Career 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 Too close to call — 5–4 on categories Tenney wins on titles. Nagelsen’s case rests on games won. WTA Tour career: Tenney 154 matches, Nagelsen 638 matches.
Tenney has 2 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Nagelsen’s 7 titles (one every 25 matches). Nagelsen averages 10.9 games won a match to Tenney’s 9.8 (11% more). Nagelsen averages 1.1 sets won a match to Tenney’s 1.0 (13% more). Longevity: Nagelsen has 638 matches across 23 seasons, Tenney 154 in 10 — 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 2 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 7 total · best 1
9.8 1,502 total · best 18 Games wonper game 10.9 6,926 total · best 20
44.3 Sets won % 47.3
48.4 Games won % 48.8
0.1 6 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 13 total · best 1
1.0 152 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 716 total · best 2
Head to head 2 4 matches 2
Carpet · 1 match 0 1 Hard · 1 match 1 0 Grass · 1 match 0 1 Clay · 1 match 1 0 Grand Slams · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 13 Sept 1976 · Atlanta · Round of 64 · Carpet 6-3 4-6 7-6(4) 16 Feb 1976 · Austin Futures · Round of 16 · Hard 7-5 6-4 24 June 1974 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · Grass 6-1 8-9 6-4 16 Apr 1973 · St Petersburg · Round of 32 · Clay 6-2 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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