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Sally Ride

USA WTA Tour years active: 1970–1972

Sally Ride represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Sally Ride finished with a career record of 1–5 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

1–5 (16.7%)

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 →

Sally Ride's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jean Nachand	0-6 1-0 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 21, 1972*	R32	Pacific Southwest Championships	WTA 250	Hard
Patricia Bostrom	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 30, 1972*	QF	Ojai	WTA 250	Hard
Lori Sherbeck	4-6 6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 29, 1972*	R16	Ojai	WTA 250	Hard
Lesley Hunt	5-7 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 23, 1971*	R32	Pacific Southwest Championships	WTA 500	Hard
Cathie Gagel	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 11, 1970*	QF	La Jolla	WTA 250	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Sally Ride's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Jean Nachand	0	1	1	Sep 21, 1972	H2H
Patricia Bostrom	0	1	1	Apr 30, 1972	H2H
Lori Sherbeck	1	0	1	Apr 29, 1972	H2H
Lesley Hunt	0	1	1	Sep 23, 1971	H2H
Cathie Gagel	0	1	1	Jul 11, 1970	H2H

Career Results

Sally Ride career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1970	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1971	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1972	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
Career	1	5	6	16.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Sally Ride 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 %
1970	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1971	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1972	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	1	5	6	16.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%

Advanced Stats

Sally Ride 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
1970	1468	83.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.25	—	—	—	+0.45
1971	1464	101.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.10
1972	1451	99.5	—	—	—	—	+21	—	—	40.0%	0.00	1–0	—	—	+0.80
Career	1500	92.6	—	—	—	—	+21	—	—	18.2%	-2.45	1–0	—	—	+19.17

Tournament Results by Category

WTA 500

Sally Ride WTA 500 results by season
Season	PAC	W-L Win %
1971	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

WTA 250

Sally Ride WTA 250 results by season
Season	LA	LOS	OJA	PAC	W-L Win %
1970	QF	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1972	—	—	QF	R32	1–2 (33%)
W-L	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)

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

Which country does Sally Ride represent?: Sally Ride represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Sally Ride won?: Sally Ride has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Sally Ride won?: TennisDB does not group any of Sally Ride's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Sally Ride's career win-loss record?: Sally Ride has a career WTA singles record of 1 wins and 5 losses (16.7%).
Which seasons of Sally Ride's career appear in TennisDB?: Sally Ride appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1970 through 1972.
Who has Sally Ride faced most often?: Sally Ride's most frequent opponent is Jean Nachand, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.