Career 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 Nancy Richey takes it, 8–1 on categories Richey wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Richey 431 matches, Casals 945 matches.
Richey has 27 titles (one every 10 matches) to Casals’ 14 titles (one every 33.3 matches). Richey averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Casals’ 0.9. Richey averages 7.9 games lost a match to Casals’ 9.3. Winners’ edge: Richey’s team won 76%, Casals’s team won 64% of the matches they played. Longevity: Casals has 945 matches across 23 seasons, Richey 431 in 11 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam titles, 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 27 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 14 total · best 1
0.0 1 total · best 1 Grand Slam titlesper game –
12.0 5,179 total · best 20 Games wonper game 11.4 10,757 total · best 20
72.2 Sets won % 61.5
60.3 Games won % 55.0
0.1 43 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 52 total · best 1
Head to head 12 20 matches since 1968 8
Carpet · 6 matches Richey 3 Casals 3 Hard · 6 matches Richey 4 Casals 2 Clay · 6 matches Richey 4 Casals 2 Grass · 2 matches Richey 1 Casals 1 Grand Slams · 2 matches Richey 1 Casals 1 Finals · 3 matches Richey 1 Casals 2 Last meetings 17 Jan 1977 · Houston · Round of 32 · Carpet Casals won 4-6 7-5 6-2 12 Jan 1976 · Houston · Bronze medal match · Hard Casals won 8-7(3) 22 Sept 1975 · Denver · Quarterfinal · Carpet Richey won 7-6(4) 6-2 21 Jan 1974 · Mission Viejo · Quarterfinal · Hard Richey won 6-7(2) 6-2 6-1 14 Jan 1974 · San Francisco · Quarterfinal · Hard Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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