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

Margaret Court vs Virginia Wade H2H: 23-3

Margaret Court holds a 23–3 lead over Virginia Wade in their WTA head-to-head. Across 26 main-draw meetings, Margaret Court leads 9–1 on carpet and 7–0 on grass. Most recently, Margaret Court won the 1977 Hollywood semifinal 6-4 7-6.

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Margaret Court
AUS Age 84 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"
H2H
23 – 3
26 main-draw meetings
Virginia Wade
GBR Age 81 Right-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Margaret Court 6-4 7-6 Virginia Wade Match data Jan 15, 1977* SF Hollywood WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 6-3 Virginia Wade Match data Jan 27, 1975 BR Washington Open WTA 250 Hard
Margaret Court 7-6 7-6 Virginia Wade Match data Sep 8, 1973* QF US Open Grand Slam Grass
Margaret Court 6-2 6-4 Virginia Wade Match data Jul 15, 1973* F Dublin WTA 250 Hard
Margaret Court 6-1 6-1 Virginia Wade Match data Nov 19, 1972* F London WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 2-6 6-3 6-1 Virginia Wade Match data Nov 12, 1972* F Torquay WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 6-3 6-4 Virginia Wade Match data Nov 6, 1972* F Port Talbot WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 6-3 3-6 7-5 Virginia Wade Match data Oct 30, 1972* F Edingburgh WTA 250 Carpet
Virginia Wade 6-3 1-6 6-3 Margaret Court Match data Aug 20, 1972* SF Canadian Open WTA 250 Clay
Margaret Court 4-6 6-2 6-0 Virginia Wade Match data Apr 3, 1971* SF Durban WTA 250 Hard
Margaret Court 6-1 6-2 Virginia Wade Match data Jan 5, 1971* F Perth WTA 250 Grass
Margaret Court 6-2 6-3 Virginia Wade Match data May 3, 1970* F Bournemouth WTA 250 Clay
Margaret Court 7-5 6-1 Virginia Wade Match data Mar 27, 1970* SF South African Open WTA 250 Hard
Margaret Court 6-3 6-3 Virginia Wade Match data Feb 15, 1970* F New York WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 7-5 6-0 Virginia Wade Match data Sep 8, 1969* SF US Open Grand Slam Grass
Margaret Court 4-6 6-3 6-0 Virginia Wade Match data Aug 22, 1969* F Chestnut Hill WTA 250 Grass
Margaret Court 6-4 6-4 Virginia Wade Match data Aug 17, 1969* F Haverford WTA 250 Grass
Virginia Wade 6-3 6-4 Margaret Court Match data Nov 27, 1968* F London WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 10-8 6-1 Virginia Wade Match data Nov 17, 1968* F Queen's Indoors WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 12-10 8-6 Virginia Wade Match data Nov 10, 1968* F Torquay WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 6-3 4-6 6-4 Virginia Wade Match data Nov 3, 1968* F Port Talbot WTA 250 Carpet
Margaret Court 6-2 6-4 Virginia Wade Match data Jul 21, 1968* F Hoylake WTA 250 Grass
Margaret Court 6-4 4-6 6-4 Virginia Wade Match data Jun 10, 1968* F Manchester WTA 250 Grass
Margaret Court 6-3 6-2 Virginia Wade Match data May 5, 1968* F Hurlingham WTA 250 Clay
Margaret Court 6-4 6-4 Virginia Wade Match data Apr 7, 1968* F South African Open WTA 250 Hard
Virginia Wade 6-4 7-5 Margaret Court Match data Mar 27, 1968* F Kampala 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
Margaret Court — #6 — 2,520 613 64 90.5% 11 0 0 4 78 93
Virginia Wade #138 #2 — 2,326 865 313 73.4% 3 0 0 2 48 53

