Babel v Maleeva
WTA Tour 1998
Lineball analyst5–1
Meike Babel takes it, 5–1 on categories
Babel wins on sets lost. Maleeva’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 1998: Babel 24 matches, Maleeva 15 matches.
- Maleeva averages 8.8 games won a match to Babel’s 8.4 (5% more).
- Babel averages 1.3 sets lost a match to Maleeva’s 1.5.
- Babel has the better sets won %: 41.2 to Maleeva’s 34.3.
- Best single match: Babel 19 games won, Maleeva 16.
- Longevity: Babel has 24 matches, Maleeva 15 — 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.
- 8.4201 total · best 19Games wonper game8.8132 total · best 16
- 41.2Sets won %34.3
- 45.5Games won %43.6
- 0.921 total · best 2Sets wonper game0.812 total · best 2
- 1.330 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.523 total · best 2
- 10.0241 total · best 16Games lostper game · lower is better11.4171 total · best 14
Head to head
04 matches
since 19934
since 19934
- Carpet · 2 matchesBabel 0Maleeva 2
- Clay · 1 matchBabel 0Maleeva 1
- Hard · 1 matchBabel 0Maleeva 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchBabel 0Maleeva 1
Last meetings
- 18 Feb 1998 · Hanover · Round of 32 · CarpetMaleeva won 6-4 6-2
- 15 May 1995 · German Open · Round of 32 · ClayMaleeva won 6-3 6-1
- 27 Sept 1993 · Leipzig · Round of 32 · CarpetMaleeva won 3-6 6-0 6-3
- 18 Jan 1993 · Australian Open · Round of 32 · HardMaleeva won 6-3 6-2
Last 10 games
Games won, oldest to newest in 1998.
Babel81231112125379
Maleeva1610212812246