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Valerie Ziegenfuss

USA Age 77 WTA Tour years active: 1968–1979

Valerie Ziegenfuss represented the United States on the WTA Tour. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 231–232 and 3 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

1954 (90th percentile)

Singles record

231–232 (49.9%)

Singles titles

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 →

Valerie Ziegenfuss's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Sue Barker	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 1, 1979*	R16	Carlsbad	WTA 500	Hard
Heidi Eisterlehner	6-3 6-7 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Mar 31, 1979*	R32	Carlsbad	WTA 500	Hard
Regina Marsikova	5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 9, 1978*	R32	Oldsmar	WTA 250	Hard
Regina Marsikova	1-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 2, 1978*	R32	Buenos Aires	WTA 250	Clay
Virginia Wade	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 12, 1978*	R32	Minneapolis	WTA 250	Carpet

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Valerie Ziegenfuss's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Rosie Casals	0	26	26	Apr 14, 1978	H2H
Francoise Durr	3	12	15	Jan 6, 1977	H2H
Nancy Richey	1	11	12	Oct 11, 1975	H2H
Kerry Reid	2	9	11	Sep 14, 1973	H2H
Virginia Wade	2	8	10	Oct 12, 1978	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Valerie Ziegenfuss 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
1969	20	1	—	—	—	1	—	Mexico City
1970	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Kansas City Heart of America
1971	22	1	—	—	—	1	—	Kansas City
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

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

Career Results

Valerie Ziegenfuss career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	19	35	24	59	59.3%	—	—
1969	20	28	24	52	53.9%	—	—
1970	21	40	28	68	58.8%	—	—
1971	22	23	29	52	44.2%	—	—
1972	23	26	24	50	52.0%	—	—
1973	24	33	29	62	53.2%	—	—
1974	25	12	14	26	46.2%	—	—
1975	26	16	16	32	50.0%	—	—
1976	27	12	20	32	37.5%	—	—
1977	28	2	12	14	14.3%	—	—
1978	29	3	11	14	21.4%	—	—
1979	30	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
Career		231	232	463	49.9%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Valerie Ziegenfuss 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 %
1968	19	5	4	9	55.6%	16	9	25	64.0%	13	9	22	59.1%	1	2	3	33.3%	35	24	59	59.3%
1969	20	5	6	11	45.5%	12	8	20	60.0%	10	8	18	55.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	28	24	52	53.8%
1970	21	12	7	19	63.2%	13	8	21	61.9%	12	8	20	60.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	40	28	68	58.8%
1971	22	4	6	10	40.0%	10	7	17	58.8%	6	6	12	50.0%	3	10	13	23.1%	23	29	52	44.2%
1972	23	6	4	10	60.0%	9	7	16	56.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	7	9	16	43.8%	26	24	50	52.0%
1973	24	5	6	11	45.5%	6	6	12	50.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	12	12	24	50.0%	33	29	62	53.2%
1974	25	3	4	7	42.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	9	8	17	52.9%	12	14	26	46.2%
1975	26	8	6	14	57.1%	3	3	6	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	16	16	32	50.0%
1976	27	3	3	6	50.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	12	20	32	37.5%
1977	28	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	6	8	25.0%	2	12	14	14.3%
1978	29	0	4	4	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	11	14	21.4%
1979	30	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	—	52	52	104	50.0%	76	64	140	54.3%	58	48	106	54.7%	42	65	107	39.3%	231	232	463	49.9%

Advanced Stats

Valerie Ziegenfuss 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
1968	19	1605	119.1	—	—	—	—	-45	+58	+13	57.4%	+0.80	9–4 (69%)	—	—	-0.64
1969	20	1734	126.4	—	—	—	—	-175	-30	+9	51.4%	+0.32	6–3 (67%)	—	—	-2.24
1970	21	1780	133.1	—	—	—	—	-34	-31	+26	55.6%	+0.45	11–4 (73%)	0–1	—	-2.50
1971	22	1799	143.5	—	—	—	—	-114	+2	0	46.0%	-0.35	5–8 (38%)	3–2 (60%)	99.7	-6.44
1972	23	1821	139.7	—	—	—	—	-47	-20	-41	48.2%	+0.09	9–3 (75%)	4–4 (50%)	105.3	-5.05
1973	24	1761	143.5	—	—	—	—	-2	+54	+48	54.3%	+0.18	7–9 (44%)	4–5 (44%)	95.0	-5.77
1974	25	1789	134.2	—	—	—	—	+8	—	—	46.6%	-0.29	3–3 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	97.0	-2.64
1975	26	1830	135.8	—	—	—	—	+53	-30	—	49.3%	-0.35	6–5 (55%)	2–2 (50%)	99.8	-0.81
1976	27	1746	126.6	—	—	—	—	+34	-51	+32	41.1%	-0.78	3–6 (33%)	3–2 (60%)	97.3	-2.74
1977	28	1678	124.2	—	—	—	—	+10	-22	—	16.7%	-2.17	1–1	1–3 (25%)	—	-1.87
1978	29	1654	130.9	—	—	—	—	-20	+22	—	29.4%	-1.50	2–4 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	99.1	-2.61
1979	30	1667	111.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-0.20	1–0	0–1	—	-0.15
Career		1954	139.2	—	—	—	—	-28	-1	+15	49.3%	-0.01	63–50 (56%)	20–24 (45%)	101.1	-7.31

