Garbin v Petrova

WTA Tour career

Tathiana GarbinItaly382 games · 1998–2011Fewest double faultsMost first serve in %

Nadia PetrovaRussia722 games · 1998–2014Most titlesMost aces

Lineball analyst2–13

Nadia Petrova takes it, 13–2 on categories

Petrova wins on titles. Garbin’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Garbin 382 matches, Petrova 722 matches.

Petrova has 13 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Garbin’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
Petrova averages 3.5 aces a match to Garbin’s 1.0 — 3.3 times as many.
Garbin averages 1.4 double faults a match to Petrova’s 2.2.
Winners’ edge: Petrova’s team won 62%, Garbin’s team won 45% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Petrova has 722 matches across 17 seasons, Garbin 382 in 14 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, 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.

0.01 total · best 1Titlesper game0.013 total · best 1
61.2First serve in %58.9
59.6First-serve points won %69.5
51.8Break points saved %58.5
43.4Return points won %44.1
1.0260 total · best 8Acesper game3.52,173 total · best 16

Head to head

17 matches
since 20016

Hard · 4 matchesGarbin 1Petrova 3
Clay · 2 matchesGarbin 0Petrova 2
Grass · 1 matchGarbin 0Petrova 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchGarbin 0Petrova 1

Last meetings

3 May 2010 · Rome · Round of 64 · ClayPetrova won 6-3 6-2
8 Sept 2008 · Bali · Round of 16 · HardPetrova won 6-1 6-1
31 Dec 2007 · Gold Coast · Round of 32 · HardGarbin won 5-7 7-5 6-3
13 Sept 2004 · Bali · Quarterfinal · HardPetrova won 6-1 7-5
23 June 2003 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassPetrova won 6-1 6-3
12 May 2003 · Rome · Round of 64 · ClayPetrova won 6-4 6-1
30 July 2001 · San Diego · Round of 64 · HardPetrova won 5-2 ret.

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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