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Glynis Coles

GBR Born Feb 20, 1954 173 cm / 5'8" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1970–1986

Glynis Coles represented the United Kingdom on the WTA Tour. TennisDB's records show a 145–192 record in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 1970 through 1986 and 3 recorded singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is also incomplete.

Peak singles rank

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Elo peak

1829 (79th percentile)

Singles record

145–192 (43.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$115,617

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Glynis Coles's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Carling Bassett Seguso	6-1 5-7 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1986*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Patricia Medrado	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 2, 1982*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Mareen Louie Harper	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 25, 1982*	R64	Mahwah	WTA 250	Hard
Barbara Rossi	1-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 28, 1982*	R64	San Diego	WTA 500	Hard
Duk Hee Lee	6-4 4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 1982*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

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Glynis Coles's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Virginia Ruzici	4	2	6	Feb 4, 1982	H2H
Virginia Wade	0	6	6	Mar 30, 1978	H2H
Laura Dupont	1	4	5	Nov 23, 1979	H2H
Lesley Hunt	2	3	5	Oct 26, 1978	H2H
Evonne Goolagong	0	5	5	Nov 24, 1977	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Glynis Coles singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1973	19	2	—	—	—	2	—	Bastad, Manchester
1975	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Gstaad
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Glynis Coles career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1970	16	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1971	17	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—
1972	18	15	15	30	50.0%	—	—
1973	19	32	19	51	62.8%	—	—
1974	20	21	23	44	47.7%	—	—
1975	21	26	21	47	55.3%	—	—
1976	22	13	20	33	39.4%	—	—
1977	23	13	19	32	40.6%	—	—
1978	24	8	18	26	30.8%	—	—
1979	25	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—
1980	26	4	20	24	16.7%	—	—
1981	27	7	12	19	36.8%	—	—
1982	28	0	11	11	0.0%	—	—
1986	32	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		145	192	337	43.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Glynis Coles career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1970	16	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1971	17	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
1972	18	—	—	—	—	5	4	9	55.6%	8	8	16	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	15	15	30	50.0%
1973	19	1	1	2	50.0%	11	8	19	57.9%	13	6	19	68.4%	7	4	11	63.6%	32	19	51	62.7%
1974	20	1	2	3	33.3%	8	9	17	47.1%	4	5	9	44.4%	6	6	12	50.0%	21	23	44	47.7%
1975	21	2	3	5	40.0%	16	10	26	61.5%	6	4	10	60.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	26	21	47	55.3%
1976	22	2	3	5	40.0%	8	9	17	47.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	13	20	33	39.4%
1977	23	2	3	5	40.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	13	19	32	40.6%
1978	24	3	6	9	33.3%	3	5	8	37.5%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	8	18	26	30.8%
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1980	26	1	6	7	14.3%	0	5	5	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	4	20	24	16.7%
1981	27	3	3	6	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	5	7	28.6%	7	12	19	36.8%
1982	28	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	11	11	0.0%
1986	32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	15	30	45	33.3%	59	67	126	46.8%	35	41	76	46.1%	30	50	80	37.5%	145	192	337	43.0%

Advanced Stats

Glynis Coles advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1970	16	1484	98.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.15
1971	17	1477	107.5	—	—	—	—	—	+18	—	29.4%	-1.53	0–1	—	—	-0.08
1972	18	1596	123.8	—	—	—	—	-44	-42	+3	46.6%	-0.12	1–1	1–3 (25%)	—	+0.62
1973	19	1795	138.7	—	—	—	—	-82	-146	-24	59.8%	+0.77	7–3 (70%)	3–3 (50%)	105.2	+3.27
1974	20	1694	129.5	—	—	—	—	+21	-45	+27	44.8%	-0.37	7–7 (50%)	6–4 (60%)	100.5	-0.55
1975	21	1781	139.8	—	—	—	—	-63	-41	+17	54.6%	+0.27	9–7 (56%)	3–6 (33%)	102.5	-3.69
1976	22	1720	129.7	—	—	—	—	-28	-16	—	41.9%	-0.85	3–5 (38%)	3–1 (75%)	100.2	-2.19
1977	23	1673	128.2	—	—	—	—	-20	+15	+56	46.5%	-0.30	4–7 (36%)	3–2 (60%)	96.1	+0.29
1978	24	1556	112.0	—	—	—	—	+32	+67	+101	37.9%	-0.67	0–6 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	92.8	+1.50
1979	25	1601	112.8	—	—	—	—	+33	—	+38	37.5%	-1.37	3–1 (75%)	3–1 (75%)	103.8	-0.19
1980	26	1461	99.9	—	—	—	—	+28	+53	—	23.6%	-1.89	2–5 (29%)	0–2	—	+1.35
1981	27	1554	119.2	—	—	—	—	+46	-54	+102	36.6%	-1.61	2–1 (67%)	1–0	—	+0.48
1982	28	1475	93.2	—	—	—	—	+5	-45	—	12.0%	-2.60	0–3 (0%)	0–1	—	-0.67
1986	32	1473	102.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	—	—	-0.16
Career		1829	130.6	—	—	—	—	-5	-36	+16	44.1%	-0.47	38–48 (44%)	26–25 (51%)	98.1	+0.04

