H2H data updated: 2026-10-30 00:00 UTC

Margaret Court vs Betty Stove H2H: 8-0

Margaret Court holds an 8–0 lead over Betty Stove in their WTA head-to-head. Across 8 main-draw meetings, Margaret Court leads 4–0 on carpet and 3–0 on clay. Most recently, Margaret Court won the 1976 Melbourne semifinal 6-4 7-5.

AUS Age 84 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
8 – 0
8 main-draw meetings
NED Age 81 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Margaret Court 6-4 7-5 Betty Stove Match data Dec 12, 1976* SF Melbourne WTA 250 Grass
Margaret Court 5-7 6-2 6-1 Betty Stove Match data Sep 2, 1975* R32 US Open Grand Slam Clay
Margaret Court 6-3 6-2 Betty Stove Match data May 29, 1973* R16 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Margaret Court 7-6(4) 6-1 Betty Stove Match data Mar 19, 1973* SF Richmond WTA 250 Clay
Margaret Court 6-3 6-1 Betty Stove Match data Jan 28, 1973* SF Los Angeles WTA 500 Carpet
Margaret Court 6-2 6-2 Betty Stove Match data Jan 20, 1973* R16 San Francisco WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 6-4 7-6(2) Betty Stove Match data Nov 18, 1972* SF London WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 7-5 4-6 6-0 Betty Stove Match data Nov 5, 1972* SF Port Talbot WTA 250 Carpet

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
Margaret Court — #6 — 2,520 613 64 90.5% 11 0 0 4 78 93
Betty Stove — #7 — 2,175 419 307 57.7% 0 0 0 0 8 8

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 Margaret Court Betty Stove
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
24 — — — — — — — 1969 27–14 65.9% — 1,639 0 2
25 1968 103–12 89.6% — 2,039 0 13 1970 18–20 47.4% — 1,708 0 2
26 1969 103–6 94.5% — 2,236 3 32 1971 51–29 63.8% — 1,800 0 4
27 1970 114–6 95.0% — 2,355 7 54 1972 46–25 64.8% — 1,967 0 7
28 1971 56–4 93.3% — 2,369 8 63 1973 38–28 57.6% — 1,923 0 8
29 1972 57–6 90.5% — 2,400 8 72 1974 24–20 54.5% — 1,958 0 8
30 1973 105–7 93.8% — 2,489 11 90 1975 17–18 48.6% — 1,962 0 8
31 1974 12–2 85.7% — 2,461 11 91 1976 37–20 64.9% #7 2,113 0 8
32 1975 40–13 75.5% #6 2,281 11 92 1977 46–25 64.8% #7 2,078 0 8
33 1976 7–1 87.5% — 2,291 11 93 1978 51–24 68.0% #9 2,079 0 8
34 1977 16–7 69.6% — 2,272 11 93 1979 26–24 52.0% — 1,906 0 8
35 — — — — — — — 1980 24–23 51.1% — 1,840 0 8
36 — — — — — — — 1981 5–20 20.0% — 1,695 0 8
37 — — — — — — — 1982 9–15 37.5% — 1,673 0 8
38 — — — — — — — 1983 0–2 0.0% — 1,631 0 8

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 Margaret Court Betty Stove
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 %
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1969 — — — — 8 6 14 57.1% 8 6 14 57.1% 11 2 13 84.6%
25 1968 16 1 17 94.1% 19 3 22 86.4% 50 7 57 87.7% 18 1 19 94.7% 1970 1 4 5 20.0% 7 7 14 50.0% 6 4 10 60.0% 4 5 9 44.4%
26 1969 14 2 16 87.5% 32 3 35 91.4% 57 1 58 98.3% — — — — 1971 2 2 4 50.0% 20 8 28 71.4% 24 12 36 66.7% 5 6 11 45.5%
27 1970 10 1 11 90.9% 37 2 39 94.9% 58 3 61 95.1% 9 0 9 100.0% 1972 5 3 8 62.5% 8 6 14 57.1% 20 6 26 76.9% 12 10 22 54.5%
28 1971 11 0 11 100.0% 12 1 13 92.3% 33 3 36 91.7% — — — — 1973 6 4 10 60.0% 19 9 28 67.9% 4 5 9 44.4% 9 10 19 47.4%
29 1972 9 1 10 90.0% 14 4 18 77.8% 14 1 15 93.3% 20 0 20 100.0% 1974 5 4 9 55.6% 10 5 15 66.7% 2 3 5 40.0% 7 8 15 46.7%
30 1973 11 1 12 91.7% 26 2 28 92.9% 30 3 33 90.9% 38 1 39 97.4% 1975 2 6 8 25.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 9 9 18 50.0%
31 1974 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — 1976 7 3 10 70.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 13 4 17 76.5% 15 11 26 57.7%
32 1975 8 2 10 80.0% 9 4 13 69.2% 7 2 9 77.8% 16 5 21 76.2% 1977 10 5 15 66.7% 6 3 9 66.7% 11 6 17 64.7% 19 11 30 63.3%
33 1976 — — — — — — — — 7 1 8 87.5% — — — — 1978 12 8 20 60.0% — — — — 5 2 7 71.4% 34 14 48 70.8%
34 1977 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — 13 5 18 72.2% 1979 10 6 16 62.5% 5 3 8 62.5% 5 2 7 71.4% 6 13 19 31.6%
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 16 6 22 72.7% 6 10 16 37.5%
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1981 3 6 9 33.3% 0 3 3 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 7 7 0.0%
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 0 4 4 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 7 5 12 58.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 — — — — — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
Career — 85 11 96 88.5% 149 19 168 88.7% 265 22 287 92.3% 114 12 126 90.5% — 64 60 124 51.6% 90 60 150 60.0% 127 68 195 65.1% 137 118 255 53.7%

