Career 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 Betsy Nagelsen takes it, 5–2 on categories Nagelsen wins on games won. WTA Tour career: Tenney 94 matches, Nagelsen 638 matches.
Nagelsen averages 10.9 games won a match to Tenney’s 8.7 (24% more). Nagelsen averages 1.1 sets won a match to Tenney’s 0.8 (47% more). Nagelsen has the better sets won %: 47.3 to Tenney’s 34.1. Best single match: Nagelsen 20 games won, Tenney 19. Winners’ edge: Nagelsen’s team won 46%, Tenney’s team won 31% of the matches they played. Longevity: Nagelsen has 638 matches across 23 seasons, Tenney 94 in 6 — 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.
– Titlesper game 0.0 7 total · best 1
8.7 821 total · best 19 Games wonper game 10.9 6,926 total · best 20
34.1 Sets won % 47.3
44.4 Games won % 48.8
– Finalsper game 0.0 13 total · best 1
0.8 71 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 716 total · best 2
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Head to head 1 4 matches since 1974 3
Clay · 2 matches Tenney 0 Nagelsen 2 Hard · 1 match Tenney 0 Nagelsen 1 Last meetings 26 Jan 1976 · McAllen Futures · Round of 16 · Hard Nagelsen won 7-5 7-6 19 Aug 1975 · Westchester · Round of 64 · Clay Nagelsen won 6-1 6-2 14 July 1975 · Annapolis · Quarterfinal Tenney won 6-2 4-6 6-4 25 Feb 1974 · Winter Haven · Semifinal · Clay Nagelsen won 6-3 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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