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Els Callens v Magdalena Maleeva: stats compared | Lineball
Maleeva wins on break points saved %. Callens’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Callens 226 matches, Maleeva 681 matches.
Maleeva has the better break points saved %: 53.9 to Callens’s 44.4.
Maleeva averages a double fault every 2 matches to Callens’ 0.7.
Maleeva averages 1.3 sets won a match to Callens’ 1.0 (39% more).
Winners’ edge: Maleeva’s team won 59%, Callens’s team won 41% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Maleeva has 681 matches across 17 seasons, Callens 226 in 15 — 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.
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.
–Titlesper game0.010 total · best 1
60.6First serve in %65.1
64.3First-serve points won %62.4
44.4Break points saved %53.9
37.8Return points won %47.4
0.535 total · best 9Acesper game0.456 total · best 6
10.02,269 total · best 19
Head to head
14 matches since 19973
Carpet · 2 matchesCallens 0Maleeva 2
Hard · 1 matchCallens 0Maleeva 1
Clay · 1 matchCallens 1Maleeva 0
Last meetings
27 Sept 2004 · Hasselt · Round of 16 · HardMaleeva won 6-0 6-1
29 Jan 2001 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · CarpetMaleeva won 6-3 6-4
10 May 1999 · Belgian Open · Round of 16 · ClayCallens won 2-6 6-3 6-2
10 Feb 1997 · Linz · Round of 16 · CarpetMaleeva won 6-2 6-2
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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Games wonper game
11.47,763 total · best 24
37.0Break points converted %43.2
41.8Sets won %57.6
47.0Games won %53.3
0.01 total · best 1Finalsper game0.020 total · best 1
1.0218 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.3905 total · best 3
1.4304 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.0666 total · best 2
11.32,562 total · best 19Games lostper game · lower is better10.06,791 total · best 19
0.253 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2131 total · best 2
0.748 total · best 10Double faultsper game · lower is better0.572 total · best 11