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Nicolas Kiefer v Fabrice Santoro: stats compared | Lineball
Kiefer wins on titles. Santoro’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Kiefer 619 matches, Santoro 902 matches.
Kiefer has 7 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Santoro’s 6 titles (one every 50 matches).
Kiefer averages 6.5 aces a match to Santoro’s 3.0 — 2.1 times as many.
Santoro averages 2.3 double faults a match to Kiefer’s 3.6.
Winners’ edge: Kiefer’s team won 58%, Santoro’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Santoro has 902 matches across 22 seasons, Kiefer 619 in 17 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.07 total · best 1Titlesper game0.06 total · best 1
52.7First serve in %57.6
74.9First-serve points won %67.0
60.1Break points saved %59.1
38.9Return points won %39.8
6.53,992 total · best 23Acesper game3.02,593 total · best 22
Head to head
310 matches since 19997
Hard · 7 matchesKiefer 2Santoro 5
Grass · 2 matchesKiefer 1Santoro 1
Clay · 1 matchKiefer 0Santoro 1
Grand Slams · 3 matchesKiefer 1Santoro 2
Last meetings
22 June 2009 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassSantoro won 6-4 6-2 6-2
25 Mar 2009 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 64 · HardKiefer won 5-7 7-6(5) 6-2
25 June 2007 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · GrassKiefer won 6-4 6-3 6-4
20 Mar 2006 · ATP Masters 1000 Miami · Round of 64 · HardKiefer won 7-6(4) 2-6 6-4
11 Mar 2002 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Round of 32 · HardSantoro won 7-6(1) 6-1
30 July 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Canada · Round of 32 · HardSantoro won 4-6 6-4 6-3
14 May 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Hamburg · Round of 16 · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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12.57,741 total · best 31
Games wonper game
12.110,924 total · best 37
43.2Break points converted %41.8
56.1Sets won %50.9
52.0Games won %49.9
0.021 total · best 1Finalsper game0.012 total · best 1
1.4864 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.31,165 total · best 3
1.1676 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better1.21,122 total · best 3
11.57,138 total · best 27Games lostper game · lower is better12.210,970 total · best 34
0.3196 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.3294 total · best 2
3.62,243 total · best 14Double faultsper game · lower is better2.31,973 total · best 14
Santoro won 6-3 6-3
13 Mar 2000 · ATP Masters 1000 Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardSantoro won 6-1 6-4
3 Jan 2000 · Doha · Semifinal · HardSantoro won 7-5 6-4
18 Jan 1999 · Australian Open · Round of 32 · HardSantoro won 7-6(7) 6-1 6-3