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Mary Pierce v Lindsay Davenport: stats compared | Lineball
Davenport wins on sets lost. Pierce’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2003: Pierce 43 matches, Davenport 62 matches.
Davenport averages a sets lost every 1.7 matches to Pierce’s 1.0.
Pierce averages a double fault every 2.5 matches to Davenport’s 0.8.
Davenport has the better sets won %: 73 to Pierce’s 56.7.
Davenport ranks 9th of 71 in WTA Tour 2003 for first-serve points won %.
Winners’ edge: Davenport’s team won 76%, Pierce’s team won 58% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Davenport has 62 matches, Pierce 43 — 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 game0.01 total · best 1#28 of 29
64.5#19 of 71First serve in %60.6#42 of 71
68.1#15 of 71First-serve points won %69.7#9 of 71
63.5#10 of 71Break points saved %64.6#8 of 71
43.1#52 of 71Return points won %49.7#7 of 71
0.835 total · best 13#5 of 70Acesper game
Head to head
412 matches since 19938
Hard · 6 matchesPierce 2Davenport 4
Clay · 4 matchesPierce 2Davenport 2
Carpet · 2 matchesPierce 0Davenport 2
Grand Slams · 3 matchesPierce 2Davenport 1
Finals · 2 matchesPierce 0Davenport 2
Last meetings
7 Nov 2005 · WTA Tour Championships · Semifinal · HardPierce won 7-6(5) 7-6(6)
23 May 2005 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClayPierce won 6-3 6-2
27 Sept 1999 · Grand Slam Cup · Quarterfinal · HardDavenport won 3-6 6-2 6-4
30 Aug 1999 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardDavenport won 6-2 3-6 7-5
5 Oct 1998 · Filderstadt · Round of 16 · HardDavenport won 6-1 6-3
3 Aug 1998 · San Diego · Final · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2003.
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0.8
48 total · best 10
#7 of 70
11.0472 total · best 19#36 of 73Games wonper game12.0745 total · best 19#9 of 73
43.9#46 of 71Break points converted %56.1#6 of 71
56.7#26 of 73Sets won %73.0#5 of 73
52.9#23 of 73Games won %59.7#5 of 73
–Finalsper game0.16 total · best 1#5 of 45
1.355 total · best 2#29 of 73Sets wonper game1.6100 total · best 2#5 of 73
1.042 total · best 2#21 of 73Sets lostper game · lower is better0.637 total · best 2#5 of 73
9.8421 total · best 18#20 of 73Games lostper game · lower is better8.1502 total · best 21#5 of 73
0.311 total · best 2#14 of 73Tiebreaksper game0.210 total · best 1#53 of 73
0.417 total · best 5#22 of 71Double faultsper game · lower is better0.849 total · best 9#61 of 71
Davenport won 6-3 6-1
6 Apr 1998 · Amelia Island · Semifinal · ClayPierce won 4-6 6-3 6-3
7 Apr 1997 · Amelia Island · Final · ClayDavenport won 6-2 6-3
22 July 1995 · Fed Cup WG1 SF: USA vs FRA · Round robin · CarpetDavenport won 6-3 4-6 6-0
14 Nov 1994 · Virginia Slims Championships · Semifinal · CarpetDavenport won 6-3 6-2