Career 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 Jeanne Evert takes it, 8–1 on categories Evert wins on titles. Nagelsen’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Evert 239 matches, Nagelsen 638 matches.
Evert has 10 titles (one every 16.7 matches) to Nagelsen’s 7 titles (one every 25 matches). Evert averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Nagelsen’s 1.3. Evert averages 9.7 games lost a match to Nagelsen’s 11.4. Winners’ edge: Evert’s team won 57%, Nagelsen’s team won 46% of the matches they played. Longevity: Nagelsen has 638 matches across 23 seasons, Evert 239 in 8 — 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 10 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 7 total · best 1
10.3 2,465 total · best 20 Games wonper game 10.9 6,926 total · best 20
54.9 Sets won % 47.3
51.4 Games won % 48.8
0.1 15 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 13 total · best 1
1.2 296 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 716 total · best 2
Head to head 0 4 matches since 1975 4
Hard · 2 matches Evert 0 Nagelsen 2 Clay · 2 matches Evert 0 Nagelsen 2 Last meetings 21 Aug 1978 · Mahwah · Round of 16 · Hard Nagelsen won 6-2 6-1 22 May 1978 · Rome · Round of 32 · Clay Nagelsen won 6-1 6-4 24 Aug 1976 · Westchester · Round of 32 · Clay Nagelsen won 3-6 6-2 6-2 15 Sept 1975 · Atlanta · Round of 64 · Hard Nagelsen won 6-3 1-6 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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