Pisnik v Likhovtseva

WTA Tour career

Tina PisnikSlovenia231 games · 1998–2005Most titlesFewest double faults

Elena LikhovtsevaRussia718 games · 1993–2008Most break points saved %Most aces

Lineball analyst4–11

Elena Likhovtseva takes it, 11–4 on categories

Likhovtseva wins on break points saved %. Pisnik’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Pisnik 231 matches, Likhovtseva 718 matches.

Pisnik has 1 title (one every 25 matches) to Likhovtseva’s 3 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Likhovtseva has the better break points saved %: 54 to Pisnik’s 45.5.
Likhovtseva averages 0.8 aces a match to Pisnik’s 0.3 — 2.6 times as many.
Longevity: Likhovtseva has 718 matches across 16 seasons, Pisnik 231 in 8 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, aces, finals…): 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.

0.01 total · best 1Titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
61.8First serve in %64.1
59.2First-serve points won %61.2
45.5Break points saved %54.0
45.3Return points won %45.2
0.324 total · best 8Acesper game0.8167 total · best 9

Head to head

35 matches
since 19992

Hard · 3 matchesPisnik 2Likhovtseva 1
Carpet · 1 matchPisnik 1Likhovtseva 0
Grass · 1 matchPisnik 0Likhovtseva 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchPisnik 0Likhovtseva 1

Last meetings

29 Sept 2003 · Moscow · Round of 32 · CarpetPisnik won 6-4 6-3
30 Dec 2001 · Gold Coast · Round of 16 · HardPisnik won 6-3 6-4
11 June 2001 · Birmingham · Round of 16 · GrassLikhovtseva won 4-6 6-4 6-3
26 Feb 2001 · Scottsdale · Round of 16 · HardPisnik won 7-6(5) 1-6 7-6(3)
30 Aug 1999 · US Open · Round of 64 · HardLikhovtseva won 6-2 6-3

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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