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

Vicki Nelson vs Laura Golarsa H2H: 1-0

Vicki Nelson holds a 1–0 lead over Laura Golarsa in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Vicki Nelson leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Vicki Nelson won the 1985 Taranto round of 16 6-1 2-6 6-1.

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Vicki Nelson

USA Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H

1 – 0

1 main-draw meetings

Laura Golarsa

ITA Age 58 Right-Handed 165 cm / 5'5"

H2H Match Log

Player	Score	Player	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Vicki Nelson	6-1 2-6 6-1	Laura Golarsa #196	Match data	May 3, 1985*	R16	Taranto	WTA 250	Clay

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
Vicki Nelson	#547	#60	8	1,677	87	136	39.0%	0	0	0	0	1	1
Laura Golarsa	#693	#39	436	1,761	127	180	41.4%	0	0	0	0	1	1

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.

Vicki Nelson							Laura Golarsa
Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles	Yr	W-L	Win %	Rank	Elo	GS	Titles
1980	7–4	63.6%	—	1,544	0	0	1985	5–1	83.3%	#166	1,563	0	1
1981	3–4	42.9%	—	1,561	0	0	1986	5–5	50.0%	#167	1,593	0	1
1982	12–15	44.4%	—	1,616	0	0	1987	6–10	37.5%	#121	1,574	0	1
1983	10–23	30.3%	—	1,538	0	0	1988	11–14	44.0%	#79	1,618	0	1
1984	14–19	42.4%	#92	1,537	0	0	1989	22–18	55.0%	#58	1,707	0	1
1985	17–22	43.6%	#87	1,594	0	0	1990	14–16	46.7%	#61	1,689	0	1
1986	14–22	38.9%	#98	1,590	0	1	1991	3–13	18.8%	#213	1,546	0	1
1987	10–21	32.3%	#136	1,520	0	1	1992	5–10	33.3%	#125	1,522	0	1
1988	0–5	0.0%	#282	1,471	0	1	1993	17–18	48.6%	#69	1,637	0	1
1989	0–1	0.0%	#402	1,461	0	1	1994	13–22	37.1%	#112	1,582	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1995	5–10	33.3%	#149	1,551	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1996	1–8	11.1%	#145	1,468	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1997	7–9	43.8%	#62	1,532	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1998	10–16	38.5%	#94	1,570	0	1
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1999	3–10	23.1%	#168	1,512	0	1

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.

Vicki Nelson																	Laura Golarsa
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 %
1981	1	3	4	25.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1985	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1982	4	4	8	50.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	1986	—	—	—	—	5	4	9	55.6%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1983	4	9	13	30.8%	3	9	12	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	1987	2	4	6	33.3%	1	4	5	20.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	1	3	66.7%
1984	6	8	14	42.9%	8	6	14	57.1%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1988	3	4	7	42.9%	6	7	13	46.2%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1985	9	11	20	45.0%	8	8	16	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1989	6	5	11	54.5%	6	7	13	46.2%	6	3	9	66.7%	4	3	7	57.1%
1986	1	9	10	10.0%	11	8	19	57.9%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	1990	1	5	6	16.7%	6	3	9	66.7%	4	4	8	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1987	4	9	13	30.8%	6	9	15	40.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1991	—	—	—	—	2	7	9	22.2%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
1988	0	4	4	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1992	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1989	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1993	8	8	16	50.0%	3	5	8	37.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	2	3	5	40.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1994	4	10	14	28.6%	2	7	9	22.2%	7	3	10	70.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1995	0	5	5	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1996	1	2	3	33.3%	0	4	4	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1997	2	4	6	33.3%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	2	5	60.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1998	5	6	11	45.5%	2	6	8	25.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1999	0	3	3	0.0%	0	5	5	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%
Career	29	58	87	33.3%	44	46	90	48.9%	1	14	15	6.7%	6	14	20	30.0%	Career	32	57	89	36.0%	38	66	104	36.5%	36	32	68	52.9%	16	25	41	39.0%

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.

