H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Margaret Court vs Sue Barker H2H: 2-0

Margaret Court holds a 2–0 lead over Sue Barker in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Margaret Court leads 2–0 on grass. Most recently, Margaret Court won the 1976 Melbourne final 6-2 6-2.

Want to explore more matchups? Advanced rivalry search lets you browse current and historical rivalries, unbeaten records, or every matchup for a player.

Margaret Court
AUS Age 84 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Sue Barker
GBR Age 70 Right-Handed 165 cm / 5'5"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Margaret Court 6-2 6-2 Sue Barker Match data Dec 13, 1976* F Melbourne WTA 250 Grass
Margaret Court 4-6 6-1 6-3 Sue Barker Match data Dec 13, 1974* R16 Perth WTA 250 Grass

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
Sue Barker #162 #5 — 2,262 381 217 63.7% 1 0 0 3 18 22

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 Sue Barker
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 — — — — — — — 1970 1–1 50.0% — 1,513 0 0
15 — — — — — — — 1971 1–1 50.0% — 1,526 0 0
16 — — — — — — — 1972 3–2 60.0% — 1,542 0 0
17 — — — — — — — 1973 8–6 57.1% — 1,569 0 1
18 — — — — — — — 1974 40–20 66.7% — 1,764 0 6
19 — — — — — — — 1975 50–19 72.5% — 1,969 0 11
20 — — — — — — — 1976 64–23 73.6% #10 2,065 1 14
21 — — — — — — — 1977 51–18 73.9% #5 2,142 1 16
22 — — — — — — — 1978 16–14 53.3% — 1,936 1 17
23 — — — — — — — 1979 54–24 69.2% #10 2,022 1 20
24 — — — — — — — 1980 34–18 65.4% — 1,930 1 20
25 1968 103–12 89.6% — 2,039 0 13 1981 28–18 60.9% — 1,958 1 21
26 1969 103–6 94.5% — 2,236 3 32 1982 11–19 36.7% — 1,804 1 21
27 1970 114–6 95.0% — 2,355 7 54 1983 18–20 47.4% — 1,750 1 22
28 1971 56–4 93.3% — 2,369 8 63 1984 2–14 12.5% #57 1,555 1 22
29 1972 57–6 90.5% — 2,400 8 72 — — — — — — —
30 1973 105–7 93.8% — 2,489 11 90 — — — — — — —
31 1974 12–2 85.7% — 2,461 11 91 — — — — — — —
32 1975 40–13 75.5% #6 2,280 11 92 — — — — — — —
33 1976 7–1 87.5% — 2,289 11 93 — — — — — — —
34 1977 16–7 69.6% — 2,268 11 93 — — — — — — —

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 Sue Barker
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 %
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1970 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1971 — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1972 — — — — — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0%
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1973 — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 1 1 2 50.0% 10 5 15 66.7% 19 9 28 67.9% 2 3 5 40.0%
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975 4 3 7 57.1% 18 6 24 75.0% 21 6 27 77.8% 7 4 11 63.6%
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976 2 2 4 50.0% 25 5 30 83.3% 16 5 21 76.2% 21 11 32 65.6%
21 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 5 6 11 45.5% 2 1 3 66.7% 14 5 19 73.7% 30 6 36 83.3%
22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 5 3 8 62.5% 6 8 14 42.9%
23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979 12 6 18 66.7% 2 2 4 50.0% 22 6 28 78.6% 15 10 25 60.0%
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 2 2 4 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 13 6 19 68.4% 14 8 22 63.6%
25 1968 16 1 17 94.1% 19 3 22 86.4% 50 7 57 87.7% 18 1 19 94.7% 1981 6 4 10 60.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 9 5 14 64.3% 9 6 15 60.0%
26 1969 14 2 16 87.5% 32 3 35 91.4% 57 1 58 98.3% — — — — 1982 1 2 3 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 3 6 9 33.3% 3 8 11 27.3%
27 1970 10 1 11 90.9% 37 2 39 94.9% 58 3 61 95.1% 9 0 9 100.0% 1983 7 5 12 58.3% 2 5 7 28.6% 5 4 9 55.6% 3 6 9 33.3%
28 1971 11 0 11 100.0% 12 1 13 92.3% 33 3 36 91.7% — — — — 1984 0 5 5 0.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0%
29 1972 9 1 10 90.0% 14 4 18 77.8% 14 1 15 93.3% 20 0 20 100.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 1973 11 1 12 91.7% 26 2 28 92.9% 30 3 33 90.9% 38 1 39 97.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 1974 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 1975 8 2 10 80.0% 9 4 13 69.2% 7 2 9 77.8% 16 5 21 76.2% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 1976 — — — — — — — — 7 1 8 87.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 1977 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — 13 5 18 72.2% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 85 11 96 88.5% 149 19 168 88.7% 265 22 287 92.3% 114 12 126 90.5% — 42 39 81 51.9% 70 36 106 66.0% 133 64 197 67.5% 113 75 188 60.1%

