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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 2007: Schnyder 74 matches, Williams 45 matches.
Williams averages 5.8 aces a match to Schnyder’s 2.9 — 2 times as many.
Williams averages a sets lost every 2 matches to Schnyder’s 0.9.
Schnyder has the better first serve in %: 65.6 to Williams’s 60.
Williams ranks 6th of 26 in WTA Tour 2007 for titles per match.
Williams ranks 9th of 68 in WTA Tour 2007 for first-serve points won %.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 78%, Schnyder’s team won 65% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Schnyder has 74 matches, Williams 45 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
–Titlesper game0.02 total · best 1#6 of 26
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
65.6#19 of 68First serve in %60.0#51 of 68
65.0#24 of 68First-serve points won %69.1#9 of 68
60.9#9 of 68Break points saved %56.2#25 of 68
44.0#42 of 68Return points won %46.3#16 of 68
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
Titles, oldest to newest in 2007.
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2.9214 total · best 8#19 of 68Acesper game5.8262 total · best 13★ #2 of 68
12.1894 total · best 18#8 of 69Games wonper game11.9534 total · best 18#13 of 69
47.6#23 of 68Break points converted %52.5★ #2 of 68
62.3#22 of 69Sets won %77.1★ #3 of 69
55.9#18 of 69Games won %59.0#5 of 69
0.02 total · best 1#23 of 41Finalsper game0.13 total · best 1#9 of 41
1.5109 total · best 2#12 of 69Sets wonper game1.674 total · best 2★ #3 of 69
0.966 total · best 2#23 of 69Sets lostper game · lower is better0.522 total · best 2★ #3 of 69
9.5704 total · best 19#21 of 69Games lostper game · lower is better8.2371 total · best 17#5 of 69
0.212 total · best 2#50 of 69Tiebreaksper game0.312 total · best 1#13 of 69