Career 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 Joanne Russell takes it, 8–1 on categories Russell wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Russell 410 matches, Nagelsen 638 matches.
Russell has 5 titles (one every 20 matches) to Nagelsen’s 7 titles (one every 25 matches). Russell averages 1.2 sets lost a match to Nagelsen’s 1.3. Longevity: Nagelsen has 638 matches across 23 seasons, Russell 410 in 16 — 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 5 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 7 total · best 1
10.7 4,374 total · best 21 Games wonper game 10.9 6,926 total · best 20
49.0 Sets won % 47.3
49.7 Games won % 48.8
0.1 9 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.0 13 total · best 1
1.1 464 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.1 716 total · best 2
Head to head 3 8 matches 5
Carpet · 3 matches 2 1 Clay · 2 matches 1 1 Grass · 2 matches 0 2 Hard · 1 match 0 1 Last meetings 20 Jan 1986 · Wichita · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-2 4-6 6-1 4 Mar 1985 · Indianapolis 1 · Quarterfinal · Hard 6-4 6-4 22 Jan 1983 · Marco Island · Round of 64 · Clay 7-6 6-7 6-2 4 Jan 1982 · Washington · Round of 32 · Carpet 3-6 7-5 6-4 8 June 1981 · Surbiton · Quarterfinal · Grass 6-4 6-0 9 Oct 1978 · Minneapolis · Round of 32 · Carpet 6-4 3-6 6-3 12 June 1977 · Edinburgh · Round of 16 · Grass Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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