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Patty Schnyder v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on break points saved %. Schnyder’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2018: Schnyder 5 matches, Williams 24 matches.
Williams has the better break points saved %: 56.1 to Schnyder’s 40.5.
Williams has the better first-serve points won %: 74.4 to Schnyder’s 57.
Schnyder has the better first serve in %: 65.5 to Williams’s 59.4.
Williams ranks 1st of 95 in WTA Tour 2018 for first-serve points won %.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 75%, Schnyder’s team won 20% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Williams has 24 matches, Schnyder 5 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Small sample: Schnyder (5 matches) — treat the averages with care.
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.
65.5First serve in %59.4#66 of 95
57.0First-serve points won %74.4★ #1 of 95
40.5Break points saved %56.1#46 of 95
39.5Return points won %43.5#51 of 95
15 total · best 2Acesper game7.1170 total · best 18★ #3 of 95
840 total · best 16Games wonper game11.3270 total · best 16
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 2018.
Schnyder–––––
Williams––––––––––
#36 of 95
35.3Break points converted %48.8#9 of 95
18.2Sets won %71.2★ #2 of 95
40.0Games won %57.1#4 of 95
–Finalsper game0.12 total · best 1★ #2 of 58
0.42 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.537 total · best 2★ #3 of 95
1.89 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.615 total · best 2★ #1 of 95
1260 total · best 13Games lostper game · lower is better8.5203 total · best 14★ #2 of 95
0.21 total · best 1Tiebreaksper game0.13 total · best 1#91 of 95
2.211 total · best 3Double faultsper game · lower is better3.481 total · best 7#42 of 95
63.2316 total · best 81Serve pointsper game61.91,486 total · best 93#93 of 95