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Terry Phelps

USA Age 59 WTA Tour years active: 1982–1990

Terry Phelps represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 20. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 188–171 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

20 (May 26, 1986)

Elo peak

1870 (83rd percentile)

Singles record

188–171 (52.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$586,311

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 →

Terry Phelps's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Natalia Medvedeva #79	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 29, 1990*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Bettina Fulco #111	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 1990*	R32	Schenectady	Tier V → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Zina Garrison #5	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 11, 1990*	QF	San Diego	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Renata Baranski	6-2 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 10, 1990*	R16	San Diego	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard
Gretchen Magers #24	3-6 6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 9, 1990*	R32	San Diego	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Hard

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Terry Phelps's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Elise Burgin	6	1	7	Jan 4, 1990	H2H
Zina Garrison	0	6	6	Aug 11, 1990	H2H
Judith Wiesner	2	4	6	Mar 19, 1990	H2H
Martina Navratilova	0	6	6	Aug 11, 1989	H2H
Raffaella Reggi Concato	3	3	6	Jan 13, 1989	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Terry Phelps 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
1982	15	1	—	—	—	1	—	Erie
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Terry Phelps career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1982	15	10	3	13	76.9%	—	—
1983	16	9	15	24	37.5%	—	—
1984	17	30	25	55	54.6%	53	26
1985	18	25	22	47	53.2%	26	26
1986	19	33	26	59	55.9%	29	21
1987	20	24	22	46	52.2%	21	48
1988	21	25	20	45	55.6%	48	49
1989	22	20	21	41	48.8%	49	48
1990	23	12	17	29	41.4%	48	97
Career		188	171	359	52.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Terry Phelps 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 %
1982	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	10	3	13	76.9%
1983	16	5	7	12	41.7%	3	5	8	37.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	9	15	24	37.5%
1984	17	9	7	16	56.3%	12	9	21	57.1%	4	4	8	50.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	30	25	55	54.5%
1985	18	8	8	16	50.0%	13	8	21	61.9%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	4	7	42.9%	25	22	47	53.2%
1986	19	11	7	18	61.1%	8	6	14	57.1%	3	2	5	60.0%	11	11	22	50.0%	33	26	59	55.9%
1987	20	13	11	24	54.2%	9	4	13	69.2%	2	4	6	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	24	22	46	52.2%
1988	21	20	11	31	64.5%	2	5	7	28.6%	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	25	20	45	55.6%
1989	22	16	13	29	55.2%	3	5	8	37.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	20	21	41	48.8%
1990	23	10	10	20	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	12	17	29	41.4%
Career	—	92	74	166	55.4%	50	44	94	53.2%	15	23	38	39.5%	22	28	50	44.0%	188	171	359	52.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Terry Phelps 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	17	0	4	4	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	7	6	13	53.8%	3	0	3	100.0%	16	16	32	50.0%
1985	18	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	4	7	11	36.4%
1986	19	0	10	10	0.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	12	6	18	66.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	23	21	44	52.3%
1987	20	0	3	3	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	7	9	16	43.8%	8	4	12	66.7%	15	18	33	45.5%
1988	21	0	8	8	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	8	5	13	61.5%	8	1	9	88.9%	17	20	37	45.9%
1989	22	2	4	6	33.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	10	8	18	55.6%	1	5	6	16.7%	15	18	33	45.5%
1990	23	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	1	3	4	25.0%	7	15	22	31.8%
Career		2	35	37	5.4%	18	24	42	42.9%	52	42	94	55.3%	25	14	39	64.1%	97	115	212	45.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 212/359 (59.1%) of Terry Phelps's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Terry Phelps 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
1982	15	1635	127.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	70.0%	+1.60	3–1 (75%)	1–1	—	-0.35
1983	16	1632	118.2	—	—	—	—	-17	-65	—	39.3%	-0.75	4–4 (50%)	1–0	—	-0.62
1984	17	1792	137.0	—	—	—	—	-51	-87	-181	51.5%	+0.16	14–8 (64%)	5–6 (45%)	108.5	-1.35
1985	18	1785	137.0	—	—	—	—	-18	-22	-206	53.7%	+0.21	6–8 (43%)	6–4 (60%)	101.4	-0.20
1986	19	1814	147.3	—	—	—	—	+22	-28	-197	54.1%	+0.18	10–7 (59%)	4–6 (40%)	98.8	-2.73
1987	20	1677	131.3	—	—	—	—	+11	+131	-91	55.4%	+0.63	3–8 (27%)	3–7 (30%)	89.9	+4.52
1988	21	1782	139.2	—	—	—	—	+18	-35	-165	51.0%	+0.47	9–1 (90%)	3–5 (38%)	106.4	+0.27
1989	22	1721	142.9	—	—	—	—	+81	-29	-131	50.5%	-0.15	6–9 (40%)	5–5 (50%)	97.5	-1.97
1990	23	1643	118.3	—	—	—	—	+74	—	-57	40.6%	-0.86	4–2 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	102.9	-0.26
Career		1870	141.5	—	—	—	—	+18	-21	-149	51.5%	+0.14	59–48 (55%)	32–37 (46%)	102.5	-0.75