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 Sue Barker
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
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1970 1514 108.5 — — — — — — — 50.0% +0.50 — — — -0.03
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1971 1526 105.0 — — — — — — — 50.0% 0.00 — — — +0.11
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1972 1542 113.2 — — — — — — +27 63.6% +1.00 0–1 1–0 — +1.44
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1973 1569 110.1 — — — — — -23 -31 58.6% +0.65 0–3 (0%) — — +1.95
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 1765 135.9 — — — — -151 -87 -21 63.0% +1.02 7–4 (64%) 5–5 (50%) 105.3 +3.79
19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975 1970 154.9 — — — — -139 -87 -18 71.3% +1.42 7–4 (64%) 7–1 (88%) 107.6 -2.41
20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976 2065 160.2 — — — — -34 -14 -12 68.2% +1.32 17–7 (71%) 6–6 (50%) 110.0 -4.93
21 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 2143 167.0 — — — — +151 -94 -79 72.9% +1.56 10–4 (71%) 11–3 (79%) 108.3 -7.72
22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 1937 142.1 — — — — +44 — +82 57.6% +0.97 1–4 (20%) 3–7 (30%) 90.7 -1.00
23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1979 2022 162.5 — — — — +44 -17 +25 66.3% +1.16 9–13 (41%) 8–5 (62%) 92.1 -4.06
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1980 1930 145.7 — — — — +28 — +103 63.8% +1.04 6–6 (50%) 5–2 (71%) 96.5 +0.09
25 1968 2040 150.5 — — — — +188 -205 +56 85.6% +2.92 11–6 (65%) — — -1.63 1981 1958 149.2 — — — — +21 -1 +64 57.1% +0.36 14–8 (64%) 10–2 (83%) 109.0 -3.65
26 1969 2236 164.8 — — — — +59 -84 +189 88.7% +3.22 14–4 (78%) — — -2.85 1982 1804 134.1 — — — — +60 +89 +86 37.7% -0.84 5–4 (56%) 0–1 — -3.09
27 1970 2355 173.5 — — — — +48 -52 +213 90.7% +3.49 12–5 (71%) 1–3 (25%) 97.1 -4.22 1983 1751 132.8 — — — — +74 +55 +125 48.9% -0.30 5–7 (42%) 7–2 (78%) 99.3 +0.35
28 1971 2369 169.0 — — — — +30 -26 +160 88.2% +3.13 7–0 (100%) 6–2 (75%) 108.0 -1.84 1984 1555 94.1 — — — — +107 +140 +248 12.5% -2.37 2–0 0–3 (0%) — +0.91
29 1972 2400 174.0 — — — — +195 -94 +121 88.1% +3.13 5–1 (83%) 3–2 (60%) 102.9 -4.05 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 1973 2489 175.9 — — — — +187 -49 +77 86.9% +2.92 22–4 (85%) 13–5 (72%) 109.4 -3.54 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 1974 2462 149.5 — — — — +158 — +109 75.9% +2.14 3–0 (100%) 0–1 — -0.89 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 1975 2280 167.2 — — — — +119 +62 +182 75.7% +1.94 4–5 (44%) 4–1 (80%) 95.4 -3.42 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
33 1976 2290 137.7 — — — — — — +202 77.8% +1.83 2–0 1–1 — -0.88 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
34 1977 2268 150.4 — — — — +124 — — 67.3% +1.31 6–1 (86%) 4–1 (80%) 102.9 -2.67 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2521 171.5 — — — — +142 -72 +145 86.0% +2.95 86–26 (77%) 32–16 (67%) 109.0 -3.90 — 2263 155.4 — — — — +36 -26 +24 61.8% +0.84 83–65 (56%) 63–37 (63%) 106.4 -3.08

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.