Career 1991 1990 1989 1988 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 Rosie Casals takes it, 8–1 on categories Casals wins on sets lost. Nagelsen’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Nagelsen 638 matches, Casals 945 matches.
Nagelsen has 7 titles (one every 25 matches) to Casals’ 14 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Casals averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Nagelsen’s 1.3. Casals has the better sets won %: 61.5 to Nagelsen’s 47.3. Winners’ edge: Casals’s team won 64%, Nagelsen’s team won 46% of the matches they played. Longevity: Casals has 945 matches across 23 seasons, Nagelsen 638 in 23 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals, masters/1000 matches…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 7 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 14 total · best 1
10.9 6,926 total · best 20 Games wonper game 11.4 10,757 total · best 20
47.3 Sets won % 61.5
48.8 Games won % 55.0
0.0 13 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 52 total · best 1
1.1 716 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.4 1,312 total · best 2
Head to head 3 9 matches since 1974 6
Hard · 3 matches Nagelsen 0 Casals 3 Clay · 3 matches Nagelsen 1 Casals 2 Grass · 2 matches Nagelsen 2 Casals 0 Carpet · 1 match Nagelsen 0 Casals 1 Grand Slams · 4 matches Nagelsen 2 Casals 2 Last meetings 27 Aug 1985 · US Open · Round of 128 · Hard Casals won 1-0 ret. 25 June 1984 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · Grass Nagelsen won 6-3 6-1 22 Aug 1983 · Mahwah · Round of 64 · Hard Casals won 4-6 6-4 6-3 30 Jan 1983 · Palm Beach · Round of 32 · Clay Nagelsen won 6-3 6-4 21 Sept 1981 · Atlanta · Round of 16 · Hard Casals won 6-3 7-5 24 Nov 1980 · Australian Open · Round of 64 · Grass Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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