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Nancy Yeargin

USA Age 71 Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1972–1984

Nancy Yeargin represented the United States on the WTA Tour. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 42–73 and no singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

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Elo peak

1667 (52nd percentile)

Singles record

42–73 (36.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$64,527

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 →

Nancy Yeargin's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Anne Minter #89	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 27, 1984*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Susan Leo	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 5, 1984*	R32	Miami Open	WTA 250	Clay
Martina Navratilova #1	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 23, 1984*	R32	East Hanover	WTA 250	Carpet
Terry Holladay	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 4, 1984*	QF	Indianapolis Indoors	WTA 250	Hard
Etsuko Inoue #76	6-4 5-7 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Feb 3, 1984*	R16	Indianapolis Indoors	WTA 250	Hard

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Nancy Yeargin's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Candy Reynolds	4	1	5	Jan 5, 1984	H2H
Jodi Appelbaum	1	2	3	Jul 24, 1981	H2H
Martina Navratilova	0	2	2	Feb 23, 1984	H2H
Etsuko Inoue	1	1	2	Feb 3, 1984	H2H
Hana Mandlikova	0	2	2	Sep 1, 1983	H2H

Career Results

Nancy Yeargin career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	17	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1974	19	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1975	20	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—
1976	21	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
1977	22	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1978	23	7	3	10	70.0%	—	—
1979	24	2	6	8	25.0%	—	—
1980	25	2	8	10	20.0%	—	—
1981	26	6	7	13	46.2%	—	—
1982	27	11	17	28	39.3%	—	—
1983	28	8	15	23	34.8%	—	—
1984	29	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—
Career		42	73	115	36.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Nancy Yeargin 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 %
1972	17	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1974	19	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1975	20	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	4	4	0.0%
1976	21	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1977	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1978	23	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	6	1	7	85.7%	—	—	—	—	7	3	10	70.0%
1979	24	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%
1980	25	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
1981	26	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	7	13	46.2%
1982	27	4	4	8	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	11	17	28	39.3%
1983	28	3	7	10	30.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	8	15	23	34.8%
1984	29	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
Career	—	11	21	32	34.4%	1	11	12	8.3%	23	23	46	50.0%	3	12	15	20.0%	42	73	115	36.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Nancy Yeargin career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1984	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	0	0	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
Career		0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	0	0	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 6/115 (5.2%) of Nancy Yeargin's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Nancy Yeargin 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
1972	17	1484	97.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.23
1974	19	1453	96.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.36
1975	20	1411	92.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11.1%	-3.00	0–1	0–1	—	+0.17
1976	21	1431	102.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	55.6%	-0.33	0–1	—	—	+0.09
1977	22	1439	112.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	—	—	—	-0.27
1978	23	1554	127.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	+103	65.2%	+1.39	2–1 (67%)	0–2	—	+0.90
1979	24	1534	102.7	—	—	—	—	+33	—	—	23.5%	-1.47	1–0	—	—	+0.63
1980	25	1490	105.7	—	—	—	—	-15	—	+123	22.7%	-1.14	1–1	1–5 (17%)	—	+0.35
1981	26	1568	127.4	—	—	—	—	-36	—	+97	46.4%	+0.21	1–1	2–0	—	+0.18
1982	27	1638	118.5	—	—	—	—	-118	—	+49	38.7%	-0.87	4–2 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	104.4	-0.53
1983	28	1557	103.8	—	—	—	—	-52	—	+122	36.5%	-1.13	3–3 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	101.5	+2.29
1984	29	1552	109.3	—	—	—	—	-32	—	—	33.3%	-1.28	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	+0.22
Career		1667	117.6	—	—	—	—	-53	—	+89	37.3%	-0.79	14–11 (56%)	10–12 (45%)	104.9	+4.02

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Nancy Yeargin Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1976	21	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1979	24	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1980	25	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1981	26	R32	—	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1982	27	R64	—	R64	R32	3–3 (50%)
1983	28	—	R128	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1984	29	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	2–6 (25%)	5–13 (28%)

WTA 500

Nancy Yeargin WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	CAN	CAR	SYD	W-L Win %
1980	25	—	R64	R32	—	0–2 (0%)
1981	26	—	—	—	R16	2–1 (67%)
1982	27	R16	—	—	R64	2–2 (50%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–5 (44%)

WTA 250

Nancy Yeargin WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	DAL	EAS	MIA	NAP	QUE	BEC	BIR	BOS	CHA	CHI	DET	EAS	HAV	HER	HIL	HOL	MAH	NAS	OAK	ORL	PEN	PER	PHI	PHO	PIT	RAL	SEA	ST.	STU	SUR	TAM	WIL	W-L Win %
1972	17	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1974	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1975	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	0–4 (0%)
1976	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1977	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1978	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	SF	—	—	7–3 (70%)
1979	24	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1980	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1981	26	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	3–4 (43%)
1982	27	R32	R64	R64	—	—	—	R32	QF	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	6–12 (33%)
1983	28	R32	—	R64	—	R16	R16	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	7–12 (37%)
1984	29	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–5 (50%)	6–2 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	5–1 (83%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	33–55 (38%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

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Career-high date

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First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

No ranking history available.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Nancy Yeargin?: Nancy Yeargin is 71 years old, born on May 22, 1955.
Which country does Nancy Yeargin represent?: Nancy Yeargin represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Nancy Yeargin left-handed or right-handed?: Nancy Yeargin plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Nancy Yeargin won?: Nancy Yeargin has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Nancy Yeargin won?: TennisDB does not group any of Nancy Yeargin's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Nancy Yeargin's career win-loss record?: Nancy Yeargin has a career WTA singles record of 42 wins and 73 losses (36.5%).
How much career prize money has Nancy Yeargin earned?: Nancy Yeargin has earned at least $64,527 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Nancy Yeargin's career appear in TennisDB?: Nancy Yeargin appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1972 through 1984.
On which surface does Nancy Yeargin have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Nancy Yeargin's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 50.0% (23–23).
Who has Nancy Yeargin faced most often?: Nancy Yeargin's most frequent opponent is Candy Reynolds, with a head-to-head record of 4–1 across 5 meetings.