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Maria Kirilenko v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on break points saved %. Kirilenko’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2011: Kirilenko 51 matches, Williams 25 matches.
Williams has the better break points saved %: 67.5 to Kirilenko’s 53.
Williams has the better first-serve points won %: 76.8 to Kirilenko’s 62.
Kirilenko has the better first serve in %: 69 to Williams’s 58.9.
Williams ranks 1st of 85 in WTA Tour 2011 for first-serve points won %.
Williams ranks 2nd of 33 in WTA Tour 2011 for titles per match.
Kirilenko ranks 10th of 85 in WTA Tour 2011 for first serve in %.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 88%, Kirilenko’s team won 57% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Kirilenko has 51 matches, Williams 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.
–Titlesper game0.12 total · best 1★ #2 of 33
69.0#10 of 85First serve in %58.9#57 of 85
62.0#52 of 85First-serve points won %76.8★ #1 of 85
53.0#48 of 85Break points saved %67.5★ #1 of 85
46.3#16 of 85Return points won %45.4#31 of 85
1.681 total · best 9#54 of 85Acesper game
Head to head
08 matches since 20048
Hard · 4 matchesKirilenko 0Williams 4
Clay · 3 matchesKirilenko 0Williams 3
Grass · 1 matchKirilenko 0Williams 1
Grand Slams · 3 matchesKirilenko 0Williams 3
Last meetings
30 Sept 2013 · Beijing · Round of 16 · HardWilliams won 7-5 7-5
6 May 2013 · Madrid · Round of 16 · ClayWilliams won 6-3 6-1
14 Jan 2013 · Australian Open · Round of 16 · HardWilliams won 6-2 6-0
25 July 2011 · Stanford · Round of 16 · HardWilliams won 6-2 3-6 6-2
20 June 2011 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · GrassWilliams won 6-3 6-2
3 May 2010 · Rome · Quarterfinal · ClayWilliams won 6-1 6-4
7 Aug 2006 · Los Angeles · Round of 64 · HardWilliams won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2011.
Kirilenko––––––––––
Williams–1–––––––
8
200 total · best 14
★ #1 of 85
11.6593 total · best 19#23 of 89Games wonper game12.7318 total · best 17★ #1 of 89
50.1#13 of 85Break points converted %47.1#44 of 85
55.9#32 of 89Sets won %79.0★ #1 of 89
53.2#26 of 89Games won %63.2★ #1 of 89
–Finalsper game0.13 total · best 1★ #1 of 54
1.366 total · best 2#30 of 89Sets wonper game1.845 total · best 2★ #1 of 89
1.052 total · best 2#37 of 89Sets lostper game · lower is better0.512 total · best 2★ #2 of 89
10.2522 total · best 18#32 of 89Games lostper game · lower is better7.4185 total · best 17★ #2 of 89
0.211 total · best 1#53 of 89Tiebreaksper game0.25 total · best 1#61 of 89
2.8142 total · best 9#37 of 85Double faultsper game · lower is better2.562 total · best 7#26 of 85
6-2 6-1
24 May 2004 · Roland Garros · Round of 64 · ClayWilliams won 4-6 6-2 6-4