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Sue Stap

USA Age 72 WTA Tour years active: 1969–1979

Sue Stap represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Sue Stap finished with a career record of 42–78 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

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Elo peak

1724 (63rd percentile)

Singles record

42–78 (35.0%)

Singles 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 →

Sue Stap's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Stacy Margolin	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 28, 1979*	R64	Dallas	WTA 250	Carpet
Monica Alvarez	3-6 6-3 6-8	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32	Barcelona	WTA 250	Clay
Anthea Stewart	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 3, 1978*	R32	Newcastle	WTA 250	—
Billie Jean King	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 23, 1977*	R32	San Antonio	WTA 250	Hard
Nathalie Fuchs	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 1977*	R32	Atlanta	WTA 250	Carpet

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Sue Stap's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Chris Evert	0	5	5	Feb 13, 1975	H2H
Sharon Walsh Pete	2	2	4	Mar 20, 1975	H2H
Kerry Reid	1	3	4	Mar 6, 1975	H2H
Evonne Goolagong	0	4	4	Apr 25, 1974	H2H
Nathalie Fuchs	2	1	3	Feb 17, 1977	H2H

Titles (1)

Sue Stap 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
1974	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Jacksonville
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Sue Stap career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1969	15	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1970	16	5	6	11	45.5%	—	—
1971	17	2	5	7	28.6%	—	—
1972	18	7	5	12	58.3%	—	—
1973	19	12	17	29	41.4%	—	—
1974	20	8	14	22	36.4%	—	—
1975	21	8	13	21	38.1%	—	—
1976	22	0	12	12	0.0%	—	—
1977	23	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1978	24	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1979	25	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		42	78	120	35.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Sue Stap 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 %
1969	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1970	16	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%
1971	17	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
1972	18	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	7	5	12	58.3%
1973	19	1	3	4	25.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	5	5	10	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	12	17	29	41.4%
1974	20	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	8	14	22	36.4%
1975	21	4	4	8	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	4	7	11	36.4%	8	13	21	38.1%
1976	22	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	7	7	0.0%	0	12	12	0.0%
1977	23	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1978	24	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	5	14	19	26.3%	13	23	36	36.1%	12	16	28	42.9%	6	24	30	20.0%	42	78	120	35.0%

Advanced Stats

Sue Stap 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
1969	15	1497	93.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-6.00	—	—	—	-0.28
1970	16	1521	114.8	—	—	—	—	—	+30	+36	48.0%	+0.08	1–2 (33%)	—	—	+1.03
1971	17	1502	97.8	—	—	—	—	—	+46	—	31.3%	-1.38	1–1	0–1	—	+0.54
1972	18	1585	122.3	—	—	—	—	—	+1	-14	59.3%	+0.74	1–2 (33%)	—	—	+0.45
1973	19	1592	120.8	—	—	—	—	-54	-31	+13	42.9%	-0.76	2–3 (40%)	0–1	—	-0.24
1974	20	1615	138.5	—	—	—	—	-155	-59	—	42.6%	-0.23	1–4 (20%)	—	—	-2.73
1975	21	1682	139.3	—	—	—	—	-38	—	—	40.4%	-0.60	2–3 (40%)	1–1	—	-0.70
1976	22	1534	102.5	—	—	—	—	-85	—	—	15.4%	-1.89	0–4 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	92.6	+0.75
1977	23	1522	110.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.75	—	—	—	-0.02
1978	24	1488	97.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-1.20	0–1	—	—	+0.27
1979	25	1483	100.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.05
Career		1724	129.7	—	—	—	—	-75	-10	+6	39.4%	-0.65	8–20 (29%)	1–6 (14%)	89.5	-0.82

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Sue Stap Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	USO	W-L Win %
1970	16	R32	1–1 (50%)
1971	17	R64	0–1 (0%)
1972	18	R32	1–1 (50%)
1973	19	R64	0–1 (0%)
1974	20	R64	0–1 (0%)
1975	21	R64	0–1 (0%)
1976	22	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–7 (22%)	2–7 (22%)

WTA 500

Sue Stap WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SPB	W-L Win %
1970	16	QF	2–1 (67%)
1974	20	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)

WTA 250

Sue Stap WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	BAR	CIN	DAL	HOU	MIA	NAP	NWP	SPB	WAS	AGA	AKR	AME	ATL	BEC	BOS	BOU	CHA	CHE	CHI	CHI	TEN	DEN	DET	GRE	GUI	HAV	HIL	JAC	KAU	KON	LAN	LON	MIS	NEW	ORA	ORL	PHI	PHO	SAN	SAN	SAR	TUL	WES	W-L Win %
1969	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1970	16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1971	17	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	2–4 (33%)
1972	18	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1973	19	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	R32	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	R16	QF	—	R16	R32	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	12–16 (43%)
1974	20	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	8–12 (40%)
1975	21	R16	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	QF	R16	—	—	8–12 (40%)
1976	22	R64	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	0–11 (0%)
1977	23	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1978	24	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1979	25	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	2–5 (29%)	0–3 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	6–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	38–69 (36%)

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 Sue Stap?: Sue Stap is 72 years old, born on June 3, 1954.
Which country does Sue Stap represent?: Sue Stap represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Sue Stap won?: Sue Stap has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Sue Stap won?: TennisDB does not group any of Sue Stap's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Sue Stap won?: Sue Stap has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Jacksonville in 1974.
What is Sue Stap's career win-loss record?: Sue Stap has a career WTA singles record of 42 wins and 78 losses (35.0%).
Which seasons of Sue Stap's career appear in TennisDB?: Sue Stap appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1969 through 1979.
On which surface does Sue Stap have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Sue Stap's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 42.9% (12–16).
Who has Sue Stap faced most often?: Sue Stap's most frequent opponent is Chris Evert, with a head-to-head record of 0–5 across 5 meetings.