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Jennifer Capriati v Monica Seles: stats compared | Lineball
Seles wins on titles. Capriati’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Capriati 592 matches, Seles 719 matches.
Seles has 53 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Capriati’s 14 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Seles has 9 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Capriati’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches).
Capriati has the better first-serve points won %: 66.9 to Seles’s 50.
Winners’ edge: Seles’s team won 83%, Capriati’s team won 71% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.014 total · best 1Titlesper game0.153 total · best 1
0.03 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.09 total · best 1
62.9First serve in %54.2
66.9First-serve points won %50.0
53.5Break points saved %40.0
49.2Return points won %42.9
Head to head
514 matches since 19909
Hard · 9 matchesCapriati 4Seles 5
Carpet · 3 matchesCapriati 1Seles 2
Clay · 2 matchesCapriati 0Seles 2
Grand Slams · 6 matchesCapriati 1Seles 5
Finals · 3 matchesCapriati 1Seles 2
Last meetings
18 Mar 2002 · Miami · Semifinal · HardCapriati won 4-6 6-3 7-6(4)
30 July 2001 · San Diego · Quarterfinal · HardSeles won 6-3 6-3
19 Feb 2001 · Oklahoma City · Final · CarpetSeles won 6-3 5-7 6-2
15 Jan 2001 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · HardCapriati won 5-7 6-4 6-3
22 Aug 2000 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardSeles won 6-3 6-4
30 Aug 1999 · US Open · Round of 16 · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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0.883 total · best 9
Acesper game
0.11 total · best 1
12.07,101 total · best 20Games wonper game12.38,811 total · best 26
47.2Break points converted %–
66.8Sets won %78.3
56.9Games won %63.1
0.131 total · best 1Finalsper game0.185 total · best 1
1.5905 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.71,235 total · best 3
0.8450 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.5343 total · best 2
9.15,381 total · best 20Games lostper game · lower is better7.25,151 total · best 23
0.2109 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2123 total · best 2
Seles won 6-4 6-3
28 Oct 1996 · Chicago · Semifinal · CarpetCapriati won 6-3 6-3
25 May 1992 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClaySeles won 6-2 6-2
13 Mar 1992 · Key Biscayne · Quarterfinal · HardCapriati won 6-2 7-6
11 Nov 1991 · Philadelphia · Final · CarpetSeles won 7-5 6-1
