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Kay Mcdaniel

USA Died Jan 3, 2025 (age 67) WTA Tour years active: 1974–1987

Kay Mcdaniel represented the United States on the WTA Tour. In TennisDB's records, Kay Mcdaniel finished with a career record of 18–40 and no 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

1653 (50th percentile)

Career record

18–40 (31.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$46,756

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 →

Kay Mcdaniel's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Marianne Werdel Witmeyer	4-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Mar 26, 1987*	R32	Princeton	WTA 250	Carpet
Melissa Gurney #26	3-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 30, 1986*	R32	Indianapolis Indoors	WTA 250	Hard
Jane Forman	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 24, 1986*	R32	Berkeley	WTA 250	Hard
Adriana Villagran Reami	4-6 6-2 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 25, 1986*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass
Caterina Nozzoli	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 12, 1985*	R32	Manhasset	WTA 250	—

Rivals all rivalries →

Kay Mcdaniel's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Kathleen Cummings	1	1	2	Jul 8, 1982	H2H
Ann Kiyomura Hayashi	0	2	2	Jul 24, 1980	H2H
Stacy Margolin	0	2	2	Mar 13, 1980	H2H
Kate Latham	1	1	2	Feb 22, 1979	H2H
Marianne Werdel Witmeyer	0	1	1	Mar 26, 1987	H2H

Career Results

Kay Mcdaniel career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1974	16	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—
1976	18	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1977	19	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
1978	20	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—
1979	21	10	12	22	45.5%	—	—
1980	22	2	12	14	14.3%	—	—
1981	23	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
1982	24	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
1985	27	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1986	28	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—
1987	29	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		18	40	58	31.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Kay Mcdaniel 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 %
1974	16	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1976	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1977	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1978	20	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1979	21	2	2	4	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	2	4	6	33.3%	10	12	22	45.5%
1980	22	2	4	6	33.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	12	14	14.3%
1981	23	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1982	24	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
1985	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1986	28	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
1987	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	7	13	20	35.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	5	7	12	41.7%	2	9	11	18.2%	18	40	58	31.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Kay Mcdaniel 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 %
1985	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	0	1	100.0%
1986	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%

Opponent ranking data available for 2/58 (3.4%) of Kay Mcdaniel's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Kay Mcdaniel 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
1974	16	1516	99.4	—	—	—	—	—	+25	—	57.1%	-0.28	1–0	—	—	+0.38
1976	18	1498	99.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.67	0–1	0–1	—	0.00
1977	19	1486	99.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.00	—	—	—	-0.04
1978	20	1520	109.0	—	—	—	—	+104	—	—	55.6%	+0.78	0–1	0–1	—	+0.20
1979	21	1625	126.4	—	—	—	—	+23	—	+26	43.4%	-0.57	6–3 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	109.0	+0.41
1980	22	1555	99.2	—	—	—	—	-19	—	+36	21.9%	-2.47	1–3 (25%)	2–0	—	-0.34
1981	23	1528	94.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.25	—	—	—	-0.09
1982	24	1501	104.3	—	—	—	—	+21	—	—	40.0%	-0.30	0–2	1–1	—	+0.49
1985	27	1485	96.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.33	—	1–0	—	+0.03
1986	28	1454	95.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14.3%	-2.14	0–1	—	—	+0.25
1987	29	1447	99.8	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.02
Career		1653	110.7	—	—	—	—	+19	+25	+29	34.8%	-1.20	8–11 (42%)	8–4 (67%)	103.3	+2.26

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Kay Mcdaniel Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1979	21	R64	R32	R128	2–3 (40%)
1980	22	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1986	28	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	2–5 (29%)

WTA 500

Kay Mcdaniel WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	SDG	BER	CAR	LOS	W-L Win %
1979	21	—	R32	—	R16	1–2 (33%)
1980	22	R16	—	R16	—	2–2 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	3–4 (43%)

WTA 250

Kay Mcdaniel WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ATL	DAL	EAS	NAP	BEC	BER	BOS	CAN	CHA	CHI	DET	FAY	HIL	LAK	MAH	MAN	MON	OKL	ORL	PIT	PRI	RAL	RIC	ROA	SAL	SAN	SEB	WAR	W-L Win %
1974	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	2–1 (67%)
1976	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1977	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1978	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1979	21	R32	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	7–7 (50%)
1980	22	R32	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	0–9 (0%)
1981	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1982	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	1–3 (25%)
1985	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
1986	28	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1987	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	13–31 (30%)

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

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 Kay Mcdaniel represent?: Kay Mcdaniel represents United States in TennisDB's WTA records.
How many Grand Slams has Kay Mcdaniel won?: Kay Mcdaniel has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Kay Mcdaniel won?: TennisDB does not group any of Kay Mcdaniel's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Kay Mcdaniel's career win-loss record?: Kay Mcdaniel has a career WTA singles record of 18 wins and 40 losses (31.0%).
How much career prize money has Kay Mcdaniel earned?: Kay Mcdaniel has earned at least $46,756 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Kay Mcdaniel's career appear in TennisDB?: Kay Mcdaniel appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1974 through 1987.
On which surface does Kay Mcdaniel have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Kay Mcdaniel's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 35.0% (7–13).
Who has Kay Mcdaniel faced most often?: Kay Mcdaniel's most frequent opponent is Kathleen Cummings, with a head-to-head record of 1–1 across 2 meetings.