Waters v Likhovtseva

Elena Likhovtseva takes it, 10–3 on categories

Likhovtseva wins on first serve in %. Lee Waters’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Lee Waters 101 matches, Likhovtseva 718 matches.

• Likhovtseva averages 0.8 aces a match to Lee Waters’ 0.3 — 2.3 times as many.
• Lee Waters averages a double fault every 1.5 matches to Likhovtseva’s 1.3.
• Likhovtseva has the better break points converted %: 46.8 to Lee Waters’s 32.9.
• Winners’ edge: Likhovtseva’s team won 51%, Lee Waters’s team won 36% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Likhovtseva has 718 matches across 16 seasons, Lee Waters 101 in 6 — 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.