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Patty Schnyder v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on first-serve points won %. Schnyder’s case rests on break points converted %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2009: Schnyder 45 matches, Williams 62 matches.
Williams has the better first-serve points won %: 74 to Schnyder’s 62.
Williams averages 5.7 aces a match to Schnyder’s 2.3 — 2.5 times as many.
Williams averages a sets lost every 1.8 matches to Schnyder’s 1.1.
Williams ranks 1st of 71 in WTA Tour 2009 for first-serve points won %.
Williams ranks 2nd of 29 in WTA Tour 2009 for titles per match.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 81%, Schnyder’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
–Titlesper game0.13 total · best 1★ #2 of 29
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
61.6#36 of 71First serve in %60.3#45 of 71
62.0#43 of 71First-serve points won %74.0★ #1 of 71
58.8#7 of 71Break points saved %59.3#6 of 71
42.1#65 of 71Return points won %45.3#29 of 71
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 2009.
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2.3105 total · best 9#24 of 71Acesper game5.7356 total · best 20★ #2 of 71
10.8484 total · best 19#43 of 73Games wonper game12.5777 total · best 21★ #3 of 73
48.2#28 of 71Break points converted %45.5#52 of 71
50.5#49 of 73Sets won %74.6★ #1 of 73
50.1#48 of 73Games won %59.0★ #2 of 73
0.01 total · best 1#35 of 47Finalsper game0.14 total · best 1#5 of 47
1.151 total · best 2#50 of 73Sets wonper game1.7103 total · best 2★ #1 of 73
1.150 total · best 2#49 of 73Sets lostper game · lower is better0.635 total · best 2★ #1 of 73
10.7482 total · best 19#53 of 73Games lostper game · lower is better8.7541 total · best 19#7 of 73
0.312 total · best 2#20 of 73Tiebreaksper game0.316 total · best 2#22 of 73