H2H data updated: 2026-09-12 00:00 UTC

Julie Heldman vs Nancy Richey H2H: 3-9 (incl. walkovers)

Julie Heldman vs Nancy Richey: 3–8 excluding walkovers; 3–9 including 1 walkover. Across 12 main-draw results including walkovers, Nancy Richey leads 5–0 on carpet and 2–1 on clay. Most recently, Julie Heldman won the 1974 US Open quarterfinal 7-5 7-6.

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Julie Heldman
USA Age 80 Right-Handed 170 cm / 5'7"
H2H including walkovers
3 – 9
12 main-draw results
Nancy Richey
USA Age 84 Right-Handed 160 cm / 5'3"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Julie Heldman 7-5 7-6 Nancy Richey Match data Sep 7, 1974* QF US Open Grand Slam Grass
Nancy Richey 6-4 2-6 6-3 Julie Heldman Match data Sep 22, 1973* QF Houston WTA 250 Hard
Nancy Richey 7-6(3) 7-5 Julie Heldman Match data Apr 7, 1973* R16 Philadelphia WTA 250 Carpet
Julie Heldman 3-6 6-4 6-4 Nancy Richey Match data Mar 19, 1973* QF Richmond WTA 250 Clay
Nancy Richey 6-3 6-3 Julie Heldman Match data Jan 20, 1973* R16 San Francisco WTA 250 Carpet
Nancy Richey 6-3 6-3 Julie Heldman Match data Oct 1, 1972* R16 Phoenix WTA 250 Hard
Nancy Richey 6-1 6-3 Julie Heldman Match data Aug 5, 1972* R16 Columbus WTA 250 Clay
Nancy Richey 6-1 6-3 Julie Heldman Match data Feb 24, 1972 QF Washington Open WTA 250 Carpet
Nancy Richey (w/o) Julie Heldman Match data Aug 9, 1971* QF Houston WTA 250 Carpet
Nancy Richey 6-3 9-7 Julie Heldman Match data Jun 7, 1969* QF Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Julie Heldman 5-7 6-1 10-8 Nancy Richey Match data Mar 3, 1969* F Curacao WTA 250 Hard
Nancy Richey 7-5 6-0 Julie Heldman Match data Mar 31, 1968* QF New York WTA 250 Carpet

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
Julie Heldman — — — 2,133 381 159 70.6% 0 0 0 0 21 21
Nancy Richey — #8 — 2,245 324 109 74.8% 1 0 0 2 19 22

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.

Age Julie Heldman Nancy Richey
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
22 1968 53–15 77.9% — 1,811 0 6 — — — — — — —
23 1969 74–17 81.3% — 2,020 0 14 — — — — — — —
24 1970 29–12 70.7% — 1,959 0 15 — — — — — — —
25 1971 41–23 64.1% — 2,031 0 16 1968 56–5 91.8% — 1,916 1 4
26 1972 32–26 55.2% — 1,962 0 16 1969 33–8 80.5% — 2,054 1 7
27 1973 68–31 68.7% — 2,074 0 19 1970 43–8 84.3% — 2,122 1 14
28 1974 60–21 74.1% — 2,089 0 21 1971 29–13 69.0% — 2,076 1 14
29 1975 24–14 63.2% — 1,995 0 21 1972 45–12 78.9% — 2,194 1 19
30 — — — — — — — 1973 34–13 72.3% — 2,191 1 19
31 — — — — — — — 1974 25–13 65.8% — 2,151 1 19
32 — — — — — — — 1975 24–11 68.6% #8 2,120 1 20
33 — — — — — — — 1976 14–10 58.3% — 2,084 1 20
34 — — — — — — — 1977 15–7 68.2% — 2,016 1 22
35 — — — — — — — 1978 6–9 40.0% — 1,922 1 22

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. 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.

