Career 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 Betsy Nagelsen takes it, 6–2 on categories Nagelsen wins on games won. Smith’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Smith 185 matches, Nagelsen 638 matches.
Smith has 1 title (one every 9.1 matches) to Nagelsen’s 7 titles (one every 25 matches). Nagelsen averages 10.9 games won a match to Smith’s 9.4 (16% more). Nagelsen averages 1.1 sets won a match to Smith’s 0.9 (30% more). Winners’ edge: Nagelsen’s team won 46%, Smith’s team won 33% of the matches they played. Longevity: Nagelsen has 638 matches across 23 seasons, Smith 185 in 14 — 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.
0.1 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 7 total · best 1
9.4 1,730 total · best 18 Games wonper game 10.9 6,926 total · best 20
37.3 Sets won % 47.3
45.0 Games won % 48.8
0.1 1 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 13 total · best 1
0.9 159 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 716 total · best 2
Head to head 1 5 matches 4
Hard · 2 matches 0 2 Grass · 1 match 0 1 Carpet · 1 match 0 1 Clay · 1 match 1 0 Last meetings 21 Nov 1983 · Sydney · Round of 64 · Grass 6-0 4-6 6-1 21 July 1980 · Richmond · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-4 6-1 14 July 1980 · Montreal · Round of 32 · Hard 4-6 6-2 6-3 14 Aug 1978 · Toronto · Round of 32 · Hard 6-2 4-6 7-6 7 Aug 1978 · Indianapolis · Round of 64 · Clay 3-6 7-5 6-1 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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