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Ginger Helgeson

USA Age 57 Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1989–1998

Ginger Helgeson represented the United States on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 29. In TennisDB's records, Ginger Helgeson finished with a career record of 94–95 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak ranking

29 (Jan 2, 1995)

Elo peak

1865 (83rd percentile)

Career record

94–95 (49.7%)

Career titles

Prize money

$724,792

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 →

Ginger Helgeson's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Chanda Rubin #55	6-4 0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 24, 1998*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Sonya Jeyaseelan #104	0-6 6-0 10-12	L	H2H	Match data	May 27, 1998*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Nicole Pratt #100	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 17, 1998*	R16	Japan Women's Open	WTA 250	Hard
Miho Saeki #61	7-6 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Apr 16, 1998*	R32	Japan Women's Open	WTA 250	Hard
Rika Hiraki #100	6-7(5) 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 23, 1998*	R64	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard

Rivals all rivalries →

Ginger Helgeson's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Conchita Martínez	1	6	7	Sep 4, 1994	H2H
Helena Sukova	1	4	5	Jan 8, 1992	H2H
Chanda Rubin	1	3	4	Jun 24, 1998	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	0	4	4	Apr 6, 1995	H2H
Steffi Graf	0	4	4	Mar 19, 1995	H2H

Titles (1)

Ginger Helgeson titles by season and category
Season	Age	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
1994	25	1	—	—	—	1	—	ASB Classic
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

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

Career Results

Ginger Helgeson career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1989	20	0	2	2	0.0%	332	239
1990	21	1	2	3	33.3%	239	246
1991	22	17	17	34	50.0%	245	58
1992	23	12	15	27	44.4%	57	71
1993	24	22	20	42	52.4%	70	54
1994	25	29	17	46	63.0%	54	30
1995	26	8	7	15	53.3%	29	111
1996	27	0	2	2	0.0%	124	792
1997	28	3	8	11	27.3%	750	167
1998	29	2	5	7	28.6%	168	152
Career		94	95	189	49.7%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Ginger Helgeson 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 %
1989	20	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1990	21	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1991	22	9	7	16	56.3%	8	6	14	57.1%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	17	17	34	50.0%
1992	23	8	9	17	47.1%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	1	2	50.0%	12	15	27	44.4%
1993	24	11	9	20	55.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	22	20	42	52.4%
1994	25	20	9	29	69.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	29	17	46	63.0%
1995	26	5	5	10	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	7	15	53.3%
1996	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1997	28	0	6	6	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	3	8	11	27.3%
1998	29	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	5	7	28.6%
Career	—	55	50	105	52.4%	28	24	52	53.8%	9	13	22	40.9%	2	8	10	20.0%	94	95	189	49.7%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Ginger Helgeson 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 %
1989	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1990	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
1991	22	0	3	3	0.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	7	3	10	70.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	14	17	31	45.2%
1992	23	0	2	2	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	2	1	3	66.7%	9	12	21	42.9%
1993	24	1	6	7	14.3%	1	7	8	12.5%	9	5	14	64.3%	7	2	9	77.8%	18	20	38	47.4%
1994	25	2	7	9	22.2%	0	2	2	0.0%	11	4	15	73.3%	12	3	15	80.0%	25	16	41	61.0%
1995	26	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	7	14	50.0%
1996	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
1997	28	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	7	10	30.0%
1998	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	5	7	28.6%
Career		3	20	23	13.0%	9	30	39	23.1%	38	23	61	62.3%	29	16	45	64.4%	79	89	168	47.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 168/189 (88.9%) of Ginger Helgeson's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Ginger Helgeson 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
1989	20	1486	104.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.75	—	0–1	—	+0.02
1990	21	1498	100.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	28.6%	-2.00	1–0	—	—	-0.32
1991	22	1647	138.4	—	—	—	—	-14	+44	—	48.1%	-0.22	6–3 (67%)	5–5 (50%)	106.2	-1.02
1992	23	1649	128.8	—	—	—	—	+13	+33	-159	48.5%	-0.17	4–8 (33%)	6–3 (67%)	98.8	+0.26
1993	24	1737	139.0	—	—	—	—	-44	-4	-162	52.6%	+0.62	7–6 (54%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.91
1994	25	1777	146.6	—	—	—	—	+6	-21	-203	61.0%	+0.87	5–3 (63%)	4–1 (80%)	104.6	+1.21
1995	26	1773	137.3	—	—	—	—	-13	+12	—	60.0%	+0.67	0–4 (0%)	0–2	—	-0.56
1996	27	1721	92.9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	0–1	—	+0.20
1997	28	1639	107.6	—	—	—	—	-14	—	-6	30.4%	-1.22	0–1	—	—	-0.15
1998	29	1573	99.1	—	—	—	—	+16	—	—	41.2%	-0.71	0–3 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	94.9	+1.00
Career		1865	140.4	—	—	—	—	-9	+11	-127	50.6%	+0.14	23–28 (45%)	18–17 (51%)	99.4	-0.14

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Ginger Helgeson Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1991	22	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
1992	23	R128	R64	R64	R64	3–4 (43%)
1993	24	R32	R64	R128	R32	5–4 (56%)
1994	25	R16	R64	R32	R16	9–4 (69%)
1995	26	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	28	R128	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1998	29	R64	R128	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		6–7 (46%)	3–5 (38%)	4–6 (40%)	6–4 (60%)	19–22 (46%)

