Samantha Stosur

WTA best since 2003 #4

Elo peak23542013-10-19

Grand Slams19 career titles

42 yrs · 175 cm · right-handed, two-handed backhand · 519–385 career · last 2022-05-15

Samantha Stosur won 1 Grand Slam and 9 tour titles, peaked at 2354 Elo in October 2013, last played 2022-05-15. Career record 519–385.

Elo — overall & by surface

Overall

1119#2118

Hard

1248#2421

Clay

1475#1504

Grass

1538#1006

Glicko-2 — rating & deviation

Overall

1219#1407

Hard

1322#1888

Clay

974#3190

Grass

1219#1561

Rating deviation ±198.4 — lower means more certain.

Honours · career

Grand Slams1

Career titles9

Finals reached25

Best WTA rank since 2003#4

1 US Open Official ranking snapshots begin in 2003, so best rank and weeks at No. 1 are counted from there and any earlier peak is not seen.

Career

Peak Elo2354 2013-10-19

Overall W–L519–385 57%

Hard311–253 55%

Clay152–83 65%

Grass47–43 52%

Record covers 2002 onward — the ratings dataset does not reach the start of this career (2000).

Pressure · career

Finals9–16 36%

Deciding set142–127 53%

Tie-breaks108–112 49%

Deciding-set tie-breaks14–16 47%

After winning set 1425–65 87%

After losing set 161–307 17%

Vs No. 14–8 33%

Vs Top 519–42 31%

Vs Top 1034–78 30%

Retirements and walkovers are excluded — a deciding set that ended because someone stopped playing is not a deciding set won. Vs Top N uses the opponent’s official ranking that week, so it counts from 2003.

Serve & return · career rates

1st serve in60.9%

Won behind 1st67.5%

Won behind 2nd48.7%

Break points saved59.2%

Break points converted44.6%

Return points won42.1%

Aces per match4.2

Double faults per match3.3

From 736 tour-level matches with point-by-point statistics on file. Rates rather than totals, because the statistics table does not cover every match played.