H2H data updated: 2026-10-28 00:00 UTC

Billie Jean King vs Wendy Overton H2H: 10-1

Billie Jean King holds a 10–1 lead over Wendy Overton in their WTA head-to-head. Across 11 main-draw meetings, Billie Jean King leads 4–1 on clay and 4–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Billie Jean King won the 1975 Philadelphia quarterfinal 6-1 6-0.

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Billie Jean King
USA Age 82 Right-Handed 164 cm / 5'5"
H2H
10 – 1
11 main-draw meetings
Wendy Overton
USA Age 79

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Billie Jean King 6-1 6-0 Wendy Overton Match data Mar 29, 1975* QF Philadelphia WTA 250 Hard
Billie Jean King 6-2 6-1 Wendy Overton Match data Jan 18, 1975* QF Sarasota WTA 250 Carpet
Billie Jean King 6-4 6-1 Wendy Overton Match data Jan 19, 1974* QF San Francisco WTA 250 Hard
Billie Jean King 6-4 6-1 Wendy Overton Match data May 4, 1973* QF Charleston Open WTA 500 Clay
Wendy Overton 1-6 7-6(3) 7-6(4) Billie Jean King Match data Apr 22, 1973* QF Jacksonville WTA 250 Clay
Billie Jean King 7-6(1) 6-2 Wendy Overton Match data Oct 7, 1972 QF WTA Finals WTA Finals Clay
Billie Jean King 6-3 6-2 Wendy Overton Match data May 8, 1972* SF Indianapolis Indoors WTA 250 Carpet
Billie Jean King 6-2 6-1 Wendy Overton Match data Feb 6, 1972* SF Fort Lauderdale Pro WTA 250 Clay
Billie Jean King 6-2 6-1 Wendy Overton Match data Oct 3, 1971* QF Phoenix WTA 250 Hard
Billie Jean King 6-3 6-3 Wendy Overton Match data Sep 25, 1971* QF Pacific Southwest Championships WTA 500 Hard
Billie Jean King 6-4 6-4 Wendy Overton Match data Sep 18, 1971* R16 Louisville WTA 250 Clay

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Billie Jean King — #2 — 2,437 684 161 80.9% 8 0 0 4 56 68
Wendy Overton — — — 1,913 123 143 46.2% 0 0 0 0 0 0

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Billie Jean King Wendy Overton
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
21 — — — — — — — 1968 2–1 66.7% — 1,520 0 0
22 — — — — — — — 1969 7–4 63.6% — 1,604 0 0
23 — — — — — — — 1970 6–11 35.3% — 1,584 0 0
24 1968 40–5 88.9% — 1,865 1 1 1971 9–9 50.0% — 1,680 0 0
25 1969 58–14 80.6% — 2,056 1 6 1972 40–30 57.1% — 1,884 0 0
26 1970 47–11 81.0% — 2,180 1 11 1973 14–23 37.8% — 1,753 0 0
27 1971 114–15 88.4% — 2,302 2 28 1974 12–18 40.0% — 1,769 0 0
28 1972 89–15 85.6% — 2,378 5 39 1975 17–14 54.8% — 1,853 0 0
29 1973 56–12 82.4% — 2,349 6 46 1976 10–17 37.0% — 1,755 0 0
30 1974 54–8 87.1% — 2,326 7 52 1977 5–11 31.2% — 1,715 0 0
31 1975 23–4 85.2% #4 2,383 8 54 1978 1–5 16.7% — 1,636 0 0
32 1976 2–2 50.0% — 2,329 8 54 — — — — — — —
33 1977 46–6 88.5% #2 2,398 8 60 — — — — — — —
34 1978 28–12 70.0% #5 2,339 8 60 — — — — — — —
35 1979 36–13 73.5% #5 2,187 8 62 — — — — — — —
36 1980 39–15 72.2% #6 2,153 8 65 — — — — — — —
37 1981 4–5 44.4% — 2,045 8 65 — — — — — — —
38 1982 26–19 57.8% — 1,942 8 66 — — — — — — —
39 1983 22–5 81.5% — 2,058 8 68 — — — — — — —