Age Julie Heldman Nancy Richey
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
22 1968 8 3 11 72.7% 37 7 44 84.1% 5 3 8 62.5% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1969 13 3 16 81.3% 32 4 36 88.9% 9 4 13 69.2% 16 6 22 72.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1970 — — — — 19 6 25 76.0% 9 5 14 64.3% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1971 6 3 9 66.7% 11 6 17 64.7% 11 4 15 73.3% 13 10 23 56.5% 1968 5 1 6 83.3% 35 3 38 92.1% 9 1 10 90.0% 4 0 4 100.0%
26 1972 5 3 8 62.5% 6 6 12 50.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 15 11 26 57.7% 1969 15 4 19 78.9% 9 2 11 81.8% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — —
27 1973 10 4 14 71.4% 17 7 24 70.8% 24 6 30 80.0% 17 14 31 54.8% 1970 9 0 9 100.0% 26 5 31 83.9% 4 1 5 80.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
28 1974 — — — — 24 10 34 70.6% 21 5 26 80.8% 15 6 21 71.4% 1971 8 4 12 66.7% 7 2 9 77.8% 6 2 8 75.0% 8 5 13 61.5%
29 1975 4 3 7 57.1% 9 6 15 60.0% — — — — 11 5 16 68.8% 1972 11 1 12 91.7% 16 6 22 72.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 13 3 16 81.3%
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1973 12 3 15 80.0% 11 4 15 73.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 9 5 14 64.3%
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 12 7 19 63.2% 3 1 4 75.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975 11 3 14 78.6% 5 3 8 62.5% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 4 12 66.7%
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976 4 4 8 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — 7 4 11 63.6%
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 0 1 1 0.0% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 5 6 11 45.5%
Career — 46 19 65 70.8% 155 52 207 74.9% 85 33 118 72.0% 89 54 143 62.2% — 87 29 116 75.0% 125 34 159 78.6% 38 11 49 77.6% 65 35 100 65.0%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. 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.

Age Julie Heldman Nancy Richey
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
22 1968 1811 138.4 — — — — -128 +140 -203 73.8% +2.05 10–3 (77%) — — -1.49 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1969 2021 153.7 — — — — +84 +69 -264 74.9% +2.13 16–5 (76%) — — -8.73 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1970 1960 152.1 — — — — — +143 -157 70.9% +1.83 3–5 (38%) — — -3.54 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1971 2032 159.2 — — — — +11 +32 -114 62.0% +1.18 10–8 (56%) 1–3 (25%) 97.7 -6.66 1968 1916 145.6 — — — — -119 +83 -174 87.6% +3.09 10–1 (91%) — — -0.10
26 1972 1963 153.4 — — — — +119 +20 -75 55.3% +0.34 7–9 (44%) 4–0 (100%) 98.9 -9.20 1969 2054 151.8 — — — — +32 -32 -127 77.3% +1.99 6–2 (75%) — — -3.41
27 1973 2075 159.9 — — — — -31 -45 +40 66.5% +1.41 12–9 (57%) 2–8 (20%) 97.9 -10.33 1970 2123 162.9 — — — — +60 -35 -127 80.0% +2.51 6–2 (75%) 1–0 — -4.02
28 1974 2090 159.9 — — — — -2 -3 +79 69.7% +1.48 11–6 (65%) 5–5 (50%) 102.8 -5.94 1971 2077 156.0 — — — — +22 +31 -94 65.1% +1.50 4–4 (50%) 3–5 (38%) 97.6 -3.59
29 1975 1995 149.5 — — — — +96 -22 — 59.0% +0.87 6–3 (67%) 2–2 (50%) 98.1 -3.41 1972 2194 166.6 — — — — +186 -41 -224 79.6% +2.43 5–4 (56%) 4–3 (57%) 101.6 -6.67
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1973 2192 164.0 — — — — +123 -6 -220 67.6% +1.24 9–7 (56%) 7–3 (70%) 101.3 -7.33
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1974 2152 156.5 — — — — +112 +19 -165 68.9% +1.60 7–3 (70%) 3–3 (50%) 99.8 -3.90
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1975 2121 155.3 — — — — +105 -19 — 65.8% +1.55 8–4 (67%) 2–6 (25%) 96.2 -2.17
33 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1976 2085 155.1 — — — — +132 -40 — 60.0% +0.82 4–4 (50%) 1–2 (33%) 96.6 -4.18
34 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1977 2016 146.8 — — — — +91 +43 — 64.6% +1.42 3–3 (50%) 3–3 (50%) 96.9 -1.27
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1978 1923 136.5 — — — — +56 +55 — 45.5% -0.24 0–3 (0%) 2–1 (67%) 95.2 -2.03
Career — 2134 158.8 — — — — +33 +56 -56 67.3% +1.47 75–48 (61%) 14–18 (44%) 100.6 -9.28 — 2245 164.5 — — — — +89 +9 -154 72.7% +1.89 62–37 (63%) 26–26 (50%) 100.3 -9.27

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.