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Elly Appel

NED WTA Tour years active: 1972–1982

Elly Appel represented the Netherlands on the WTA Tour. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 64–80 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

1716 (62nd percentile)

Singles record

64–80 (44.4%)

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 →

Elly Appel's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Eva Pfaff	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 26, 1982*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Duk Hee Lee	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 12, 1982*	R64	Lugano	WTA 250	Clay
Ivanna Madruga	2-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 5, 1982*	R64	Perugia	WTA 250	Clay
Duk Hee Lee	4-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 5, 1981*	R32	Hong Kong Open	WTA 250	Clay
Sylvia Hanika	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 29, 1981*	R32	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix	WTA 250	Carpet

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Elly Appel's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Eva Pfaff	1	2	3	May 26, 1982	H2H
Sylvia Hanika	1	2	3	Oct 29, 1981	H2H
Virginia Ruzici	0	3	3	May 9, 1981	H2H
Mima Jausovec	0	3	3	Nov 14, 1980	H2H
Lena Sandin	0	3	3	Jul 12, 1980	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Elly Appel singles titles by season and category
Season	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
1975	1	—	—	—	1	—	Menton
1978	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bastad
1979	1	—	—	—	1	—	Johnston
Total	3	—	—	—	3	—

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

Career Results

Elly Appel career results by season
Season	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1972	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—
1973	7	9	16	43.8%	—	—
1974	6	10	16	37.5%	—	—
1975	6	6	12	50.0%	—	—
1976	10	13	23	43.5%	—	—
1977	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1978	7	7	14	50.0%	—	—
1979	3	7	10	30.0%	—	—
1980	15	9	24	62.5%	—	—
1981	6	10	16	37.5%	—	—
1982	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
Career	64	80	144	44.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Elly Appel 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 %
1972	—	—	—	—	3	2	5	60.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	6	50.0%
1973	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	4	9	55.6%	7	9	16	43.8%
1974	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	0	3	3	0.0%	6	10	16	37.5%
1975	—	—	—	—	6	4	10	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	6	12	50.0%
1976	—	—	—	—	7	4	11	63.6%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	7	10	30.0%	10	13	23	43.5%
1977	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
1978	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	7	7	14	50.0%
1979	0	1	1	0.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	7	10	30.0%
1980	—	—	—	—	11	6	17	64.7%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	15	9	24	62.5%
1981	1	2	3	33.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	10	16	37.5%
1982	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
Career	2	6	8	25.0%	38	33	71	53.5%	5	13	18	27.8%	13	23	36	36.1%	64	80	144	44.4%

Advanced Stats

Elly Appel 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
1972	1521	112.0	—	—	—	—	—	+24	—	53.8%	+0.46	0–1	—	—	+0.54
1973	1580	117.2	—	—	—	—	+77	-56	—	41.2%	-0.21	2–4 (33%)	1–1	—	+1.69
1974	1584	114.4	—	—	—	—	+15	-68	-4	34.3%	-1.03	3–2 (60%)	—	—	+0.24
1975	1640	123.1	—	—	—	—	—	-18	—	46.2%	-0.23	2–0	0–2	—	+0.73
1976	1701	139.2	—	—	—	—	-77	+10	—	42.3%	-0.33	4–2 (67%)	0–2	—	-0.46
1977	1669	101.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	-137	36.4%	-1.00	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.15
1978	1643	112.7	—	—	—	—	-40	+62	—	50.0%	+0.28	2–2 (50%)	1–1	—	+2.01
1979	1597	108.4	—	—	—	—	—	+85	—	34.8%	-1.39	1–4 (20%)	3–1 (75%)	97.3	+0.76
1980	1669	123.7	—	—	—	—	-89	+52	—	57.9%	+0.54	6–3 (67%)	2–0	—	+0.94
1981	1646	112.6	—	—	—	—	-46	+77	—	36.4%	-1.18	1–2 (33%)	1–1	—	-0.15
1982	1607	97.5	—	—	—	—	—	+38	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.30
Career	1717	127.3	—	—	—	—	-21	+24	-48	43.5%	-0.39	22–22 (50%)	9–8 (53%)	103.4	+4.27

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Elly Appel Grand Slams results by season
Season	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1974	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1975	R16	R64	—	2–2 (50%)
1976	R32	R128	R32	2–3 (40%)
1977	—	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
1978	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1979	R32	R128	R128	1–3 (25%)
1981	R64	R128	R64	1–3 (25%)
1982	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L	4–5 (44%)	1–6 (14%)	2–4 (33%)	7–15 (32%)

WTA 500

Elly Appel WTA 500 results by season
Season	BRI	POR	BER	SYD	W-L Win %
1978	SF	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1980	—	QF	QF	—	4–2 (67%)
1981	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)

WTA 250

Elly Appel WTA 250 results by season
Season	BAD	BAR	BUE	DAL	EAS	HKG	HOU	KIT	MC	PAR	STO	VIE	WAS	AKR	AMS	BAY	BEA	BEC	BOS	BRE	BRI	CHI	CHI	DET	DUR	DUT	DUT	EDI	POR	FOR	JOH	LON	LUG	MAH	MEN	MIS	NEU	NIC	NIC	NIC	ORL	PER	PHI	POR	SAN	SAR	TRA	W-L Win %
1972	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1973	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	RR	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	7–9 (44%)
1974	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–9 (40%)
1975	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4–4 (50%)
1976	—	SF	—	R32	R64	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	8–10 (44%)
1977	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1978	W	—	QF	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–4 (60%)
1979	SF	—	—	—	R64	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
1980	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	11–7 (61%)
1981	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	4–6 (40%)
1982	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L	3–1 (75%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	0–2 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–0 (100%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–2 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	51–60 (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 Elly Appel represent?: Elly Appel represents Netherlands in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Elly Appel won?: Elly Appel has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Elly Appel won?: TennisDB does not group any of Elly Appel's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Elly Appel won?: Elly Appel has won 3 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Johnston in 1979.
What is Elly Appel's career win-loss record?: Elly Appel has a career WTA singles record of 64 wins and 80 losses (44.4%).
Which seasons of Elly Appel's career appear in TennisDB?: Elly Appel appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1972 through 1982.
On which surface does Elly Appel have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Elly Appel's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 53.5% (38–33).
Who has Elly Appel faced most often?: Elly Appel's most frequent opponent is Eva Pfaff, with a head-to-head record of 1–2 across 3 meetings.