Career 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 Too close to call — 10–5 on categories Coetzer wins on first serve in %. Serna’s case rests on titles. WTA Tour career: Serna 388 matches, Coetzer 839 matches.
Serna has 3 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Coetzer’s 9 titles (one every 50 matches). Coetzer has the better first serve in %: 68.5 to Serna’s 53.9. Serna has 60 aces (one every 1.6 matches) to Coetzer’s 3 aces (one every 20 matches). Winners’ edge: Coetzer’s team won 62%, Serna’s team won 49% of the matches they played. Longevity: Coetzer has 839 matches across 17 seasons, Serna 388 in 10 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, aces, finals…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.0 3 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 9 total · best 1
53.9 First serve in % 68.5
65.7 First-serve points won % 58.2
61.2 Break points saved % 57.1
40.2 Return points won % 45.5
0.6 60 total · best 8 Acesper game 0.1 3 total · best 1
Head to head 1 7 matches since 1997 6
Hard · 4 matches Serna 1 Coetzer 3 Clay · 2 matches Serna 0 Coetzer 2 Carpet · 1 match Serna 0 Coetzer 1 Grand Slams · 2 matches Serna 1 Coetzer 1 Last meetings 9 Oct 2000 · Zurich · Round of 32 · Hard Coetzer won 6-4 6-1 22 Aug 2000 · US Open · Round of 32 · Hard Serna won 7-5 7-6 10 Apr 2000 · Amelia Island · Round of 32 · Clay Coetzer won 6-4 6-4 2 Feb 1999 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · Carpet Coetzer won 6-2 6-1 24 Aug 1998 · New Haven · Round of 32 · Hard Coetzer won 7-6 6-3 6 Apr 1998 · Amelia Island · Round of 32 · Clay Coetzer won 6-3 6-3 13 Jan 1997 · Australian Open · Round of 32 · Hard Coetzer won Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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