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Gretchen Magers

USA Born Feb 7, 1964 170 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1982–1992

Gretchen Magers represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 3. TennisDB's records show a 152–127 record in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 1982 through 1992 and 4 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

3 (Sep 16, 1985)

Elo peak

1906 (86th percentile)

Singles record

152–127 (54.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$762,368

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 →

Gretchen Magers's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Kimberly Po Messerli	3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 1992*	R32	San Diego	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet
Nathalie Tauziat #14	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 17, 1992*	R64	Eastbourne Open	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Grass
Lori Mcneil #24	5-7 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1992*	R32	Houston	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Clay
Silvia Farina Elia #71	6-4 2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 14, 1992*	R128	Key Biscayne	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Tami Whitlinger Jones	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 24, 1992	R64	Indian Wells Open	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard

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Gretchen Magers's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Liz Smylie	4	2	6	Jun 20, 1991	H2H
Mary Joe Fernandez	2	4	6	Jun 23, 1990	H2H
Stephanie Rehe	0	5	5	Nov 7, 1991	H2H
Helen Kelesi	1	4	5	Apr 6, 1990	H2H
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	1	4	5	Nov 11, 1989	H2H

Singles Titles (4)

Gretchen Magers 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
1983	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Caracas Pan-Am Games
1987	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	ASB Classic
1988	24	1	—	—	—	1	—	Schenectady
1989	25	1	—	—	1	—	—	Moscow
Total		4	—	—	1	3	—

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

Career Results

Gretchen Magers career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1982	18	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—
1983	19	9	6	15	60.0%	—	—
1984	20	8	7	15	53.3%	54	81
1985	21	1	5	6	16.7%	—	3
1986	22	6	8	14	42.9%	179	70
1987	23	21	17	38	55.3%	70	52
1988	24	31	20	51	60.8%	53	43
1989	25	40	24	64	62.5%	42	29
1990	26	22	19	41	53.7%	29	35
1991	27	10	15	25	40.0%	36	114
1992	28	0	5	5	0.0%	120	390
Career		152	127	279	54.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Gretchen Magers 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	18	4	1	5	80.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	1	5	80.0%
1983	19	1	3	4	25.0%	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	9	6	15	60.0%
1984	20	3	3	6	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	8	7	15	53.3%
1985	21	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
1986	22	5	4	9	55.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	6	8	14	42.9%
1987	23	11	5	16	68.8%	5	5	10	50.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	1	2	3	33.3%	21	17	38	55.3%
1988	24	22	12	34	64.7%	5	4	9	55.6%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	31	20	51	60.8%
1989	25	19	12	31	61.3%	6	4	10	60.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	40	24	64	62.5%
1990	26	5	6	11	45.5%	4	5	9	44.4%	10	4	14	71.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	22	19	41	53.7%
1991	27	7	10	17	41.2%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	10	15	25	40.0%
1992	28	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%
Career	—	77	58	135	57.0%	28	27	55	50.9%	30	25	55	54.5%	16	17	33	48.5%	152	127	279	54.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Gretchen Magers 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	20	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1986	22	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	6	5	11	54.5%
1987	23	0	5	5	0.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	6	1	7	85.7%	3	1	4	75.0%	10	13	23	43.5%
1988	24	0	3	3	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	8	6	14	57.1%	9	3	12	75.0%	19	18	37	51.4%
1989	25	1	8	9	11.1%	4	5	9	44.4%	14	8	22	63.6%	9	1	10	90.0%	28	22	50	56.0%
1990	26	1	5	6	16.7%	1	6	7	14.3%	11	4	15	73.3%	6	2	8	75.0%	19	17	36	52.8%
1991	27	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	2	5	7	28.6%	5	12	17	29.4%
1992	28	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career		2	25	27	7.4%	8	31	39	20.5%	48	27	75	64.0%	32	12	44	72.7%	90	95	185	48.6%