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Billie Jean King Wendy Overton
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
21 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1968 — — — — — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — —
22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1969 — — — — 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% — — — —
23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1970 — — — — 2 5 7 28.6% 3 5 8 37.5% 1 1 2 50.0%
24 1968 4 1 5 80.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 26 2 28 92.9% 6 1 7 85.7% 1971 4 2 6 66.7% 4 4 8 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
25 1969 17 1 18 94.4% 9 5 14 64.3% 26 7 33 78.8% 6 1 7 85.7% 1972 6 5 11 54.5% 11 10 21 52.4% 10 5 15 66.7% 13 10 23 56.5%
26 1970 13 2 15 86.7% 18 5 23 78.3% 8 1 9 88.9% 8 3 11 72.7% 1973 3 4 7 42.9% 4 6 10 40.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 5 10 15 33.3%
27 1971 16 3 19 84.2% 29 5 34 85.3% 28 5 33 84.8% 41 2 43 95.3% 1974 7 5 12 58.3% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 7 10 30.0%
28 1972 20 3 23 87.0% 32 6 38 84.2% 22 1 23 95.7% 15 5 20 75.0% 1975 8 6 14 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 5 5 10 50.0%
29 1973 14 3 17 82.4% 8 3 11 72.7% 12 1 13 92.3% 22 5 27 81.5% 1976 1 2 3 33.3% 5 4 9 55.6% 0 2 2 0.0% 4 9 13 30.8%
30 1974 12 3 15 80.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 9 1 10 90.0% 29 3 32 90.6% 1977 0 1 1 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 3 6 9 33.3%
31 1975 7 3 10 70.0% — — — — 11 1 12 91.7% 5 0 5 100.0% 1978 1 4 5 20.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
32 1976 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 1977 20 0 20 100.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 6 2 8 75.0% 12 1 13 92.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 1978 4 2 6 66.7% — — — — 8 2 10 80.0% 16 8 24 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 1979 17 3 20 85.0% — — — — 12 5 17 70.6% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 1980 5 1 6 83.3% 3 2 5 60.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 28 11 39 71.8% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 1981 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 1982 0 2 2 0.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 13 4 17 76.5% 9 9 18 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 1983 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 16 2 18 88.9% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 151 29 180 83.9% 120 37 157 76.4% 200 36 236 84.7% 213 59 272 78.3% — 30 29 59 50.8% 37 43 80 46.2% 22 22 44 50.0% 34 49 83 41.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Billie Jean King Wendy Overton
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
21 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1968 1520 100.5 — — — — — — +35 57.1% +0.28 1–0 — — +0.26
22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1969 1604 121.0 — — — — — -45 +42 53.8% +0.42 4–0 (100%) — — +0.01
23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1970 1585 124.1 — — — — — -72 +70 34.3% -0.69 1–2 (33%) — — -1.02
24 1968 1865 141.1 — — — — -83 -273 +141 87.2% +2.72 6–2 (75%) — — +1.76 1971 1680 141.5 — — — — -10 -102 -27 50.0% +0.38 3–3 (50%) 1–4 (20%) 99.6 -0.38
25 1969 2056 154.1 — — — — +176 -365 +42 75.5% +2.11 12–5 (71%) — — -3.94 1972 1885 149.2 — — — — -37 -158 -105 56.0% +0.37 8–6 (57%) 7–5 (58%) 106.3 -9.37
26 1970 2181 166.1 — — — — +139 -229 +41 75.0% +2.11 11–5 (69%) 0–1 — -9.32 1973 1754 141.1 — — — — +10 -31 -10 41.0% -0.63 5–6 (45%) 3–5 (38%) 98.8 -5.19
27 1971 2303 170.6 — — — — +240 -117 +9 84.6% +2.55 20–4 (83%) 16–4 (80%) 116.1 -6.69 1974 1770 145.0 — — — — +11 -70 — 42.4% -0.03 2–3 (40%) 1–1 — -4.55
28 1972 2378 173.1 — — — — +144 -67 +84 82.1% +2.37 13–3 (81%) 8–7 (53%) 102.1 -8.73 1975 1853 144.8 — — — — +23 -113 — 53.5% +0.27 7–4 (64%) 1–5 (17%) 97.8 -1.19
29 1973 2349 168.6 — — — — +152 -82 +159 82.7% +2.42 8–5 (62%) 9–5 (64%) 100.8 -4.73 1976 1755 127.2 — — — — -13 -27 — 40.0% -0.58 2–4 (33%) 1–1 — -2.09
30 1974 2327 171.4 — — — — +153 -73 +195 81.8% +2.54 10–2 (83%) 3–2 (60%) 104.2 -4.13 1977 1716 122.0 — — — — -22 -28 — 32.4% -1.05 3–2 (60%) 0–1 — -1.32
31 1975 2383 170.4 — — — — +23 — +118 83.1% +2.53 2–3 (40%) 2–1 (67%) — -3.54 1978 1637 99.7 — — — — -6 — — 33.3% -1.00 0–3 (0%) — — +0.78
32 1976 2330 114.1 — — — — +56 — — 50.0% -0.13 — 1–0 — -0.17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 1977 2398 165.2 — — — — +131 -139 +131 76.9% +1.69 16–1 (94%) 5–0 (100%) 111.5 -4.00 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 1978 2340 168.0 — — — — +43 — +158 73.7% +1.86 2–6 (25%) 3–1 (75%) 93.1 -4.27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 1979 2187 156.8 — — — — +73 — +137 71.4% +1.51 8–8 (50%) 9–4 (69%) 94.9 -3.15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 1980 2154 165.7 — — — — +100 +123 +193 69.4% +1.09 9–6 (60%) 11–4 (73%) 100.8 -3.61 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
37 1981 2045 121.5 — — — — +104 — — 44.4% -0.67 — — — -0.22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 1982 1943 150.6 — — — — -7 +197 +304 56.2% +0.42 12–7 (63%) 7–5 (58%) 98.0 -1.82 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
39 1983 2059 156.0 — — — — -44 — +231 79.3% +1.93 2–2 (50%) 0–2 — -1.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2437 170.6 — — — — +122 -123 +121 77.4% +2.02 131–59 (69%) 74–36 (67%) 111.0 -6.97 — 1914 146.1 — — — — -6 -86 -20 46.7% -0.11 36–33 (52%) 14–22 (39%) 99.7 -9.22

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.