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 Virginia Wade
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
22 — — — — — — — 1968 85–19 81.7% — 1,940 1 4
23 — — — — — — — 1969 82–18 82.0% — 2,122 1 11
24 — — — — — — — 1970 69–22 75.8% — 2,090 1 16
25 1968 103–12 89.6% — 2,039 0 13 1971 63–14 81.8% — 2,177 1 24
26 1969 103–6 94.5% — 2,236 3 32 1972 76–24 76.0% — 2,145 2 29
27 1970 114–6 95.0% — 2,355 7 54 1973 63–16 79.7% — 2,163 2 35
28 1971 56–4 93.3% — 2,369 8 63 1974 60–16 78.9% — 2,202 2 40
29 1972 57–6 90.5% — 2,400 8 72 1975 65–14 82.3% #2 2,324 2 46
30 1973 105–7 93.8% — 2,489 11 90 1976 48–17 73.8% #3 2,266 2 48
31 1974 12–2 85.7% — 2,461 11 91 1977 50–18 73.5% #4 2,272 3 50
32 1975 40–13 75.5% #6 2,280 11 92 1978 69–25 73.4% #4 2,251 3 53
33 1976 7–1 87.5% — 2,289 11 93 1979 51–26 66.2% #8 2,069 3 53
34 1977 16–7 69.6% — 2,268 11 93 1980 30–21 58.8% — 1,872 3 53
35 — — — — — — — 1981 25–21 54.3% — 1,820 3 53
36 — — — — — — — 1982 6–13 31.6% — 1,746 3 53
37 — — — — — — — 1983 10–9 52.6% — 1,787 3 53
38 — — — — — — — 1984 6–11 35.3% #61 1,728 3 53
39 — — — — — — — 1985 7–9 43.8% #62 1,711 3 53

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 Virginia Wade
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 %
22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1968 22 5 27 81.5% 22 6 28 78.6% 17 4 21 81.0% 22 4 26 84.6%
23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1969 20 4 24 83.3% 18 6 24 75.0% 26 6 32 81.3% 18 2 20 90.0%
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1970 8 1 9 88.9% 21 7 28 75.0% 20 7 27 74.1% 20 7 27 74.1%
25 1968 16 1 17 94.1% 19 3 22 86.4% 50 7 57 87.7% 18 1 19 94.7% 1971 13 3 16 81.3% 19 4 23 82.6% 14 4 18 77.8% 17 3 20 85.0%
26 1969 14 2 16 87.5% 32 3 35 91.4% 57 1 58 98.3% — — — — 1972 6 1 7 85.7% 15 7 22 68.2% 29 8 37 78.4% 26 8 34 76.5%
27 1970 10 1 11 90.9% 37 2 39 94.9% 58 3 61 95.1% 9 0 9 100.0% 1973 12 2 14 85.7% 14 6 20 70.0% 18 6 24 75.0% 19 2 21 90.5%
28 1971 11 0 11 100.0% 12 1 13 92.3% 33 3 36 91.7% — — — — 1974 13 2 15 86.7% 10 3 13 76.9% 14 5 19 73.7% 23 6 29 79.3%
29 1972 9 1 10 90.0% 14 4 18 77.8% 14 1 15 93.3% 20 0 20 100.0% 1975 22 6 28 78.6% 10 3 13 76.9% 9 1 10 90.0% 24 4 28 85.7%
30 1973 11 1 12 91.7% 26 2 28 92.9% 30 3 33 90.9% 38 1 39 97.4% 1976 4 4 8 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 10 2 12 83.3% 33 10 43 76.7%
31 1974 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 9 1 10 90.0% — — — — 1977 9 3 12 75.0% 5 2 7 71.4% 10 1 11 90.9% 26 12 38 68.4%
32 1975 8 2 10 80.0% 9 4 13 69.2% 7 2 9 77.8% 16 5 21 76.2% 1978 29 7 36 80.6% — — — — 12 3 15 80.0% 28 15 43 65.1%
33 1976 — — — — — — — — 7 1 8 87.5% — — — — 1979 19 8 27 70.4% 1 2 3 33.3% 9 3 12 75.0% 22 13 35 62.9%
34 1977 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — 13 5 18 72.2% 1980 2 4 6 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% 20 11 31 64.5%
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1981 8 4 12 66.7% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 13 10 23 56.5%
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 3 4 7 42.9% 2 5 7 28.6% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 2 2 0.0%
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1 1 2 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 7 3 10 70.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 1 1 2 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 4 6 33.3%
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 3 3 6 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 3 3 6 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
Career — 85 11 96 88.5% 149 19 168 88.7% 265 22 287 92.3% 114 12 126 90.5% — 195 63 258 75.6% 149 67 216 69.0% 206 68 274 75.2% 313 115 428 73.1%

