H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Laura Rossouw vs Nancy Richey H2H: 0-5

Nancy Richey holds a 5–0 lead over Laura Rossouw in their WTA head-to-head. Across 5 main-draw meetings, Nancy Richey leads 4–0 on clay and 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Nancy Richey won the 1973 Roland Garros round of 32 6-3 5-7 7-5.

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Laura Rossouw
RSA Age 80
H2H
0 – 5
5 main-draw meetings
Nancy Richey
USA Age 84 Right-Handed 160 cm / 5'3"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Nancy Richey 6-3 5-7 7-5 Laura Rossouw Match data May 27, 1973* R32 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Nancy Richey 6-3 7-5 Laura Rossouw Match data Mar 17, 1973* R32 Richmond WTA 250 Clay
Nancy Richey 7-5 6-2 Laura Rossouw Match data May 29, 1971* R16 Roland Garros Grand Slam Clay
Nancy Richey 6-0 6-2 Laura Rossouw Match data Jul 18, 1968* R32 Milwaukee WTA 250 Clay
Nancy Richey 6-0 6-2 Laura Rossouw Match data Jun 20, 1968* R32 Queen's Club Championships 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
Laura Rossouw — — — 1,786 119 128 48.2% 0 0 0 0 1 1
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 Laura Rossouw Nancy Richey
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
21 1968 21–20 51.2% — 1,571 0 0 — — — — — — —
22 1969 12–18 40.0% — 1,547 0 0 — — — — — — —
23 1970 18–17 51.4% — 1,682 0 0 — — — — — — —
24 1971 29–21 58.0% — 1,747 0 0 — — — — — — —
25 1972 19–21 47.5% — 1,697 0 1 1968 56–5 91.8% — 1,916 1 4
26 1973 17–26 39.5% — 1,732 0 1 1969 33–8 80.5% — 2,054 1 7
27 1974 3–5 37.5% — 1,690 0 1 1970 43–8 84.3% — 2,122 1 14
28 — — — — — — — 1971 29–13 69.0% — 2,076 1 14
29 — — — — — — — 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 Laura Rossouw 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 %
21 1968 5 5 10 50.0% 9 7 16 56.3% 7 8 15 46.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1969 3 4 7 42.9% 8 11 19 42.1% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1970 2 3 5 40.0% 9 9 18 50.0% 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1971 2 3 5 40.0% 15 10 25 60.0% 12 8 20 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1972 5 5 10 50.0% 10 10 20 50.0% 4 6 10 40.0% — — — — 1968 5 1 6 83.3% 35 3 38 92.1% 9 1 10 90.0% 4 0 4 100.0%
26 1973 9 8 17 52.9% 5 10 15 33.3% 2 4 6 33.3% 1 4 5 20.0% 1969 15 4 19 78.9% 9 2 11 81.8% 9 2 11 81.8% — — — —
27 1974 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1970 9 0 9 100.0% 26 5 31 83.9% 4 1 5 80.0% 4 2 6 66.7%
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1971 8 4 12 66.7% 7 2 9 77.8% 6 2 8 75.0% 8 5 13 61.5%
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — 26 28 54 48.1% 56 58 114 49.1% 33 35 68 48.5% 1 4 5 20.0% — 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 Laura Rossouw 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
21 1968 1571 117.3 — — — — -20 +24 -49 50.0% +0.22 4–4 (50%) — — -1.27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1969 1547 110.8 — — — — +23 -2 -36 40.0% -0.57 3–4 (43%) — — -0.95 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1970 1682 127.3 — — — — -124 -39 -56 47.6% -0.21 9–5 (64%) — — -1.78 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1971 1747 133.0 — — — — -202 +50 -66 53.6% +0.33 10–6 (63%) 3–1 (75%) 108.8 +1.97 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
25 1972 1697 127.1 — — — — -79 +35 -44 45.9% -0.20 4–3 (57%) 1–1 — -0.60 1968 1916 145.6 — — — — -119 +83 -174 87.6% +3.09 10–1 (91%) — — -0.10
26 1973 1732 135.0 — — — — -16 -33 -75 38.2% -1.07 11–5 (69%) 6–5 (55%) 109.2 -5.17 1969 2054 151.8 — — — — +32 -32 -127 77.3% +1.99 6–2 (75%) — — -3.41
27 1974 1690 119.0 — — — — — — — 41.2% -0.59 0–1 1–0 — -1.06 1970 2123 162.9 — — — — +60 -35 -127 80.0% +2.51 6–2 (75%) 1–0 — -4.02
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1971 2077 156.0 — — — — +22 +31 -94 65.1% +1.50 4–4 (50%) 3–5 (38%) 97.6 -3.59
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 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 — 1786 130.3 — — — — -48 +10 -56 46.1% -0.24 41–28 (59%) 11–7 (61%) 113.2 -3.63 — 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.