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Glynis Coles Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1971	17	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1972	18	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1973	19	R16	R64	R16	R64	3–4 (43%)
1974	20	—	R32	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1975	21	R64	R64	R16	R64	2–4 (33%)
1976	22	—	R32	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1977	23	—	R64	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1978	24	—	R64	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1979	25	—	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1980	26	—	R64	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1981	27	—	R64	R32	R32	4–3 (57%)
1982	28	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1986	32	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	2–9 (18%)	7–13 (35%)	4–8 (33%)	14–32 (30%)

WTA 500

Glynis Coles WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	BRI	PAR	SDG	SPB	WAS	CHA	CAN	POR	CHA	LOS	SYD	SYD	W-L Win %
1972	18	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1973	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	2–1 (67%)
1974	20	R16	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	3–4 (43%)
1975	21	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1976	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1981	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1982	28	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	11–16 (41%)

WTA 250

Glynis Coles WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	AUC	BAD	BAR	CIN	DAL	EAS	GST	HAM	HOU	KIT	MC	MEL	NAP	QUE	ITA	SDG	TKY	WAS	AKR	AME	AMS	BEC	BIL	BOS	BOU	BRI	CAN	CAR	CHA	CHI	CHI	COL	DEE	DEN	DET	DUR	EDI	EDI	FOR	GUI	GYM	HAM	HOB	JAC	LAN	LAS	LIT	LON	LON	MAH	MAN	MEN	MIL	MIN	MIS	MON	NIC	NIC	NIC	NOT	OLD	ORL	PEN	PER	PER	PER	PHI	PHO	PIT	POR	SAN	SAN	SAN	SAR	SEA	SHE	SOU	STU	SUT	TAL	TOR	WES	W-L Win %
1970	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1971	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1972	18	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	13–13 (50%)
1973	19	—	—	—	W	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R64	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	27–14 (66%)
1974	20	—	—	—	QF	F	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	F	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17–17 (50%)
1975	21	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	W	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	22–15 (59%)
1976	22	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	11–16 (41%)
1977	23	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	12–15 (44%)
1978	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	8–14 (36%)
1979	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1980	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–15 (21%)
1981	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–7 (12%)
1982	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–7 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	4–5 (44%)	4–0 (100%)	4–3 (57%)	0–2 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–7 (22%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	9–5 (64%)	2–4 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	3–1 (75%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	7–3 (70%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	6–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–0 (100%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	120–144 (45%)

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Ranking History Matrix

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Data coverage: Weekly WTA ranking snapshots are unavailable before 1984. Audited official No. 1 change dates and year-end Top 10 ranks are included, but weekly counts and ranks outside those anchors remain incomplete. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is also incomplete; recorded win-loss totals, surface splits and head-to-head counts may understate actual results.

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Glynis Coles born?: Glynis Coles was born on February 20, 1954.
Which country did Glynis Coles represent?: Glynis Coles represented United Kingdom in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Glynis Coles?: Glynis Coles is 173 cm / 5'8".
Is Glynis Coles left-handed or right-handed?: Glynis Coles plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Glynis Coles won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Glynis Coles in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Glynis Coles won?: TennisDB does not group any of Glynis Coles's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Glynis Coles won?: TennisDB records 3 WTA singles titles for Glynis Coles across all categories. The most recent was Gstaad in 1975.
What is Glynis Coles' career win-loss record?: Glynis Coles has 145 wins and 192 losses (43.0%) in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 1970 through 1986.
How much career prize money has Glynis Coles earned?: Glynis Coles has earned at least $115,617 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Glynis Coles's career appear in TennisDB?: Glynis Coles appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1970 through 1986.
On which surface does Glynis Coles have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Glynis Coles's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 46.8% (59–67).
Who has Glynis Coles faced most often?: Glynis Coles' most frequent opponent is Virginia Ruzici, with a head-to-head record of 4–2 across 6 meetings.