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Maria Sharapova v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on titles. Sharapova’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2014: Sharapova 62 matches, Williams 60 matches.
Williams has 7 titles (one every 8.3 matches) to Sharapova’s 4 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
Williams averages 7.2 aces a match to Sharapova’s 2.9 — 2.4 times as many.
Williams averages a sets lost every 2.9 matches to Sharapova’s 0.7.
Williams ranks 1st of 88 in WTA Tour 2014 for first-serve points won %.
Sharapova ranks 2nd of 37 in WTA Tour 2014 for titles per match.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 87%, Sharapova’s team won 79% of the matches they played.
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Tale of the tape
Per game, with league rank among regular players.
0.14 total · best 1★ #2 of 37Titlesper game0.17 total · best 1★ #1 of 37
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
61.8#43 of 88First serve in %59.0#66 of 88
67.5#14 of 88First-serve points won %75.4★ #1 of 88
56.5#30 of 88Break points saved %62.4★ #2 of 88
48.3#5 of 88
Head to head
222 matches since 200420
Hard · 14 matchesSharapova 1Williams 13
Grass · 4 matchesSharapova 1Williams 3
Clay · 4 matchesSharapova 0Williams 4
Grand Slams · 9 matchesSharapova 1Williams 8
Finals · 9 matchesSharapova 2Williams 7
Last meetings
26 Aug 2019 · US Open · Round of 128 · HardWilliams won 6-1 6-1
18 Jan 2016 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-4 6-1
29 June 2015 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · GrassWilliams won 6-2 6-4
19 Jan 2015 · Australian Open · Final · HardWilliams won 6-3 7-6(5)
17 Mar 2014 · Miami · Semifinal · HardWilliams won 6-4 6-3
30 Dec 2013 · Brisbane · Semifinal · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2014.
Sharapova––––––1–––
Williams1––––––––
Return points won %
47.9#8 of 88
2.9182 total · best 10#24 of 88Acesper game7.2432 total · best 19★ #2 of 88
13.2817 total · best 20★ #1 of 88Games wonper game12.1723 total · best 18#13 of 88
51.6#5 of 88Break points converted %50.2#12 of 88
69.7#5 of 88Sets won %83.6★ #1 of 88
58.2#4 of 88Games won %63.3★ #1 of 88
0.14 total · best 1#8 of 56Finalsper game0.17 total · best 1★ #1 of 56
1.7106 total · best 2★ #3 of 88Sets wonper game1.8107 total · best 2★ #1 of 88
0.746 total · best 2#6 of 88Sets lostper game · lower is better0.421 total · best 2★ #1 of 88
9.5587 total · best 19#11 of 88Games lostper game · lower is better7.0419 total · best 18★ #1 of 88
0.215 total · best 3#42 of 88Tiebreaksper game0.18 total · best 2#82 of 88
Williams won 6-2 7-6(7)
27 May 2013 · Roland Garros · Final · ClayWilliams won 6-4 6-4
6 May 2013 · Madrid · Final · ClayWilliams won 6-1 6-4
18 Mar 2013 · Miami · Final · HardWilliams won 4-6 6-3 6-0
11 Feb 2013 · Doha · Semifinal · HardWilliams won 6-3 6-2