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Katerina Maleeva v Gabriela Sabatini: stats compared | Lineball
Sabatini wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Maleeva 540 matches, Sabatini 814 matches.
Sabatini has 27 titles (one every 25 matches) to Maleeva’s 11 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Sabatini averages a sets lost every 1.7 matches to Maleeva’s 0.8.
Sabatini averages 11.8 games won a match to Maleeva’s 11 (7% more).
Winners’ edge: Sabatini’s team won 77%, Maleeva’s team won 64% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Sabatini has 814 matches across 13 seasons, Maleeva 540 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, olympic matches…): 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.
0.011 total · best 1Titlesper game0.027 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
11.05,964 total · best 19Games wonper game11.89,587 total · best 23
62.1Sets won %73.0
55.7Games won %60.7
0.120 total · best 1Finalsper game0.155 total · best 1
Head to head
19 matches since 19868
Hard · 4 matchesMaleeva 1Sabatini 3
Carpet · 3 matchesMaleeva 0Sabatini 3
Clay · 2 matchesMaleeva 0Sabatini 2
Grand Slams · 3 matchesMaleeva 0Sabatini 3
Last meetings
24 May 1993 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · ClaySabatini won 6-1 6-2
29 Mar 1993 · Hilton Head · Quarterfinal · ClaySabatini won 6-4 6-2
22 Sept 1992 · Tokyo Nichirei · Semifinal · HardSabatini won 6-3 6-3
13 Jan 1992 · Australian Open · Round of 16 · HardSabatini won 6-1 7-5
18 Nov 1991 · Virginia Slims Championships · Round of 16 · CarpetSabatini won 6-2 7-6
30 July 1990 · Toronto · Semifinal · HardMaleeva won 6-3 6-4
14 Nov 1988 · Virginia Slims Championships · Round of 16 · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.4742 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.61,308 total · best 3
0.8452 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.6484 total · best 3
8.84,745 total · best 18Games lostper game · lower is better7.66,210 total · best 26
0.2102 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2123 total · best 2
0.2113 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.3206 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game0.14 total · best 1
0.04 total · best 1Olympic matchesper game0.18 total · best 1
0.129 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.116 total · best 1
–Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.02 total · best 1
–Minutesper game3.6227 total · best 227
Sabatini won 6-2 6-1
14 Sept 1987 · Tokyo Pan Pacific · Semifinal · CarpetSabatini won 7-6 6-4
26 Aug 1986 · US Open · Round of 32 · HardSabatini won 7-5 6-2