Billie Jean King Career Statistics - Grand Slam Singles Records - United States Championships/Open

United States Championships/Open

King's overall win-loss record at the United States Championships/Open was 63–14 .818 in 18 years (1959–1969, 1971–1974, 1977, 1979, 1982). She was 55–11 on grass, 5–2 on hard courts, and 3–1 on clay. (Her win total does not include any first round byes. Her loss total includes two retirements.)

King was 4–2 in finals, 6–1 in semifinals, and 7–3 in quarterfinals.

King was 8–4 in three set matches, 55–10 in two set matches, and 4–1 in deuce third sets, i.e., sets that were tied 5–5 before being resolved.

King was seeded 14 times out of the 18 years she entered the tournament.

  • Seeded #1 in 1973 (lost third round), 1972 (champion), 1971 (champion), 1968 (losing finalist), 1967 (champion).
  • Seeded #2 in 1974 (champion), 1966 (lost second round).
  • Seeded #3 in 1969 (quarterfinalist), 1964 (quarterfinalist), 1963 (lost fourth round).
  • Seeded #5 in 1965 (losing finalist).
  • Seeded #7 in 1977 (quarterfinalist).
  • Seeded #9 in 1979 (semifinalist).
  • Seeded #12 in 1982 (lost first round).
  • Unseeded in 1962 (lost first round), 1961 (lost second round), 1960 (lost third round), 1959 (lost first round).

King was 12–8 .600 against seeded players and 51–6 .895 against unseeded players.

  • Versus #1 seeds, King was 0–3 (Chris Evert (1979 and 1977), Margaret Court (1965)).
  • Versus #2 seeds, King was 3–0 (Rosemary Casals (1971), Ann Haydon-Jones (1967), Maria Bueno 1965).
  • Versus #3 seeds, King was 1–0 (Ann Haydon-Jones (1965)).
  • Versus #4 seeds, King was 1–1 (win: Virginia Wade (1979); loss: Christine Truman Janes (1961)).
  • Versus #5 seeds, King was 3–1 (wins: Evonne Goolagong Cawley (1974), Margaret Court (1972), Maria Bueno (1968); loss: Nancy Richey Gunter (1964)).
  • Versus #6 seeds, King was 1–2 (win: Rosemary Casals (1974); losses: Nancy Richey Gunter (1969), Virginia Wade (1968)).
  • Versus #7 seeds, King was 0–1 (Bernice Carr Vukovich (1960)).
  • Versus #8 seeds, King was 1–0 (Virginia Wade (1972)).
  • Versus #9 seeds, King was 2–0 (Kerry Melville Reid (1977 and 1972)).

Against her major rivals at the United States Championships/Open, King was 3–1 versus Virginia Wade, 2–0 versus Maria Bueno, 2–0 versus Ann Haydon-Jones, 2–0 versus Rosemary Casals, 1–0 versus Evonne Goolagong Cawley, 1–0 versus Françoise Dürr, 1–1 versus Margaret Court, 1–2 versus Chris Evert, 0–1 versus Christine Truman Janes, and 0–2 versus Nancy Richey Gunter.

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