Waters v Maleeva
WTA Tour 2004
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Magdalena Maleeva takes it, 11–2 on categories
Maleeva wins on return points won %. Lee Waters’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2004: Lee Waters 25 matches, Maleeva 52 matches.
- Maleeva has the better return points won %: 47.1 to Lee Waters’s 39.7.
- Maleeva has the better first serve in %: 65.2 to Lee Waters’s 60.1.
- Lee Waters has 11 double faults (one every 2.3 matches) to Maleeva’s 31 double faults (one every 1.7 matches).
- Winners’ edge: Maleeva’s team won 52%, Lee Waters’s team won 36% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Maleeva has 52 matches, Lee Waters 25 — 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.
- 60.1#45 of 86First serve in %65.2#21 of 86
- 67.8#17 of 86First-serve points won %61.7#48 of 86
- 55.6#36 of 86Break points saved %59.8#15 of 86
- 39.7#78 of 86Return points won %47.1#25 of 86
- 0.37 total · best 3#45 of 84Acesper game0.420 total · best 6#30 of 84
- 10.0249 total · best 18
Head to head
03 matches
since 19953
since 19953
- Hard · 2 matchesWaters 0Maleeva 2
- Carpet · 1 matchWaters 0Maleeva 1
Last meetings
- 27 Sept 2004 · Hasselt · Round of 32 · HardMaleeva won 6-3 6-3
- 20 Mar 1997 · Key Biscayne · Round of 64 · HardMaleeva won 6-3 6-3
- 25 Sept 1995 · Leipzig · Quarterfinal · CarpetMaleeva won 6-3 6-1
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2004.
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