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Cathy Griffiths vs Betsy Nagelsen H2H: 1-0

Cathy Griffiths holds a 1–0 lead over Betsy Nagelsen in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Cathy Griffiths leads 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Cathy Griffiths won the 1980 Beckenham round of 64 6-7 6-4 7-5.

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Cathy Griffiths

AUS

H2H

1 – 0

1 main-draw meetings

Betsy Nagelsen

USA Age 69 Right-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Cathy Griffiths	6-7 6-4 7-5	Betsy Nagelsen	Match data	Jun 4, 1980*	R64	Beckenham	WTA 250	Grass

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player	Current	Peak	Pts	Elo	W	L	Win %	GS	1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	Finals	500 including documented historical predecessor categories	250 including documented historical predecessor categories	Titles
Cathy Griffiths	—	—	—	1,528	6	21	22.2%	0	0	0	0	0	0
Betsy Nagelsen	#692	#25	28	1,890	266	324	45.1%	0	0	0	0	6	6

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Cathy Griffiths							Betsy Nagelsen
Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
1975	1–1	50.0%	—	1,501	0	0	1972	4–2	66.7%	—	1,511	0	1
1976	0–1	0.0%	—	1,485	0	0	1973	1–3	25.0%	—	1,494	0	1
1978	3–3	50.0%	—	1,511	0	0	1974	27–18	60.0%	—	1,724	0	3
1979	0–6	0.0%	—	1,427	0	0	1975	18–17	51.4%	—	1,790	0	3
1980	2–9	18.2%	—	1,389	0	0	1976	11–19	36.7%	—	1,709	0	3
1981	0–1	0.0%	—	1,380	0	0	1977	8–15	34.8%	—	1,678	0	3
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	13–24	35.1%	—	1,659	0	3
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	18–19	48.6%	—	1,694	0	5
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	22–27	44.9%	—	1,753	0	5
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	20–21	48.8%	—	1,806	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	12–17	41.4%	—	1,705	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1983	18–22	45.0%	—	1,692	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1984	11–18	37.9%	#77	1,630	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	14–12	53.8%	#81	1,713	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1986	18–17	51.4%	#46	1,699	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1987	13–15	46.4%	#61	1,645	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1988	11–19	36.7%	#109	1,585	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1989	18–15	54.5%	#45	1,662	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1990	8–12	40.0%	#96	1,639	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1991	0–2	0.0%	#337	1,607	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1992	1–5	16.7%	#418	1,561	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1993	0–4	0.0%	#394	1,510	0	6
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1994	0–1	0.0%	#692	1,509	0	6

Surface Results by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Cathy Griffiths																	Betsy Nagelsen
Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Yr	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet
Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	Yr	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1975	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1972	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—
1976	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1973	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1978	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1974	3	2	5	60.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	13	6	19	68.4%	0	4	4	0.0%
1979	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1975	5	5	10	50.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	2	3	5	40.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1980	1	3	4	25.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	1976	0	2	2	0.0%	5	11	16	31.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1977	3	3	6	50.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	1	3	4	25.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	3	7	10	30.0%	4	6	10	40.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	4	7	11	36.4%	0	2	2	0.0%	4	4	8	50.0%	2	6	8	25.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	7	7	14	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	10	7	17	58.8%	5	11	16	31.3%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	5	6	11	45.5%	1	4	5	20.0%	11	4	15	73.3%	3	7	10	30.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	2	4	6	33.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1983	2	7	9	22.2%	2	5	7	28.6%	4	5	9	44.4%	7	4	11	63.6%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1984	9	7	16	56.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	7	9	22.2%	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	6	5	11	54.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	5	12	58.3%	1	1	2	50.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1986	6	10	16	37.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	5	3	8	62.5%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1987	8	6	14	57.1%	—	—	—	—	5	5	10	50.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1988	5	13	18	27.8%	—	—	—	—	4	5	9	44.4%	2	1	3	66.7%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1989	12	10	22	54.5%	—	—	—	—	6	3	9	66.7%	0	2	2	0.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1990	3	7	10	30.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1991	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1992	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1993	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1994	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career	1	3	4	25.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	—	—	—	—	Career	84	114	198	42.4%	29	59	88	33.0%	95	80	175	54.3%	35	67	102	34.3%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Career Season

