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Patty Schnyder v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on first-serve points won %. Schnyder’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2006: Schnyder 69 matches, Williams 16 matches.
Williams averages 5.9 aces a match to Schnyder’s 2.7 — 2.1 times as many.
Schnyder averages 1.6 double faults a match to Williams’ 2.8.
Williams has the better first-serve points won %: 74 to Schnyder’s 64.6.
Schnyder ranks 2nd of 85 in WTA Tour 2006 for break points saved %.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 75%, Schnyder’s team won 65% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Schnyder has 69 matches, Williams 16 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
63.6#40 of 85First serve in %59.2
64.6#19 of 85First-serve points won %74.0
62.8★ #2 of 85Break points saved %62.9
44.9#33 of 85Return points won %46.0
2.7189 total · best 9#6 of 85Acesper game5.994 total · best 12
11.5792 total · best 18#19 of 88Games wonper game
Head to head
412 matches since 19988
Hard · 8 matchesSchnyder 1Williams 7
Clay · 3 matchesSchnyder 3Williams 0
Carpet · 1 matchSchnyder 0Williams 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchSchnyder 0Williams 1
Finals · 1 matchSchnyder 0Williams 1
Last meetings
4 May 2009 · Rome · Round of 32 · ClaySchnyder won 6-2 2-6 6-1
14 July 2008 · Stanford · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-3 6-1
3 Mar 2008 · Bangalore · Final · HardWilliams won 7-5 6-3
15 Oct 2007 · Zurich · Round of 32 · HardSchnyder won 6-0 3-0
14 May 2007 · Rome · Quarterfinal · ClaySchnyder won 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)
30 Aug 2004 · US Open · Round of 16 · Hard
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2006.
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11.8
189 total · best 18
45.1#47 of 85Break points converted %49.6
62.8#13 of 88Sets won %69.4
54.6#18 of 88Games won %60.0
0.02 total · best 1#30 of 52Finalsper game–
1.498 total · best 2#14 of 88Sets wonper game1.625 total · best 2
0.858 total · best 2#15 of 88Sets lostper game · lower is better0.711 total · best 2
9.6660 total · best 18#19 of 88Games lostper game · lower is better7.9126 total · best 13
0.319 total · best 2#15 of 87Tiebreaksper game0.23 total · best 1
1.6111 total · best 7#36 of 85Double faultsper game · lower is better2.844 total · best 6
52.73,633 total · best 112#8 of 85Serve pointsper game59.7955 total · best 109