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Terry Phelps Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1983	16	—	R128	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1984	17	—	R128	R128	R128	0–3 (0%)
1985	18	—	QF	R64	R32	7–3 (70%)
1986	19	—	R32	R32	R64	5–3 (62%)
1987	20	R64	R32	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1988	21	—	R128	R32	R16	5–3 (62%)
1989	22	R128	R128	R64	R32	3–4 (43%)
1990	23	R64	R128	R64	R128	2–4 (33%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	8–8 (50%)	7–8 (47%)	11–8 (58%)	27–27 (50%)

WTA 1000

Terry Phelps WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CHI	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	23	R32	R32	R64	R32	3–4 (43%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–4 (43%)

WTA 500

Terry Phelps WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	DLB	EAS	IW	NAP	ITA	SDG	TKY	WAS	AME	BER	BOC	CAN	HIL	KEY	LOS	MAN	STR	SYD	W-L Win %
1983	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1984	17	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	10–5 (67%)
1985	18	—	R128	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	6–7 (46%)
1986	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1987	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	4–3 (57%)
1988	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	R64	QF	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	8–6 (57%)
1989	22	R64	—	—	R16	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	R16	—	—	SF	10–8 (56%)
1990	23	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	4–3 (57%)	4–4 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	10–6 (62%)	3–3 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	44–37 (54%)

WTA 250

Terry Phelps WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	BRI	CIN	DAL	EAS	HOU	NAP	NWP	SDG	TKY	WAS	AME	APT	BIR	BOC	BRI	CHI	DEE	ERI	FAY	POR	FOR	HAR	HER	HIL	HIT	KEY	LIT	LUG	MAH	MAN	MAR	NEW	OAK	PAL	PER	PHO	PRI	RIC	RID	SAN	SAN	SAR	SCH	SYD	TAM	WEL	WOR	W-L Win %
1982	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	10–3 (77%)
1983	16	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	6–11 (35%)
1984	17	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	R16	R16	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20–17 (54%)
1985	18	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	12–12 (50%)
1986	19	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	QF	—	—	R16	R16	R32	—	—	QF	R16	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	R64	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	25–18 (58%)
1987	20	—	F	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	R32	QF	SF	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	17–15 (53%)
1988	21	—	QF	—	R16	—	R64	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	R32	QF	—	12–11 (52%)
1989	22	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R128	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–9 (44%)
1990	23	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	5–5 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	6–2 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	4–5 (44%)	0–2 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	2–4 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	5–3 (62%)	3–1 (75%)	2–4 (33%)	7–3 (70%)	4–3 (57%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	6–5 (55%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	114–101 (53%)

WTA Finals

Terry Phelps WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1986	19	R16	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

May 26, 1986

First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Mar 19, 1984

First Top 20

May 26, 1986

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Terry Phelps ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	17	54	53	50	47	51	42	44	37	35	28	26	26
1985	18	—	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1986	19	24	27	22	22	20	24	23	20	22	21	22	21
1987	20	22	21	31	26	28	30	30	30	39	45	48	48
1988	21	49	49	44	54	65	71	71	55	47	49	49	49
1989	22	44	45	30	31	36	35	34	43	45	46	48	48
1990	23	55	53	92	92	88	82	92	81	89	92	93	97
1991	24	110	110	139	141	146	149	161	183	—	—	—	—

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.

Terry Phelps's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Anne White	USA	19	1,846	1	228	110	118	48.2%	1978–1990	Match log
Patty Fendick	USA	19	1,883	3	361	199	162	55.1%	1982–1995	Match log
Catherine Tanvier	FRA	20	1,879	0	340	161	179	47.4%	1980–1993	Match log
Michelle Torres	USA	18	1,845	1	204	93	111	45.6%	1982–1989	Match log
Liz Smylie	AUS	20	1,823	5	350	161	189	46.0%	1980–1994	Match log
Kate Gompert	USA	18	1,871	0	166	85	81	51.2%	1980–1990	Match log
Gigi Fernandez	USA	17	1,911	2	444	227	217	51.1%	1982–1997	Match log
Melissa Gurney	USA	17	1,884	2	124	63	61	50.8%	1984–1989	Match log
Rosalyn Fairbank	USA	15	1,932	1	645	336	309	52.1%	1978–1995	Match log
Linda Wild	USA	23	1,815	5	281	135	146	48.0%	1972–2000	Match log
Alycia Moulton	USA	18	1,918	3	273	145	128	53.1%	1978–1988	Match log
Anne Minter	AUS	23	1,870	5	444	220	224	49.5%	1979–1993	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Terry Phelps?: Terry Phelps is 59 years old, born on December 18, 1966.
Which country does Terry Phelps represent?: Terry Phelps represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Terry Phelps won?: Terry Phelps has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Terry Phelps won?: TennisDB does not group any of Terry Phelps's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Terry Phelps won?: Terry Phelps has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Erie in 1982.
What is Terry Phelps' highest WTA ranking?: Terry Phelps' career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 20, first achieved on May 26, 1986.
What is Terry Phelps' career win-loss record?: Terry Phelps has a career WTA singles record of 188 wins and 171 losses (52.4%).
How much career prize money has Terry Phelps earned?: Terry Phelps has earned at least $586,311 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Terry Phelps's career appear in TennisDB?: Terry Phelps appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1982 through 1990.
On which surface does Terry Phelps have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Terry Phelps's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 55.4% (92–74).
Who has Terry Phelps faced most often?: Terry Phelps' most frequent opponent is Elise Burgin, with a head-to-head record of 6–1 across 7 meetings.