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Elise Burgin

USA Age 64 Plays: Left-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1980–1993

Elise Burgin represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 27. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 132–165 and one singles title. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak singles rank

27 (Jan 6, 1986)

Elo peak

1846 (81st percentile)

Singles record

132–165 (44.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$825,452

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 →

Elise Burgin's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Christina Singer #116	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 28, 1993*	R64	Stratton Mountain	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Marianne Werdel Witmeyer	6-2 1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 3, 1993*	R64	Delray Beach	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard
Jennifer Capriati #7	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 13, 1992*	R16	Philadelphia	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Carpet
Robin White #54	6-2 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Nov 12, 1992*	R32	Philadelphia	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Carpet
Catarina Lindqvist Ryan	2-6 6-4 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 19, 1992*	R64	Canadian Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard

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Elise Burgin's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Zina Garrison	1	6	7	Apr 17, 1992	H2H
Terry Phelps	1	6	7	Jan 4, 1990	H2H
Lori Mcneil	2	5	7	Aug 30, 1989	H2H
Bettina Bunge	2	5	7	Mar 19, 1987	H2H
Helena Sukova	0	6	6	Nov 3, 1988	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Elise Burgin 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
1986	24	1	—	—	1	—	—	Charleston Open
Total		1	—	—	1	—	—

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

Career Results

Elise Burgin career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1980	18	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1981	19	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—
1982	20	7	10	17	41.2%	—	—
1983	21	13	9	22	59.1%	—	—
1984	22	9	15	24	37.5%	43	51
1985	23	29	23	52	55.8%	51	52
1986	24	25	22	47	53.2%	27	40
1987	25	17	21	38	44.7%	41	66
1988	26	5	12	17	29.4%	69	108
1989	27	16	19	35	45.7%	107	62
1990	28	7	19	26	26.9%	62	149
1991	29	0	3	3	0.0%	151	299
1992	30	2	5	7	28.6%	299	166
1993	31	0	2	2	0.0%	166	400
Career		132	165	297	44.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Elise Burgin 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 %
1980	18	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1981	19	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%
1982	20	6	6	12	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	10	17	41.2%
1983	21	10	4	14	71.4%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	13	9	22	59.1%
1984	22	3	6	9	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	15	24	37.5%
1985	23	11	8	19	57.9%	8	6	14	57.1%	9	6	15	60.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	29	23	52	55.8%
1986	24	10	7	17	58.8%	10	5	15	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	25	22	47	53.2%
1987	25	4	6	10	40.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	8	5	13	61.5%	1	5	6	16.7%	17	21	38	44.7%
1988	26	5	7	12	41.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	12	17	29.4%
1989	27	9	11	20	45.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	16	19	35	45.7%
1990	28	5	12	17	29.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	19	26	26.9%
1991	29	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1992	30	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	5	7	28.6%
1993	31	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	64	77	141	45.4%	34	30	64	53.1%	26	34	60	43.3%	8	24	32	25.0%	132	165	297	44.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Elise Burgin 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	22	0	4	4	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	0	—	—	6	11	17	35.3%
1985	23	3	8	11	27.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	0	0	—	—	8	11	19	42.1%
1986	24	0	6	6	0.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	9	6	15	60.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	11	20	31	35.5%
1987	25	0	4	4	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	3	9	12	25.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	11	19	30	36.7%
1988	26	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	8	10	20.0%
1989	27	0	5	5	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	7	5	12	58.3%	4	1	5	80.0%	13	16	29	44.8%
1990	28	0	3	3	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	4	9	13	30.8%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	17	22	22.7%
1991	29	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1992	30	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	2	3	5	40.0%
1993	31	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		3	33	36	8.3%	8	32	40	20.0%	33	36	69	47.8%	14	7	21	66.7%	58	108	166	34.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 166/297 (55.9%) of Elise Burgin's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Elise Burgin 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
1980	18	1476	93.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	+0.20
1981	19	1509	111.3	—	—	—	—	+69	—	—	45.5%	-0.64	0–1	—	—	-0.26
1982	20	1584	111.4	—	—	—	—	+15	—	—	37.8%	-1.19	3–2 (60%)	4–1 (80%)	105.6	-0.34
1983	21	1743	128.0	—	—	—	—	+6	—	-177	54.0%	+0.10	5–1 (83%)	2–0	—	-0.95
1984	22	1716	125.3	—	—	—	—	-22	—	-103	37.5%	-0.88	5–3 (63%)	4–1 (80%)	105.2	-2.38
1985	23	1773	137.6	—	—	—	—	-63	-51	-73	51.7%	+0.03	11–5 (69%)	6–8 (43%)	106.3	-1.48
1986	24	1776	142.7	—	—	—	—	-21	+19	-104	53.2%	+0.25	7–8 (47%)	4–4 (50%)	98.8	-2.16
1987	25	1703	130.2	—	—	—	—	-19	+39	+12	45.2%	-0.32	4–6 (40%)	5–4 (56%)	98.4	-1.73
1988	26	1629	115.8	—	—	—	—	+13	—	+21	33.3%	-1.18	2–5 (29%)	2–3 (40%)	95.2	-0.25
1989	27	1701	132.4	—	—	—	—	-21	+34	-81	47.6%	-0.30	5–7 (42%)	1–3 (25%)	96.1	-1.05
1990	28	1569	112.5	—	—	—	—	-10	+144	+32	32.8%	-1.49	5–6 (45%)	4–4 (50%)	97.2	-1.68
1991	29	1528	99.7	—	—	—	—	-19	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.25
1992	30	1524	109.4	—	—	—	—	0	+174	—	37.5%	-1.50	0–2	—	—	+0.25
1993	31	1496	97.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-3.00	0–1	—	—	+0.02
Career		1846	134.3	—	—	—	—	-16	+27	-61	44.7%	-0.47	47–47 (50%)	32–28 (53%)	102.8	-3.91