Opponent ranking data available for 185/279 (66.3%) of Gretchen Magers's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Gretchen Magers 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	18	1608	127.6	—	—	—	—	+79	—	—	64.3%	+0.43	3–1 (75%)	1–0	—	-0.37
1983	19	1690	116.7	—	—	—	—	-21	-1	—	52.8%	-0.08	5–1 (83%)	0–1	—	+0.77
1984	20	1707	119.7	—	—	—	—	-54	—	-40	51.4%	0.00	3–4 (43%)	1–0	—	-0.32
1985	21	1645	103.2	—	—	—	—	—	-40	—	16.7%	-2.17	—	—	—	-0.32
1986	22	1667	123.7	—	—	—	—	-7	—	—	40.6%	-0.56	3–3 (50%)	2–0	—	-0.84
1987	23	1714	137.4	—	—	—	—	+19	-83	-76	56.1%	+0.48	2–4 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.84
1988	24	1757	133.3	—	—	—	—	+17	-59	-137	57.6%	+0.58	10–6 (63%)	10–7 (59%)	107.1	+2.73
1989	25	1892	149.5	—	—	—	—	-11	-129	-185	58.3%	+0.65	12–6 (67%)	9–8 (53%)	106.1	-1.66
1990	26	1771	138.9	—	—	—	—	-17	-8	+112	53.2%	+0.10	6–8 (43%)	8–3 (73%)	102.8	-1.04
1991	27	1650	123.0	—	—	—	—	+25	—	+165	44.1%	-0.27	3–6 (33%)	0–6 (0%)	90.1	+2.03
1992	28	1592	98.0	—	—	—	—	+22	—	—	9.1%	-2.55	0–1	0–1	—	-0.47
Career		1906	140.7	—	—	—	—	+3	-59	-18	52.7%	+0.20	47–40 (54%)	33–27 (55%)	106.7	-0.12

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Gretchen Magers Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1982	18	—	—	—	QF	4–1 (80%)
1983	19	—	QF	—	R64	5–2 (71%)
1984	20	—	—	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1985	21	—	R128	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
1986	22	—	R64	R128	R64	2–3 (40%)
1987	23	R64	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1988	24	R128	—	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1989	25	R128	R32	QF	R64	7–4 (64%)
1990	26	—	R128	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
1991	27	R64	—	R128	R32	3–3 (50%)
W-L		1–4 (20%)	8–6 (57%)	8–8 (50%)	10–9 (53%)	27–27 (50%)

WTA 1000

Gretchen Magers WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CHI	CHA	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	26	R32	R16	R16	4–3 (57%)
1991	27	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1992	28	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	5–5 (50%)

WTA 500

Gretchen Magers WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	BRI	EAS	HOU	IW	NAP	SDG	WAS	AME	BER	CAN	CHA	KEY	LOS	MAN	MOS	OAK	STR	SYD	WOR	W-L Win %
1984	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1985	21	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1987	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	3–3 (50%)
1988	24	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	R64	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	7–6 (54%)
1989	25	QF	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	W	—	QF	R16	—	17–7 (71%)
1990	26	—	F	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R32	8–5 (62%)
1991	27	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	3–5 (38%)
1992	28	—	R64	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	6–3 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	2–2 (50%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	42–32 (57%)

WTA 250

Gretchen Magers WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	BAD	BRI	DAL	EAS	GEN	HOU	NAP	NWP	SDG	APT	AUR	BIR	BOC	CAR	CHA	CHI	DEE	HER	KEY	LEI	LIT	MAH	MOS	NEW	OAK	PAL	PIT	SAN	SAN	SCH	STR	SYD	TAM	WEL	WIC	WOR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1983	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1984	20	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–4 (56%)
1985	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1986	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1987	23	W	—	—	—	R32	R32	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	17–10 (63%)
1988	24	QF	QF	—	—	R32	—	QF	QF	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	QF	W	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	22–11 (67%)
1989	25	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	QF	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	16–12 (57%)
1990	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	8–8 (50%)
1991	27	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1992	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		8–3 (73%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	6–5 (55%)	7–4 (64%)	5–3 (62%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	5–5 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–3 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	8–1 (89%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	78–62 (56%)

