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Laurie Tenney

USA WTA Tour years active: 1968–1977

Laurie Tenney represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Laurie Tenney finished with a career record of 64–80 and 2 singles titles. Weekly WTA ranking coverage before 1984 is incomplete outside audited No. 1 and year-end Top 10 anchors.

Peak ranking

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Elo peak

1713 (61st percentile)

Career record

64–80 (44.4%)

Career 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 →

Laurie Tenney's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Lindsay Blachford	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 31, 1977*	R64	Beckenham	WTA 250	Grass
Betsy Nagelsen	3-6 6-4 6-7(4)	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 15, 1976*	R64	Atlanta	WTA 250	Carpet
Ruta Gerulaitis	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 3, 1976*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Clay
Rayni Fox	(w/o)	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 24, 1976*	R32	South Orange	WTA 250	Clay
Marcie Louie	1-6 6-2 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 1976*	R32	Indianapolis	WTA 250	Clay

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Laurie Tenney's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Marita Redondo	2	4	6	Jul 24, 1975	H2H
Marcie Louie	1	3	4	Aug 12, 1976	H2H
Betsy Nagelsen	1	2	3	Sep 15, 1976	H2H
Gail Sherriff	0	3	3	Aug 21, 1975	H2H
Wendy Gilchrist	0	3	3	Jul 17, 1975	H2H

Titles (2)

Laurie Tenney titles by season and category
Season	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
1973	2	—	—	—	2	—	Birmingham, Ojai
Total	2	—	—	—	2	—

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

Career Results

Laurie Tenney career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1968	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1969	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
1970	6	5	11	54.6%	—	—
1971	4	6	10	40.0%	—	—
1972	9	9	18	50.0%	—	—
1973	17	11	28	60.7%	—	—
1974	18	21	39	46.2%	—	—
1975	8	15	23	34.8%	—	—
1976	1	10	11	9.1%	—	—
1977	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career	64	80	144	44.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Laurie Tenney career results by season and surface
Season	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1968	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1969	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1970	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	6	5	11	54.5%
1971	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1972	7	3	10	70.0%	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	9	9	18	50.0%
1973	9	4	13	69.2%	3	4	7	42.9%	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	17	11	28	60.7%
1974	2	3	5	40.0%	13	11	24	54.2%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	18	21	39	46.2%
1975	0	2	2	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	8	15	23	34.8%
1976	—	—	—	—	1	7	8	12.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%
1977	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	24	18	42	57.1%	20	29	49	40.8%	10	20	30	33.3%	3	7	10	30.0%	64	80	144	44.4%

Advanced Stats

Laurie Tenney advanced statistics by season
Season	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1968	1483	97.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	+0.13
1969	1482	93.1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.20	1–0	—	—	+0.17
1970	1522	105.8	—	—	—	—	+62	—	+28	51.9%	0.00	3–2 (60%)	—	—	+2.07
1971	1543	114.8	—	—	—	—	+39	—	+20	45.0%	+0.10	1–1	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.69
1972	1578	124.5	—	—	—	—	+106	—	-53	51.4%	+0.41	0–1	1–1	—	+2.24
1973	1674	130.7	—	—	—	—	+113	-135	-171	56.1%	+0.51	3–4 (43%)	1–3 (25%)	98.3	+1.90
1974	1624	122.0	—	—	—	—	+68	+17	-151	46.3%	-0.18	4–4 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	98.9	+0.54
1975	1598	122.8	—	—	—	—	—	+20	-77	42.6%	-0.57	1–7 (13%)	2–1 (67%)	94.7	-1.03
1976	1530	105.4	—	—	—	—	—	+25	—	20.8%	-2.04	1–3 (25%)	0–1	—	-0.59
1977	1512	95.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	+0.09
Career	1713	124.8	—	—	—	—	+88	-3	-58	45.8%	-0.22	14–22 (39%)	8–12 (40%)	93.8	+4.40

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Laurie Tenney Grand Slams results by season
Season	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1970	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1971	—	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1972	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1973	—	R128	R64	0–2 (0%)
1974	R16	R128	—	2–2 (50%)
1975	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1976	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
W-L	2–1 (67%)	0–4 (0%)	1–5 (17%)	3–10 (23%)

WTA 500

Laurie Tenney WTA 500 results by season
Season	SPB	PAC	W-L Win %
1971	—	R32	1–1 (50%)
1975	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)

WTA 250

Laurie Tenney WTA 250 results by season
Season	ATL	CIN	DAL	EAS	HAM	MIA	NAP	NWP	ITA	SDG	SPB	USO	AKR	ANA	ATL	BEC	BER	BIR	BLO	BOS	BOU	CAN	CAP	CHI	TEN	DEN	DUR	EAS	FOR	GRE	HAV	JAC	LOS	MAM	OCA	OJA	ORA	ORL	PAD	PAX	PRO	SAR	SEB	SOU	TAL	TUC	WES	WIL	WIN	W-L Win %
1968	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1969	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1970	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1971	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1972	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	9–8 (53%)
1973	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	W	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	17–9 (65%)
1974	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R32	R64	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	R16	QF	QF	—	—	R32	—	QF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R16	16–19 (46%)
1975	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R128	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	7–13 (35%)
1976	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	1–8 (11%)
1977	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–5 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–0 (100%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–3 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	7–4 (64%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	7–1 (88%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	59–68 (46%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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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

No ranking history available.

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

Which country does Laurie Tenney represent?: Laurie Tenney represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Laurie Tenney won?: Laurie Tenney has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Laurie Tenney won?: TennisDB does not group any of Laurie Tenney's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Laurie Tenney won?: Laurie Tenney has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Ojai in 1973.
What is Laurie Tenney's career win-loss record?: Laurie Tenney has a career WTA singles record of 64 wins and 80 losses (44.4%).
Which seasons of Laurie Tenney's career appear in TennisDB?: Laurie Tenney appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1968 through 1977.
On which surface does Laurie Tenney have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Laurie Tenney's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 57.1% (24–18).
Who has Laurie Tenney faced most often?: Laurie Tenney's most frequent opponent is Marita Redondo, with a head-to-head record of 2–4 across 6 meetings.