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Elise Burgin Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1980	18	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1981	19	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
1982	20	—	—	R128	R16	3–2 (60%)
1983	21	—	—	R64	R64	2–2 (50%)
1984	22	R64	—	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1985	23	R64	R64	R32	R32	5–4 (56%)
1986	24	—	R64	R32	R32	5–3 (62%)
1987	25	R64	R128	R32	R64	3–4 (43%)
1988	26	—	R128	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1989	27	R32	R64	R64	R64	5–4 (56%)
1990	28	R64	R64	R128	R128	2–4 (33%)
1991	29	R128	—	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L		3–6 (33%)	4–6 (40%)	9–9 (50%)	13–12 (52%)	29–33 (47%)

WTA 1000

Elise Burgin WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	BER	CAN	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	28	R32	R64	R128	1–3 (25%)
1992	30	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)

WTA 500

Elise Burgin WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	EAS	HOU	NAP	SDG	WAS	AME	BOC	CAN	CHA	HIL	LOS	MAN	PHI	STR	STR	SYD	WOR	W-L Win %
1982	20	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1983	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–1 (80%)
1984	22	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	3–4 (43%)
1985	23	QF	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	10–7 (59%)
1986	24	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	W	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	8–3 (73%)
1987	25	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	8–6 (57%)
1988	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
1989	27	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	0–4 (0%)
1990	28	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–4 (0%)
1992	30	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
1993	31	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		6–4 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	7–6 (54%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	36–38 (49%)

WTA 250

Elise Burgin WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	BRI	DAL	EAS	GEN	HOU	NAP	NWP	SDG	TKY	WAS	ALB	AME	BIR	BOC	BRE	BRI	CHI	POR	FOR	HER	HIL	KEY	LUG	MAH	MAN	MAR	NEW	OAK	OKL	PHO	PRI	RIC	SCO	SEA	SYD	TAM	WIC	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1980	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1981	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1982	20	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1983	21	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
1984	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	4–8 (33%)
1985	23	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	F	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	14–12 (54%)
1986	24	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	—	12–16 (43%)
1987	25	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R64	R16	R64	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	6–11 (35%)
1988	26	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–7 (36%)
1989	27	—	R16	—	R16	R64	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	11–11 (50%)
1990	28	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	4–8 (33%)
1991	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	30	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	1–7 (12%)	2–2 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	7–5 (58%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	6–7 (46%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–3 (25%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–4 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	7–2 (78%)	1–1 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	66–90 (42%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 6, 1986

First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Elise Burgin ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	22	42	38	36	42	44	45	45	67	69	44	43	51
1985	23	52	52	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	24	27	30	31	27	30	37	39	41	35	37	35	40
1987	25	38	39	42	52	51	46	46	51	64	62	65	66
1988	26	78	81	63	66	84	112	138	179	102	97	104	108
1989	27	89	81	87	90	89	74	78	87	73	65	62	62
1990	28	60	62	68	70	80	78	86	89	154	163	150	149
1991	29	177	197	199	212	237	284	278	267	275	216	294	299
1992	30	293	292	300	190	194	191	186	170	175	218	162	166
1993	31	166	161	156	196	205	216	214	244	240	—	395	400
1994	32	400	491	—	—	768	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Similar Players

Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Elise Burgin's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Andrea Leand	USA	27	1,881	1	187	83	104	44.4%	1981–1994	Match log
Camille Benjamin	USA	27	1,820	0	400	177	223	44.3%	1982–1994	Match log
Wendy White	USA	28	1,856	1	350	161	189	46.0%	1978–1992	Match log
Sabrina Goles	YUG	27	1,843	1	233	114	119	48.9%	1983–1990	Match log
Beth Herr	USA	31	1,766	1	235	107	128	45.5%	1981–1990	Match log
Etsuko Inoue	JPN	26	1,803	2	253	120	133	47.4%	1980–1990	Match log
Elna Reinach	RSA	26	1,863	1	316	145	171	45.9%	1984–1995	Match log
Halle Cioffi	USA	31	1,765	1	186	88	98	47.3%	1985–1993	Match log
Emanuela Zardo	SUI	27	1,756	1	144	69	75	47.9%	1987–1995	Match log
Susan Mascarin	USA	32	1,797	1	255	113	142	44.3%	1979–1988	Match log
Manon Bollegraf	NED	29	1,782	1	216	96	120	44.4%	1986–1995	Match log
Betsy Nagelsen	USA	25	1,890	6	590	266	324	45.1%	1972–1994	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Elise Burgin?: Elise Burgin is 64 years old, born on March 5, 1962.
Which country does Elise Burgin represent?: Elise Burgin represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Elise Burgin left-handed or right-handed?: Elise Burgin plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Elise Burgin won?: Elise Burgin has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Elise Burgin won?: TennisDB does not group any of Elise Burgin's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Elise Burgin won?: Elise Burgin has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Charleston in 1986.
What is Elise Burgin's highest WTA ranking?: Elise Burgin's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 27, first achieved on January 6, 1986.
What is Elise Burgin's career win-loss record?: Elise Burgin has a career WTA singles record of 132 wins and 165 losses (44.4%).
How much career prize money has Elise Burgin earned?: Elise Burgin has earned at least $825,452 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Elise Burgin's career appear in TennisDB?: Elise Burgin appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1980 through 1993.
On which surface does Elise Burgin have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Elise Burgin's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 53.1% (34–30).
Who has Elise Burgin faced most often?: Elise Burgin's most frequent opponent is Zina Garrison, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.