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Mary Pierce v Lindsay Davenport: stats compared | Lineball
Davenport wins on titles. Pierce’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2004: Pierce 43 matches, Davenport 72 matches.
Davenport has 7 titles (one every 10 matches) to Pierce’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
Davenport averages 1.3 aces a match to Pierce’s 0.3 — 4.6 times as many.
Davenport averages a sets lost every 2.9 matches to Pierce’s 0.8.
Davenport ranks 2nd of 28 in WTA Tour 2004 for titles per match.
Pierce ranks 5th of 86 in WTA Tour 2004 for first-serve points won %.
Winners’ edge: Davenport’s team won 88%, Pierce’s team won 60% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Davenport has 72 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.
0.01 total · best 1#13 of 28Titlesper game0.17 total · best 1★ #2 of 28
65.3#20 of 86First serve in %61.5#34 of 86
70.8#5 of 86First-serve points won %74.7★ #1 of 86
61.5#10 of 86Break points saved %62.9#5 of 86
43.2#54 of 86Return points won %49.4#6 of 86
0.312 total · best 4
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 2004.
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#46 of 84
Acesper game
1.393 total · best 9★ #2 of 84
10.6457 total · best 18#47 of 89Games wonper game11.9853 total · best 19#9 of 89
41.7#62 of 86Break points converted %49.1#34 of 86
60.4#17 of 89Sets won %83.4★ #2 of 89
55.7#10 of 89Games won %65.0★ #1 of 89
0.12 total · best 1#15 of 46Finalsper game0.19 total · best 1★ #2 of 46
1.355 total · best 2#26 of 89Sets wonper game1.8126 total · best 2★ #3 of 89
0.836 total · best 2#15 of 89Sets lostper game · lower is better0.425 total · best 2★ #2 of 89
8.4363 total · best 20#7 of 89Games lostper game · lower is better6.4459 total · best 19★ #1 of 89
0.27 total · best 2#58 of 89Tiebreaksper game0.18 total · best 2#76 of 89
0.415 total · best 4#18 of 86Double faultsper game · lower is better0.965 total · best 8#67 of 86
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