WTA Finals

Gretchen Magers WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1989	25	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Sep 16, 1985

First Top 100

Jan 2, 1984

First Top 50

Feb 20, 1984

First Top 20

Aug 5, 1985

First Top 10

Aug 5, 1985

Ranking History Matrix

Gretchen Magers ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1984	20	52	50	72	73	76	88	76	73	66	70	70	81
1985	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	3	3
1986	22	181	180	201	206	254	195	183	125	88	80	74	70
1987	23	69	54	57	56	56	60	56	56	60	59	53	52
1988	24	61	75	69	60	61	59	50	43	39	45	41	43
1989	25	40	40	43	42	41	40	36	37	35	29	29	29
1990	26	30	26	25	30	29	25	25	26	25	28	34	35
1991	27	35	36	39	43	41	80	124	111	91	108	113	114
1992	28	119	119	131	139	136	168	163	219	379	382	392	390
1993	29	390	383	416	427	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

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.

Similar Players

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

Gretchen Magers's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	GS	W1000	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Pam Shriver	USA	#3	2,304	904	626	278	69.2%	$5,460,566	24	0	0	1978–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Nathalie Tauziat	FRA	#3	2,033	881	548	333	62.2%	$6,650,093	8	0	1	1984–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Manuela Maleeva Fragniere	SUI	#3	2,131	649	464	185	71.5%	$3,244,811	19	0	1	1982–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Jo Durie	GBR	#5	2,102	574	311	263	54.2%	$1,224,016	9	0	0	1975–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Claudia Kohde Kilsch	GER	#4	2,158	635	401	234	63.1%	$2,227,116	12	0	0	1977–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Andrea Jaeger	USA	#3	2,265	353	262	91	74.2%	$1,379,066	11	0	0	1979–1987	Rivalries	Match log
Wendy Turnbull	AUS	#3	2,207	917	586	331	63.9%	$2,769,024	18	0	0	1968–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Helena Sukova	CZE	#4	2,219	881	581	300	65.9%	$6,391,245	9	0	0	1981–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Zina Garrison	USA	#4	2,146	854	584	270	68.4%	$4,590,816	15	0	0	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Hana Mandlikova	AUS	#3	2,316	711	518	193	72.9%	$3,340,959	27	4	0	1977–1990	Rivalries	Match log
Amanda Coetzer	RSA	#3	2,052	807	497	310	61.6%	$5,594,821	9	0	1	1988–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Mary Joe Fernandez	USA	#4	2,197	612	417	195	68.1%	$5,258,471	7	0	1	1984–2000	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

When was Gretchen Magers born?: Gretchen Magers was born on February 7, 1964.
Which country did Gretchen Magers represent?: Gretchen Magers represented United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Gretchen Magers?: Gretchen Magers is 170 cm / 5'7".
Does Gretchen Magers use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Gretchen Magers uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Gretchen Magers left-handed or right-handed?: Gretchen Magers plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Gretchen Magers won?: No Grand Slam singles titles are recorded for Gretchen Magers in TennisDB's covered main-draw results.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Gretchen Magers won?: TennisDB does not group any of Gretchen Magers's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Gretchen Magers won?: TennisDB records 4 WTA singles titles for Gretchen Magers across all categories. The most recent was Moscow in 1989.
What is Gretchen Magers' highest WTA ranking?: Gretchen Magers' career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 3, first achieved on September 16, 1985.
What is Gretchen Magers' career win-loss record?: Gretchen Magers has 152 wins and 127 losses (54.5%) in recorded WTA main-draw singles results from 1982 through 1992.
How much career prize money has Gretchen Magers earned?: Gretchen Magers has earned at least $762,368 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Gretchen Magers's career appear in TennisDB?: Gretchen Magers appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1982 through 1992.
On which surface does Gretchen Magers have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Gretchen Magers's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 57.0% (77–58).
Who has Gretchen Magers faced most often?: Gretchen Magers' most frequent opponent is Liz Smylie, with a head-to-head record of 4–2 across 6 meetings.