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 Virginia Wade
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
22 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1968 1941 139.9 — — — — +231 -179 -48 76.3% +2.05 16–6 (73%) — — -3.62
23 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1969 2123 150.9 — — — — +277 -251 -28 79.4% +2.10 10–8 (56%) — — -6.09
24 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1970 2091 154.6 — — — — +193 -118 +28 71.2% +1.54 13–7 (65%) 3–2 (60%) 101.5 -9.67
25 1968 2040 150.5 — — — — +188 -205 +56 85.6% +2.92 11–6 (65%) — — -1.63 1971 2177 159.9 — — — — +99 -65 -32 77.7% +2.05 15–5 (75%) 10–1 (91%) 110.7 -4.40
26 1969 2236 164.8 — — — — +59 -84 +189 88.7% +3.22 14–4 (78%) — — -2.85 1972 2146 164.1 — — — — +197 -62 +12 73.6% +1.91 9–9 (50%) 4–7 (36%) 93.0 -6.10
27 1970 2355 173.5 — — — — +48 -52 +213 90.7% +3.49 12–5 (71%) 1–3 (25%) 97.1 -4.22 1973 2163 164.2 — — — — +178 -120 +32 77.2% +2.30 8–5 (62%) 3–4 (43%) 95.9 -3.17
28 1971 2369 169.0 — — — — +30 -26 +160 88.2% +3.13 7–0 (100%) 6–2 (75%) 108.0 -1.84 1974 2203 161.1 — — — — +186 -154 -74 75.6% +1.87 13–7 (65%) 10–4 (71%) 100.5 -7.22
29 1972 2400 174.0 — — — — +195 -94 +121 88.1% +3.13 5–1 (83%) 3–2 (60%) 102.9 -4.05 1975 2324 169.2 — — — — +73 -200 -121 76.2% +1.83 16–4 (80%) 5–8 (38%) 102.4 -6.74
30 1973 2489 175.9 — — — — +187 -49 +77 86.9% +2.92 22–4 (85%) 13–5 (72%) 109.4 -3.54 1976 2267 165.3 — — — — +93 — -21 66.7% +1.12 14–6 (70%) 7–7 (50%) 98.8 -6.74
31 1974 2462 149.5 — — — — +158 — +109 75.9% +2.14 3–0 (100%) 0–1 — -0.89 1977 2273 169.3 — — — — +19 -205 +88 71.6% +1.68 8–2 (80%) 5–5 (50%) 104.2 -7.33
32 1975 2280 167.2 — — — — +119 +62 +182 75.7% +1.94 4–5 (44%) 4–1 (80%) 95.4 -3.42 1978 2252 167.0 — — — — +51 — +76 70.0% +1.40 16–8 (67%) 11–8 (58%) 101.2 -6.47
33 1976 2290 137.7 — — — — — — +202 77.8% +1.83 2–0 1–1 — -0.88 1979 2070 163.2 — — — — +32 -41 +200 67.1% +1.16 5–8 (38%) 9–3 (75%) 96.6 -3.31
34 1977 2268 150.4 — — — — +124 — — 67.3% +1.31 6–1 (86%) 4–1 (80%) 102.9 -2.67 1980 1873 153.0 — — — — +108 +111 +320 55.6% +0.31 10–9 (53%) 10–8 (56%) 92.3 -1.39
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1981 1821 137.9 — — — — +64 +114 +265 53.7% +0.38 10–8 (56%) 3–7 (30%) 92.4 -0.06
36 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1982 1747 125.1 — — — — +79 +77 +259 34.8% -1.15 4–4 (50%) 2–3 (40%) 96.8 -2.86
37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1983 1788 124.5 — — — — +12 +1 +221 48.9% -0.20 5–2 (71%) 4–1 (80%) 103.2 -0.60
38 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 1729 127.2 — — — — +32 — +204 41.9% -0.84 3–6 (33%) 1–1 — -0.64
39 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 1711 118.5 — — — — +4 -4 +186 44.4% -0.72 4–2 (67%) 1–2 (33%) 100.6 -0.46
Career — 2521 171.5 — — — — +142 -72 +145 86.0% +2.95 86–26 (77%) 32–16 (67%) 109.0 -3.90 — 2327 162.6 — — — — +117 -111 +35 70.0% +1.48 179–106 (63%) 88–71 (55%) 97.5 -6.60

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.