Rows are aligned in career order because complete birth data is unavailable. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Cathy Griffiths																Betsy Nagelsen
Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule	Yr	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1975	1501	96.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.40	1–0	—	—	+0.38	1972	1511	98.7	—	—	—	—	—	+28	—	53.8%	+0.23	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	+0.77
1976	1485	99.4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	0.00	0–1	—	—	+0.32	1973	1495	98.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	40.0%	-1.00	0–2	1–0	—	+0.55
1978	1512	114.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	+18	50.0%	+0.50	—	—	—	-0.27	1974	1725	133.0	—	—	—	—	-176	-202	+77	57.7%	+0.46	8–6 (57%)	5–6 (45%)	103.4	+0.58
1979	1427	89.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	+52	14.3%	-2.93	0–2	—	—	+1.14	1975	1791	125.1	—	—	—	—	-124	-166	-38	45.7%	-0.44	4–4 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	101.5	-3.05
1980	1390	96.4	—	—	—	—	+135	+30	+91	20.8%	-1.71	1–1	0–4 (0%)	—	+0.49	1976	1709	124.2	—	—	—	—	-65	-116	+70	41.4%	-0.76	3–7 (30%)	1–1	—	-1.73
1981	1381	97.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.00	—	—	—	-0.05	1977	1678	123.8	—	—	—	—	-30	-105	+46	37.9%	-0.62	6–6 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.05
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1978	1659	129.6	—	—	—	—	-99	-85	+99	40.7%	-0.58	4–10 (29%)	3–7 (30%)	92.4	-0.84
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1979	1695	122.8	—	—	—	—	-132	—	+12	48.9%	+0.08	8–8 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	98.5	+1.65
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1980	1753	130.7	—	—	—	—	-148	—	+40	47.9%	-0.41	7–12 (37%)	6–2 (75%)	102.2	-1.78
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1981	1806	134.9	—	—	—	—	-129	-305	+99	49.5%	-0.18	8–7 (53%)	5–5 (50%)	103.7	-3.53
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1982	1705	123.2	—	—	—	—	-99	-214	+170	47.3%	-0.34	5–11 (31%)	9–3 (75%)	100.0	-0.40
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1983	1693	126.7	—	—	—	—	-32	-138	+114	46.3%	-0.46	7–8 (47%)	7–6 (54%)	102.2	+0.98
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1984	1631	126.4	—	—	—	—	+59	-141	+117	41.4%	-0.51	5–7 (42%)	7–3 (70%)	99.2	+0.69
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	1714	129.5	—	—	—	—	-26	—	+87	54.2%	+0.36	7–4 (64%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+1.17
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1986	1699	131.1	—	—	—	—	-55	—	+171	51.8%	+0.01	6–7 (46%)	4–3 (57%)	98.8	+1.66
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1987	1646	121.6	—	—	—	—	-24	—	+148	46.2%	0.00	5–6 (45%)	4–5 (44%)	97.1	+1.69
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1988	1586	116.1	—	—	—	—	-27	—	+128	42.5%	-0.27	4–9 (31%)	5–8 (38%)	93.3	+1.55
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1989	1662	126.0	—	—	—	—	-56	—	+96	50.6%	+0.04	11–6 (65%)	3–4 (43%)	105.8	+1.48
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1990	1640	115.0	—	—	—	—	-81	—	+173	40.0%	-0.60	3–2 (60%)	2–4 (33%)	100.0	+0.09
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1991	1608	97.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20.0%	-2.40	0–1	—	—	-0.01
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1992	1561	105.4	—	—	—	—	-52	—	—	26.7%	-1.67	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.03
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1993	1511	98.5	—	—	—	—	-47	—	—	20.0%	-2.70	0–2	0–1	—	+0.17
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1994	1509	102.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-5.50	—	—	—	-0.16
Career	1529	98.2	—	—	—	—	+135	+30	+54	26.7%	-1.52	2–4 (33%)	0–4 (0%)	94.8	+7.44	Career	1891	131.9	—	—	—	—	-73	-148	+94	46.5%	-0.28	104–128 (45%)	70–69 (50%)	101.1	+0.27

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.

Cathy Griffiths's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Amanda Tobin	0	1	1	Jan 15, 1981	H2H
Betty Stove	0	1	1	Dec 10, 1980	H2H
Lucia Fernandez	0	1	1	Aug 1, 1980	H2H
Vickie Shields	1	0	1	Jul 31, 1980	H2H
Ellen Berkman	0	1	1	Jul 24, 1980	H2H

Betsy Nagelsen's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Pam Shriver	1	9	10	Nov 12, 1992	H2H
Sue Barker	2	8	10	Jun 28, 1981	H2H
Mary Lou Piatek	1	8	9	Sep 26, 1986	H2H
Rosie Casals	3	6	9	Aug 29, 1985	H2H
Virginia Wade	1	8	9	Jun 15, 1983	H2H