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Janice Townsend

GBR Age 79 WTA Tour years active: 1968–1971

Janice Townsend represented the United Kingdom on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Janice Townsend finished with a career record of 58–46 and 4 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

1719 (62nd percentile)

Career record

58–46 (55.8%)

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 →

Janice Townsend's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Lesley Charles	4-6 6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 1971*	F	Malvern	WTA 250	Grass
Lesley Hunt	6-4 3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1971*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Margaret Court	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 17, 1971*	R32	Queen's Club Championships	WTA 250	Grass
Maria Eugenia Guzman	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 13, 1971*	F	Wolverhampton	WTA 250	Grass
Kazuko Sawamatsu	0-6 6-4 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 6, 1971*	F	Cardiff	WTA 250	Grass

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Janice Townsend's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Maria Eugenia Guzman	2	2	4	Jun 13, 1971	H2H
Christine Truman	1	3	4	May 13, 1971	H2H
Francoise Durr	0	4	4	Nov 7, 1970	H2H
Lesley Charles	3	0	3	Jul 11, 1971	H2H
Margaret Court	0	3	3	Jun 17, 1971	H2H

Titles (4)

Janice Townsend 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
1968	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Felixstowe
1970	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Birmingham Tally Ho
1971	24	2	—	—	—	2	—	Malvern, Wolverhampton
Total		4	—	—	—	4	—

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

Career Results

Janice Townsend career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	21	12	12	24	50.0%	—	—
1969	22	9	8	17	52.9%	—	—
1970	23	20	16	36	55.6%	—	—
1971	24	17	10	27	63.0%	—	—
Career		58	46	104	55.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Janice Townsend 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	21	0	1	1	0.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	1	4	5	20.0%	12	12	24	50.0%
1969	22	—	—	—	—	8	4	12	66.7%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	9	8	17	52.9%
1970	23	1	1	2	50.0%	11	6	17	64.7%	6	6	12	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	20	16	36	55.6%
1971	24	—	—	—	—	12	6	18	66.7%	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	17	10	27	63.0%
Career	—	1	2	3	33.3%	37	20	57	64.9%	17	17	34	50.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	58	46	104	55.8%

Advanced Stats

Janice Townsend 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	21	1542	110.0	—	—	—	—	-108	+22	+40	50.0%	+0.23	2–2 (50%)	—	—	-0.65
1969	22	1585	120.6	—	—	—	—	—	+71	-45	55.0%	+0.45	2–4 (33%)	—	—	-0.87
1970	23	1638	122.8	—	—	—	—	-141	+62	-37	52.5%	+0.35	6–2 (75%)	—	—	+2.50
1971	24	1707	131.1	—	—	—	—	—	+47	-47	62.1%	+0.90	2–2 (50%)	—	—	+0.92
Career		1719	125.0	—	—	—	—	-126	+52	-23	54.8%	+0.48	12–10 (55%)	—	—	+1.83

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Janice Townsend Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	W	W-L Win %
1968	21	R64	1–1 (50%)
1969	22	R128	0–1 (0%)
1970	23	R128	0–1 (0%)
1971	24	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	1–4 (20%)

WTA 250

Janice Townsend WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	QUE	BIR	BOU	BRI	CAR	CHI	DRO	EDG	EDI	FEL	FUL	GUI	HAM	HUR	MAL	MAN	MAN	MAN	PER	POR	SHE	STA	SUR	SUT	TOR	WOL	W-L Win %
1968	21	QF	R16	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	R16	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	11–11 (50%)
1969	22	R16	R32	—	R64	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9–7 (56%)
1970	23	—	R16	W	R32	R32	—	—	SF	SF	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	SF	R16	—	SF	—	R16	—	R16	—	QF	QF	QF	20–15 (57%)
1971	24	—	R32	—	R16	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	QF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	R16	—	W	17–9 (65%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	2–0 (100%)	3–4 (43%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	13–4 (76%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	5–2 (71%)	2–2 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	57–42 (58%)

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 Janice Townsend?: Janice Townsend is 79 years old, born on June 11, 1947.
Which country does Janice Townsend represent?: Janice Townsend represents United Kingdom in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Janice Townsend won?: Janice Townsend has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Janice Townsend won?: TennisDB does not group any of Janice Townsend's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Janice Townsend won?: Janice Townsend has won 4 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Wolverhampton in 1971.
What is Janice Townsend's career win-loss record?: Janice Townsend has a career WTA singles record of 58 wins and 46 losses (55.8%).
Which seasons of Janice Townsend's career appear in TennisDB?: Janice Townsend appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1971.
On which surface does Janice Townsend have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Janice Townsend's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 64.9% (37–20).
Who has Janice Townsend faced most often?: Janice Townsend's most frequent opponent is Maria Eugenia Guzman, with a head-to-head record of 2–2 across 4 meetings.