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 Margaret Court Betty Stove
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
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1969 1640 122.6 — — — — +178 -76 -43 66.3% +1.17 5–7 (42%) — — +3.66
25 1968 2040 150.5 — — — — +188 -205 +56 85.6% +2.92 11–6 (65%) — — -1.63 1970 1708 123.3 — — — — -25 -123 -13 46.5% -0.17 6–6 (50%) — — -0.85
26 1969 2236 164.8 — — — — +59 -84 +189 88.7% +3.22 14–4 (78%) — — -2.85 1971 1801 147.0 — — — — -99 +35 +44 61.5% +0.86 12–16 (43%) 7–1 (88%) 102.6 -1.34
27 1970 2355 173.5 — — — — +48 -52 +213 90.7% +3.49 12–5 (71%) 1–3 (25%) 97.1 -4.22 1972 1968 154.8 — — — — -73 -37 +44 61.5% +0.73 14–7 (67%) 7–4 (64%) 110.1 -8.46
28 1971 2369 169.0 — — — — +30 -26 +160 88.2% +3.13 7–0 (100%) 6–2 (75%) 108.0 -1.84 1973 1923 154.1 — — — — +22 +28 +18 55.8% +0.50 9–8 (53%) 6–8 (43%) 98.5 -10.56
29 1972 2400 174.0 — — — — +195 -94 +121 88.1% +3.13 5–1 (83%) 3–2 (60%) 102.9 -4.10 1974 1959 153.1 — — — — +1 +50 -54 54.2% +0.23 6–6 (50%) 4–3 (57%) 99.6 -8.42
30 1973 2489 175.9 — — — — +187 -49 +77 86.9% +2.92 22–4 (85%) 13–5 (72%) 109.4 -3.51 1975 1962 152.1 — — — — -51 +59 -20 48.8% -0.22 8–8 (50%) 5–2 (71%) 103.9 -5.12
31 1974 2462 149.5 — — — — +159 — +110 75.9% +2.14 3–0 (100%) 0–1 — -0.89 1976 2113 163.8 — — — — -54 -123 -13 62.5% +1.06 8–8 (50%) 5–4 (56%) 104.9 -9.18
32 1975 2281 167.2 — — — — +118 +62 +182 75.7% +1.94 4–5 (44%) 4–1 (80%) 95.4 -3.63 1977 2078 163.2 — — — — +22 -51 +44 60.6% +0.81 11–8 (58%) 4–5 (44%) 98.6 -6.05
33 1976 2292 138.0 — — — — — — +198 77.8% +1.83 2–0 1–1 — -0.89 1978 2079 160.1 — — — — +19 — +45 62.4% +0.65 13–6 (68%) 11–8 (58%) 104.1 -5.92
34 1977 2272 150.9 — — — — +123 — — 67.3% +1.31 6–1 (86%) 4–1 (80%) 102.9 -2.72 1979 1906 150.9 — — — — -21 +107 +207 53.6% +0.27 5–7 (42%) 7–5 (58%) 96.3 -2.23
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 1840 138.2 — — — — -135 +125 +271 51.4% -0.10 5–8 (38%) 9–6 (60%) 98.0 -4.97
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1981 1696 131.6 — — — — -29 +176 +306 28.3% -1.50 3–7 (30%) 1–1 — -3.67
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 1674 118.5 — — — — -128 +120 +244 39.6% -0.49 2–5 (29%) 4–4 (50%) 93.3 -1.88
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1632 88.3 — — — — — — — 0.0% -4.25 — — — +0.30
Career — 2521 171.5 — — — — +142 -72 +145 86.0% +2.95 86–26 (77%) 32–16 (67%) 109.0 -3.94 — 2176 155.5 — — — — -18 +6 +77 56.2% +0.43 107–107 (50%) 70–51 (58%) 103.1 -9.01

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.