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Patty Schnyder v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on first-serve points won %. Schnyder’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2011: Schnyder 17 matches, Williams 25 matches.
Williams has the better first-serve points won %: 76.8 to Schnyder’s 57.4.
Williams has the better break points saved %: 67.5 to Schnyder’s 53.8.
Williams averages 8 aces a match to Schnyder’s 1.2 — 6.5 times as many.
Williams ranks 1st of 85 in WTA Tour 2011 for first-serve points won %.
Williams ranks 2nd of 33 in WTA Tour 2011 for titles per match.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 88%, Schnyder’s team won 35% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Williams has 25 matches, Schnyder 17 — 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.
–Titlesper game0.12 total · best 1★ #2 of 33
61.2First serve in %58.9#57 of 85
57.4First-serve points won %76.8★ #1 of 85
53.8Break points saved %67.5★ #1 of 85
38.8Return points won %45.4#31 of 85
1.221 total · best 5Acesper game8200 total · best 14★ #1 of 85
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 2011.
Schnyder––––––––––
Williams–1–––––––
9.3158 total · best 17Games wonper game12.7318 total · best 17★ #1 of 89
38.8Break points converted %47.1#44 of 85
35.0Sets won %79.0★ #1 of 89
45.8Games won %63.2★ #1 of 89
–Finalsper game0.13 total · best 1★ #1 of 54
0.814 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.845 total · best 2★ #1 of 89
1.526 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.512 total · best 2★ #2 of 89
11187 total · best 14Games lostper game · lower is better7.4185 total · best 17★ #2 of 89
0.12 total · best 1Tiebreaksper game0.25 total · best 1#61 of 89
1.831 total · best 5Double faultsper game · lower is better2.562 total · best 7#26 of 85