Career 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 Too close to call — 4–4 on categories Appel wins on titles. Nagelsen’s case rests on games won. WTA Tour career: Appel 174 matches, Nagelsen 638 matches.
Appel has 3 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Nagelsen’s 7 titles (one every 25 matches). Nagelsen averages 10.9 games won a match to Appel’s 9.8 (10% more). Appel averages 10.3 games lost a match to Nagelsen’s 11.4. Longevity: Nagelsen has 638 matches across 23 seasons, Appel 174 in 11 — 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 3 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 7 total · best 1
9.8 1,711 total · best 23 Games wonper game 10.9 6,926 total · best 20
46.0 Sets won % 47.3
48.8 Games won % 48.8
0.1 8 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 13 total · best 1
1.1 183 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 716 total · best 2
Head to head 2 3 matches since 1976 1
Carpet · 2 matches Appel 1 Nagelsen 1 Hard · 1 match Appel 1 Nagelsen 0 Last meetings 27 Oct 1980 · Stockholm · Round of 32 · Carpet Appel won 6-3 6-1 23 Oct 1978 · Filderstadt · Round of 32 · Carpet Nagelsen won 2-6 6-3 6-4 26 Jan 1976 · McAllen Futures · Quarterfinal · Hard Appel won 6-2 7-6 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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