	0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	10	12	16.7%
1987	32	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	45	43	88	51.1%	50	48	98	51.0%	22	25	47	46.8%	70	76	146	47.9%	205	200	405	50.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Joanne Russell 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	29	0	2	2	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	6	5	11	54.5%	2	2	4	50.0%	12	14	26	46.2%
1985	30	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	7	9	22.2%
1986	31	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	6	7	14.3%
1987	32	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		0	4	4	0.0%	5	9	14	35.7%	7	12	19	36.8%	3	4	7	42.9%	15	29	44	34.1%

Opponent ranking data available for 44/405 (10.9%) of Joanne Russell's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Joanne Russell 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
1973	18	1544	116.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58.3%	+0.92	1–1	0–1	—	-0.41
1974	19	1580	104.9	—	—	—	—	—	+12	—	62.5%	+0.50	2–0	2–1 (67%)	—	+1.22
1975	20	1691	132.4	—	—	—	—	-81	-39	—	58.0%	+0.36	5–6 (45%)	8–3 (73%)	106.8	-1.58
1976	21	1818	140.3	—	—	—	—	-130	-145	-154	49.2%	+0.11	5–2 (71%)	2–2 (50%)	106.2	-1.98
1977	22	1881	149.7	—	—	—	—	-96	-102	-216	53.8%	+0.50	4–4 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	98.8	-3.42
1978	23	1861	148.0	—	—	—	—	-127	-34	-152	46.4%	-0.07	5–6 (45%)	1–4 (20%)	97.5	-3.83
1979	24	1778	131.4	—	—	—	—	-83	+73	-118	41.9%	-0.71	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	101.9	-2.25
1980	25	1876	145.0	—	—	—	—	-44	-42	-190	50.8%	+0.14	16–2 (89%)	4–4 (50%)	113.6	-3.45
1981	26	1809	138.7	—	—	—	—	+28	+23	-109	51.3%	-0.02	13–8 (62%)	5–4 (56%)	103.6	-1.54
1982	27	1826	142.1	—	—	—	—	+50	-82	-42	44.9%	-0.29	10–8 (56%)	3–4 (43%)	98.5	-1.95
1983	28	1800	134.4	—	—	—	—	+57	-16	—	49.0%	-0.25	4–3 (57%)	4–3 (57%)	101.8	-2.16
1984	29	1840	128.5	—	—	—	—	+82	-129	-109	57.8%	+0.28	9–5 (64%)	9–3 (75%)	105.8	+2.95
1985	30	1614	112.1	—	—	—	—	+50	+14	+71	26.3%	-1.05	2–1 (67%)	0–6 (0%)	95.4	+0.10
1986	31	1535	105.7	—	—	—	—	+63	+35	—	30.0%	-1.47	1–5 (17%)	2–1 (67%)	95.4	-0.27
1987	32	1515	97.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.19
Career		1939	143.7	—	—	—	—	-12	-35	-120	48.9%	-0.06	79–52 (60%)	45–42 (52%)	108.6	-4.55

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Joanne Russell Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1975	20	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1976	21	—	R32	R32	4–2 (67%)
1977	22	—	R32	R32	4–2 (67%)
1978	23	—	R64	R64	1–2 (33%)
1979	24	—	R128	R64	0–2 (0%)
1980	25	—	R16	R16	4–2 (67%)
1981	26	—	R128	R32	2–2 (50%)
1982	27	R64	QF	R128	5–3 (62%)
1983	28	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1984	29	R64	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1985	30	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1986	31	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1987	32	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–5 (29%)	11–9 (55%)	11–13 (46%)	24–27 (47%)

WTA 500

Joanne Russell WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	DLB	NAP	WAS	AME	BER	CAN	CAR	POR	CHA	LOS	ORL	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1976	21	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–2 (33%)
1977	22	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1978	23	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	SF	R32	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1979	24	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1980	25	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1981	26	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	BR	QF	—	—	R64	8–6 (57%)
1982	27	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	4–5 (44%)
1983	28	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1984	29	—	R32	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	4–5 (44%)
1985	30	R64	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1987	32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	8–8 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	4–6 (40%)	9–6 (60%)	5–5 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	33–38 (46%)

WTA 250

Joanne Russell WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	CIN	DAL	EAS	HOU	MEL	NAP	NWP	ITA	STO	TKY	AKR	AME	AMS	ATL	BAL	BER	BIR	BOC	BOS	BRI	CAN	CHA	CHA	CHI	CHI	DEN	DET	EAS	EDI	FT.	GIN	GRO	HAV	HOL	KAN	LAN	LAS	LAS	LUG	MAH	MAN	MAN	MAR	MIN	MIS	MON	MON	NAS	NEW	NEW	OAK	OLD	ORA	ORL	PAL	PAX	PHI	PHO	PIT	RAL	RIC	SAL	SAN	SÃO	SEA	SOU	SUR	TAM	TUC	TUL	WES	WIC	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1973	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–2 (60%)
1974	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	5–2 (71%)
1975	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	16–11 (59%)
1976	21	QF	—	R32	R32	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11–10 (52%)
1977	22	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–12 (50%)
1978	23	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–10 (38%)
1979	24	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–6 (50%)
1980	25	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	25–16 (61%)
1981	26	—	SF	R32	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	17–15 (53%)
1982	27	—	R16	QF	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11–14 (44%)
1983	28	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–7 (53%)
1984	29	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22–10 (69%)
1985	30	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	4–12 (25%)
1986	31	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	R128	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	2–8 (20%)
W-L		5–3 (62%)	4–2 (67%)	5–6 (45%)	5–5 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	1–1 (50%)	12–8 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	5–6 (45%)	8–5 (62%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	3–6 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	4–2 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	8–2 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	148–135 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Ranking History Matrix

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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 Joanne Russell?: Joanne Russell is 71 years old, born on October 30, 1954.
Which country does Joanne Russell represent?: Joanne Russell represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Joanne Russell won?: Joanne Russell has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Joanne Russell won?: TennisDB does not group any of Joanne Russell's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Joanne Russell won?: Joanne Russell has won 5 WTA singles titles across all categories. The latest season with a recorded title was 1984.
What is Joanne Russell's career win-loss record?: Joanne Russell has a career WTA singles record of 205 wins and 200 losses (50.6%).
How much career prize money has Joanne Russell earned?: Joanne Russell has earned at least $531,039 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Joanne Russell's career appear in TennisDB?: Joanne Russell appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1973 through 1987.
On which surface does Joanne Russell have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Joanne Russell's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 51.1% (45–43).
Who has Joanne Russell faced most often?: Joanne Russell's most frequent opponent is Virginia Ruzici, with a head-to-head record of 3–9 across 12 meetings.