Hopkins v Garrigues

Anabel Medina Garrigues takes it, 11–2 on categories

Medina Garrigues wins on first serve in %. Hopkins’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2004: Hopkins 9 matches, Medina Garrigues 52 matches.

• Medina Garrigues has the better first serve in %: 76.7 to Hopkins’s 54.4.
• Medina Garrigues has the better break points saved %: 58.1 to Hopkins’s 46.4.
• Hopkins has 5 aces (one every 1.8 matches) to Medina Garrigues’ 11 aces (one every 4.8 matches).
• Medina Garrigues ranks 1st of 86 in WTA Tour 2004 for first serve in %.
• Winners’ edge: Medina Garrigues’s team won 50%, Hopkins’s team won 22% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Medina Garrigues has 52 matches, Hopkins 9 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: Hopkins (9 matches) — treat the averages with care.

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