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Jennifer Capriati v Monica Seles: stats compared | Lineball
Capriati wins on break points saved %. Seles’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2003: Capriati 60 matches, Seles 17 matches.
Capriati has the better break points saved %: 58 to Seles’s 40.
Capriati has the better first-serve points won %: 68.1 to Seles’s 50.
Capriati averages 0.7 aces a match to Seles’ 0.1 — 12 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Capriati’s team won 70%, Seles’s team won 59% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Capriati has 60 matches, Seles 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.
0.01 total · best 1#26 of 29Titlesper game–
59.2#45 of 71First serve in %54.2
68.1#16 of 71First-serve points won %50.0
58.0#28 of 71Break points saved %40.0
51.4★ #2 of 71Return points won %42.9
0.743 total · best 9#9 of 70Acesper game0.11 total · best 1
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 in 2003.
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12.6757 total · best 18★ #2 of 73Games wonper game11.8200 total · best 18
49.4#25 of 71Break points converted %–
69.1#7 of 73Sets won %56.4
57.8#6 of 73Games won %52.4
0.13 total · best 1#11 of 45Finalsper game0.12 total · best 1
1.696 total · best 2#6 of 73Sets wonper game1.322 total · best 2
0.743 total · best 2#7 of 73Sets lostper game · lower is better117 total · best 2
9.2553 total · best 18#7 of 73Games lostper game · lower is better10.7182 total · best 19
0.212 total · best 1#33 of 73Tiebreaksper game0.24 total · best 1
1.059 total · best 7#68 of 71Double faultsper game · lower is better0.712 total · best 12
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