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Gail Joss

RSA WTA Tour years active: 1979–1981

Gail Joss represented South Africa on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Gail Joss finished with a career record of 0–5 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

1500 (5th percentile)

Career record

0–5 (0.0%)

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 →

Gail Joss's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	0-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 28, 1981*	R32	South African Open	WTA 250	Hard
Marise Kruger	2-6 7-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 29, 1979*	R32	South African Open	WTA 250	Hard
Jeske Van Erven	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 7, 1979*	R64	Manchester	WTA 250	Grass
Marjorie Love	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1979*	R32	Glasgow	WTA 250	—
Lisette Senn	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 15, 1979*	R32	West Worthing	WTA 250	Clay

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Gail Joss's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	1	1	Nov 28, 1981	H2H
Marise Kruger	1	1	Nov 29, 1979	H2H
Jeske Van Erven	1	1	Jun 7, 1979	H2H
Marjorie Love	1	1	May 31, 1979	H2H
Lisette Senn	1	1	May 15, 1979	H2H

Career Results

Gail Joss career results by season
Season	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1979	4	4	0.0%	—	—
1981	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career	5	5	0.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Gail Joss career results by season and surface
Season	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1979	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
1981	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%

Advanced Stats

Gail Joss advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1979	1447	92.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.1%	-3.00	0–1	1–0	—	+0.61
1981	1443	94.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.50	—	—	—	-0.07
Career	1500	93.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	9.1%	-3.45	0–1	1–0	—	+10.80

Tournament Results by Category

WTA 250

Gail Joss WTA 250 results by season
Season	GLA	MAN	SOU	WES	W-L Win %
1979	R32	R64	R32	R32	0–4 (0%)
1981	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–5 (0%)

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

Which country does Gail Joss represent?: Gail Joss represents South Africa in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Gail Joss won?: Gail Joss has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Gail Joss won?: TennisDB does not group any of Gail Joss's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Gail Joss' career win-loss record?: Gail Joss has a career WTA singles record of 0 wins and 5 losses (0.0%).
Which seasons of Gail Joss's career appear in TennisDB?: Gail Joss appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1979 through 1981.
Who has Gail Joss faced most often?: Gail Joss' most frequent opponent is Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.