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Elena Bovina v Nadia Petrova: stats compared | Lineball
Petrova wins on first-serve points won %. Bovina’s case rests on return points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2009: Bovina 3 matches, Petrova 51 matches.
Petrova has the better first-serve points won %: 70.2 to Bovina’s 57.3.
Petrova has the better break points saved %: 56.4 to Bovina’s 46.2.
Petrova averages 5.8 aces a match to Bovina’s 2.7 — 2.2 times as many.
Petrova ranks 4th of 71 in WTA Tour 2009 for first-serve points won %.
Longevity: Petrova has 51 matches, Bovina 3 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Small sample: Bovina (3 matches) — treat the averages with care.
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.
57.4First serve in %58.1#59 of 71
57.3First-serve points won %70.2#4 of 71
46.2Break points saved %56.4#16 of 71
48.6Return points won %42.1#66 of 71
2.78 total · best 5Acesper game5.8293 total · best 14★ #1 of 71
1030 total · best 12Games wonper game11.7597 total · best 18
Head to head
26 matches since 20014
Hard · 5 matchesBovina 2Petrova 3
Clay · 1 matchBovina 0Petrova 1
Grand Slams · 2 matchesBovina 0Petrova 2
Last meetings
30 July 2007 · San Diego · Round of 32 · HardPetrova won 6-3 7-5
23 May 2005 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · ClayPetrova won 7-5 3-6 6-4
25 Oct 2004 · Linz · Semifinal · HardBovina won 6-3 4-6 7-6(3)
13 Oct 2003 · Zurich · Quarterfinal · HardPetrova won 6-1 6-4
30 Dec 2002 · Gold Coast · Round of 16 · HardBovina won 5-7 6-3 6-3
15 Jan 2001 · Australian Open · Round of 128 · HardPetrova won 7-5 6-3
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2009.
Bovina–––
Petrova––––––––––
#19 of 73
41.2Break points converted %41.5#68 of 71
33.3Sets won %55.5#32 of 73
50.0Games won %53.4#24 of 73
0.72 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.366 total · best 2#29 of 73
1.34 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.053 total · best 2#34 of 73
1030 total · best 13Games lostper game · lower is better10.2521 total · best 19#33 of 73
00 total · best 0Tiebreaksper game0.315 total · best 2#4 of 73
618 total · best 10Double faultsper game · lower is better3.4172 total · best 11#43 of 71
72216 total · best 87Serve pointsper game67.23,429 total · best 126#10 of 71
41.3124 total · best 49First serves inper game39.11,993 total · best 77#33 of 71