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Valerie Ziegenfuss Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1968	19	—	R128	R64	0–2 (0%)
1969	20	R32	R128	R16	3–3 (50%)
1970	21	—	R32	R64	2–2 (50%)
1971	22	R32	R64	R64	2–3 (40%)
1972	23	R16	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1973	24	—	R32	R32	3–2 (60%)
1974	25	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	26	—	R32	R16	3–2 (60%)
1976	27	R64	R32	R64	2–3 (40%)
1977	28	—	R64	R128	0–2 (0%)
1978	29	—	R128	R64	0–2 (0%)
W-L		3–4 (43%)	8–11 (42%)	6–10 (38%)	17–25 (40%)

WTA 500

Valerie Ziegenfuss WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SDG	SPB	WAS	CAR	LOS	PAC	SYD	W-L Win %
1968	19	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
1969	20	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	1–2 (33%)
1970	21	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1971	22	BR	—	—	—	—	R16	—	3–3 (50%)
1973	24	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1976	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1977	28	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1979	30	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	8–12 (40%)

WTA 250

Valerie Ziegenfuss WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	ASB	BUE	CIN	DAL	EAS	HAM	HOU	MEL	MIA	MUN	NAP	NWP	QUE	ITA	TKY	WAS	AGA	AKR	AME	BAR	BEC	BET	BIR	BLO	BOS	BOU	BRA	BRI	CAN	CAP	CAR	CHA	CHA	CHE	CHI	CHR	COL	CUR	DEN	DET	DUB	DUT	FOR	FOR	FUL	GUI	HAV	HIL	HOL	HUR	JAC	JER	KAN	KAN	LA	LA	LAN	LAS	LOC	LON	LON	LOS	MAH	MAN	MAN	MEX	MIL	MIN	MIS	MOB	MON	MOS	NAS	NEW	OKL	OLD	ORA	ORL	PHI	PHO	POM	POR	QUI	RIC	ROC	SAC	SAN	SAN	SAR	SEA	SOU	SOU	ST.	SUR	TAL	TAM	TUC	VEN	WEM	WES	WES	WOL	W-L Win %
1968	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	35–21 (62%)
1969	20	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	SF	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	24–19 (56%)
1970	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	QF	—	F	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	SF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	R16	—	SF	R16	F	—	—	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	37–25 (60%)
1971	22	—	SF	—	—	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	F	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	18–23 (44%)
1972	23	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	QF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	SF	—	BR	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	F	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	24–20 (55%)
1973	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	R16	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	BR	—	—	—	—	—	29–25 (54%)
1974	25	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RR	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–12 (50%)
1975	26	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	13–14 (48%)
1976	27	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	9–16 (36%)
1977	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–8 (20%)
1978	29	R32	—	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–9 (25%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	1–6 (14%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	5–6 (45%)	2–3 (40%)	7–5 (58%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	4–6 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–3 (40%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	7–4 (64%)	3–4 (43%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	2–2 (50%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	6–3 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	3–1 (75%)	4–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	1–2 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	0–1 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	2–1 (67%)	2–0 (100%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–5 (29%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	5–6 (45%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–8 (33%)	7–5 (58%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	4–2 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	3–0 (100%)	206–192 (52%)

WTA Finals

Valerie Ziegenfuss WTA Finals results by season
Season	Age	WTA	W-L Win %
1972	23	R16	0–1 (0%)
1973	24	R32	0–1 (0%)
1974	25	R16	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

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

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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 Valerie Ziegenfuss?: Valerie Ziegenfuss is 77 years old, born on June 29, 1949.
Which country does Valerie Ziegenfuss represent?: Valerie Ziegenfuss represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Valerie Ziegenfuss won?: Valerie Ziegenfuss has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Valerie Ziegenfuss won?: TennisDB does not group any of Valerie Ziegenfuss's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Valerie Ziegenfuss won?: Valerie Ziegenfuss has won 3 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Kansas City in 1971.
What is Valerie Ziegenfuss' career win-loss record?: Valerie Ziegenfuss has a career WTA singles record of 231 wins and 232 losses (49.9%).
Which seasons of Valerie Ziegenfuss's career appear in TennisDB?: Valerie Ziegenfuss appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1979.
On which surface does Valerie Ziegenfuss have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Valerie Ziegenfuss's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 54.7% (58–48).
Who has Valerie Ziegenfuss faced most often?: Valerie Ziegenfuss' most frequent opponent is Rosie Casals, with a head-to-head record of 0–26 across 26 meetings.