WTA 1000

Ginger Helgeson WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	BOC	CAN	HIL	KEY	PHI	W-L Win %
1991	22	R64	QF	—	—	R32	QF	—	8–4 (67%)
1992	23	—	—	R64	—	R64	R32	—	2–3 (40%)
1993	24	—	R16	—	R32	R32	R128	R32	4–5 (44%)
1994	25	—	R16	—	R64	QF	R32	—	6–4 (60%)
1995	26	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	3–2 (60%)
1996	27	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	28	—	—	—	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	7–3 (70%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	7–5 (58%)	8–7 (53%)	0–1 (0%)	23–20 (53%)

WTA 500

Ginger Helgeson WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	IW	SDG	AME	BRI	CHI	POR	MAN	OAK	PHI	STR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1989	20	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1991	22	R64	R16	—	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	R32	5–7 (42%)
1992	23	R64	R16	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1993	24	QF	R16	—	R32	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	7–6 (54%)
1994	25	R64	QF	R16	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	7–6 (54%)
1995	26	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1996	27	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	8–5 (62%)	2–2 (50%)	6–6 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	24–27 (47%)

WTA 250

Ginger Helgeson WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	DAL	GEN	KIT	MEL	NAP	NWP	JAP	BIR	HOB	JAK	OKL	SAN	SCH	SCO	STR	SYD	W-L Win %
1989	20	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	21	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1991	22	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	4–2 (67%)
1992	23	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	R64	3–4 (43%)
1993	24	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	6–5 (55%)
1994	25	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	7–3 (70%)
1995	26	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–2 (67%)
1997	28	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	2–5 (29%)
1998	29	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		11–4 (73%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	28–26 (52%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 2, 1995

First Top 100

Mar 25, 1991

First Top 50

Jun 21, 1993

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Ginger Helgeson ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1988	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	389	375	376	—	323	332
1989	20	328	328	332	331	337	364	330	266	217	233	235	239
1990	21	239	239	239	236	234	247	227	267	251	247	240	246
1991	22	228	215	86	79	54	66	64	61	58	61	58	58
1992	23	59	55	66	79	115	103	97	98	85	79	72	71
1993	24	67	61	66	62	52	43	45	42	41	48	53	54
1994	25	42	38	34	33	35	41	39	40	37	34	30	30
1995	26	40	44	49	53	52	44	55	55	109	111	110	111
1996	27	124	195	192	895	889	784	788	785	767	776	789	792
1997	28	663	556	547	523	523	332	238	225	196	165	162	167
1998	29	151	125	125	109	110	129	134	130	139	147	149	152
1999	30	163	224	245	436	433	467	—	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

Similar Players

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

Ginger Helgeson's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Ann Grossman	USA	29	1,887	0	372	187	185	50.3%	1987–1998	Match log
Mana Endo	JPN	26	1,820	1	158	78	80	49.4%	1991–1998	Match log
Stephanie Rottier	NED	30	1,820	0	122	58	64	47.5%	1990–1996	Match log
Rachel Mcquillan	AUS	28	1,826	0	360	163	197	45.3%	1988–2003	Match log
Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor	FRA	29	1,771	1	232	109	123	47.0%	1993–2001	Match log
Manon Bollegraf	NED	29	1,782	1	216	96	120	44.4%	1986–1995	Match log
Wiltrud Probst	GER	31	1,756	2	280	119	161	42.5%	1986–1998	Match log
Emanuela Zardo	SUI	27	1,756	1	144	69	75	47.9%	1987–1995	Match log
Florencia Labat	ARG	26	1,867	0	375	191	184	50.9%	1986–2000	Match log
Andrea Strnadova	CZE	33	1,787	0	138	65	73	47.1%	1989–1994	Match log
Corina Morariu	USA	29	1,806	1	196	92	104	46.9%	1995–2003	Match log
Patricia Tarabini	ARG	29	1,746	0	228	105	123	46.1%	1986–1995	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Ginger Helgeson?: Ginger Helgeson is 57 years old, born on September 14, 1968.
Which country does Ginger Helgeson represent?: Ginger Helgeson represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
Is Ginger Helgeson left-handed or right-handed?: Ginger Helgeson plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Ginger Helgeson won?: Ginger Helgeson has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Ginger Helgeson won?: TennisDB does not group any of Ginger Helgeson's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Ginger Helgeson won?: Ginger Helgeson has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Auckland in 1994.
What is Ginger Helgeson's highest WTA ranking?: Ginger Helgeson's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 29, first achieved on January 2, 1995.
What is Ginger Helgeson's career win-loss record?: Ginger Helgeson has a career WTA singles record of 94 wins and 95 losses (49.7%).
How much career prize money has Ginger Helgeson earned?: Ginger Helgeson has earned at least $724,792 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Ginger Helgeson's career appear in TennisDB?: Ginger Helgeson appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1989 through 1998.
On which surface does Ginger Helgeson have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Ginger Helgeson's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 53.8% (28–24).
Who has Ginger Helgeson faced most often?: Ginger Helgeson's most frequent opponent is Conchita Martínez, with a head-to-head record of 1–6 across 7 meetings.