Vicki Nelson																Laura Golarsa
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
1980	1544	114.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	68.4%	+1.68	0–1	1–0	—	+0.64	1985	1564	114.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	78.6%	+1.93	1–1	2–0	—	+0.48
1981	1561	103.8	—	—	—	—	+16	+33	—	40.0%	-1.20	1–0	1–0	—	+0.19	1986	1593	115.4	—	—	—	—	—	-11	—	47.6%	-0.29	1–0	—	—	+0.49
1982	1616	115.3	—	—	—	—	-30	+10	-70	44.4%	-0.22	5–4 (56%)	3–4 (43%)	100.7	+0.60	1987	1575	116.4	—	—	—	—	0	-50	—	44.4%	-0.45	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	—	+1.08
1983	1539	113.3	—	—	—	—	+13	+36	—	36.0%	-0.92	2–7 (22%)	1–3 (25%)	92.9	+0.43	1988	1619	117.2	—	—	—	—	-50	-32	-19	41.1%	-0.75	5–1 (83%)	1–4 (20%)	103.9	-0.38
1984	1538	115.3	—	—	—	—	-23	+128	-55	45.8%	-0.35	3–5 (38%)	2–2 (50%)	97.9	+1.80	1989	1707	132.8	—	—	—	—	-45	-99	-6	54.0%	+0.19	10–10 (50%)	4–6 (40%)	101.3	+0.90
1985	1594	130.2	—	—	—	—	-25	+60	—	45.9%	-0.15	2–7 (22%)	5–5 (50%)	95.2	+1.52	1990	1690	132.5	—	—	—	—	-82	-4	+52	46.8%	-0.02	1–3 (25%)	2–6 (25%)	94.9	-1.45
1986	1590	109.0	—	—	—	—	-114	+125	—	39.5%	-0.83	2–2 (50%)	3–4 (43%)	100.2	+2.92	1991	1546	105.1	—	—	—	—	+2	+38	+164	27.8%	-1.47	0–4 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	—	+0.04
1987	1520	111.9	—	—	—	—	-63	+118	—	35.3%	-1.03	2–4 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	98.4	+0.24	1992	1523	112.5	—	—	—	—	+36	+91	+101	37.1%	-1.20	2–3 (40%)	1–1	—	+0.67
1988	1472	100.3	—	—	—	—	-77	—	—	9.1%	-3.00	0–1	—	—	-0.24	1993	1638	128.5	—	—	—	—	-13	-51	+65	46.1%	-0.12	5–3 (63%)	2–6 (25%)	100.6	+1.03
1989	1461	99.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	+0.06	1994	1582	122.3	—	—	—	—	-41	-57	+220	44.4%	-0.69	3–10 (23%)	6–1 (86%)	97.8	+0.97
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1995	1552	111.8	—	—	—	—	-75	-12	+209	39.4%	-0.45	0–3 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	94.1	+0.07
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1996	1468	102.9	—	—	—	—	+24	-5	—	15.0%	-2.40	1–1	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.35
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1997	1532	103.8	—	—	—	—	-26	-77	+234	46.2%	-0.51	3–4 (43%)	2–0	—	+0.63
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1998	1570	108.1	—	—	—	—	-36	-153	+178	40.0%	-0.78	4–4 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	102.2	+0.61
—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1999	1513	94.5	—	—	—	—	-8	-138	+218	22.2%	-2.37	1–0	—	—	+0.07
Career	1678	118.7	—	—	—	—	-37	+85	-64	41.5%	-0.57	17–32 (35%)	18–20 (47%)	92.1	+3.66	Career	1762	124.1	—	—	—	—	-30	-44	+125	43.2%	-0.54	39–51 (43%)	26–34 (43%)	97.6	+1.81

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.

Vicki Nelson's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Lea Antonoplis	2	2	4	Oct 27, 1987	H2H
Amy Holton	3	1	4	Apr 24, 1986	H2H
Andrea Temesvari	0	4	4	Apr 11, 1985	H2H
Bettina Fulco	0	3	3	Apr 28, 1988	H2H
Hana Mandlikova	0	3	3	Mar 15, 1988	H2H

Laura Golarsa's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sabine Appelmans	3	3	6	May 13, 1999	H2H
Mary Joe Fernandez	0	5	5	Jan 20, 1999	H2H
Zina Garrison	1	4	5	Jun 16, 1995	H2H
Tamarine Tanasugarn	2	2	4	Jun 11, 1998	H2H
Jana Novotna	1	3	4	Sep 5, 1993	H2H