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Samantha Stosur v Angelique Kerber: stats compared | Lineball
Stosur wins on first-serve points won %. Kerber’s case rests on return points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2011: Stosur 68 matches, Kerber 37 matches.
Stosur averages 2.8 aces a match to Kerber’s 1.4 — 2 times as many.
Stosur averages 0.9 sets lost a match to Kerber’s 1.2.
Stosur has the better first-serve points won %: 69.4 to Kerber’s 61.9.
Stosur ranks 6th of 85 in WTA Tour 2011 for first-serve points won %.
Winners’ edge: Stosur’s team won 66%, Kerber’s team won 46% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Stosur has 68 matches, Kerber 37 — 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.
0.01 total · best 1#31 of 33Titlesper game–
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game–
64.0#32 of 85First serve in %61.7#45 of 85
69.4#6 of 85First-serve points won %61.9#53 of 85
63.0★ #3 of 85Break points saved %55.6#32 of 85
41.6#77 of 85Return points won %46.6#14 of 85
Head to head
410 matches since 20116
Hard · 7 matchesStosur 2Kerber 5
Clay · 2 matchesStosur 2Kerber 0
Grass · 1 matchStosur 0Kerber 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchStosur 1Kerber 0
Last meetings
6 Jan 2020 · Brisbane · Round of 32 · HardStosur won 7-6(5) 7-6(4)
24 June 2019 · Eastbourne · Round of 32 · GrassKerber won 6-4 6-4
12 Feb 2018 · Doha · Round of 32 · HardKerber won 6-4 6-1
8 Aug 2016 · Olympics · Round of 16 · HardKerber won 6-0 7-5
12 Oct 2015 · Hong Kong · Semifinal · HardKerber won 6-2 6-2
4 May 2015 · Madrid · Round of 64 · ClayStosur won 4-6 6-3 6-3
7 Feb 2015 · Fed Cup WG R1: GER vs AUS · Round robin · HardKerber won 6-2 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2011.
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2.8187 total · best 11#22 of 85Acesper game1.451 total · best 6#60 of 85
12.0818 total · best 20#11 of 89Games wonper game11.2416 total · best 17#32 of 89
46.9#46 of 85Break points converted %48.3#30 of 85
63.1#16 of 89Sets won %51.7#46 of 89
55.7#15 of 89Games won %51.1#41 of 89
0.14 total · best 1#12 of 54Finalsper game–
1.599 total · best 2#14 of 89Sets wonper game1.246 total · best 2#36 of 89
0.958 total · best 2#17 of 89Sets lostper game · lower is better1.243 total · best 2#51 of 89
9.6652 total · best 19#19 of 89Games lostper game · lower is better10.8398 total · best 18#54 of 89
0.317 total · best 2#35 of 89Tiebreaksper game0.26 total · best 1#72 of 89
19 Apr 2014 · Fed Cup WG SF: AUS vs GER · Round robin · HardKerber won 4-6 6-0 6-4
21 Apr 2012 · Fed Cup WG PO: GER vs AUS · Round robin · ClayStosur won 7-6(1) 6-4
29 Aug 2011 · US Open · Semifinal · HardStosur won 6-3 2-6 6-2