Kirilenko v Petrova
WTA Tour 2012
Lineball analyst5–9
Nadia Petrova takes it, 9–5 on categories
Petrova wins on first-serve points won %. Kirilenko’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2012: Kirilenko 54 matches, Petrova 58 matches.
- Kirilenko has the better first serve in %: 65 to Petrova’s 55.5.
- Petrova averages 5.2 aces a match to Kirilenko’s 2.2 — 2.3 times as many.
- Petrova has the better first-serve points won %: 70.9 to Kirilenko’s 65.8.
- Petrova ranks 3rd of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first-serve points won %.
- Petrova ranks 6th of 29 in WTA Tour 2012 for titles per match.
- Winners’ edge: Petrova’s team won 67%, Kirilenko’s team won 59% of the matches they played.
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 game0.13 total · best 1#6 of 29
- 65.0#22 of 84First serve in %55.5#71 of 84
- 65.8#20 of 84First-serve points won %70.9★ #3 of 84
- 51.2#63 of 84Break points saved %52.0#54 of 84
- 43.8#41 of 84Return points won %43.6#44 of 84
- 2.2121 total · best 9#35 of 84Acesper game
Head to head
49 matches
since 20045
since 20045
- Hard · 7 matchesKirilenko 2Petrova 5
- Clay · 2 matchesKirilenko 2Petrova 0
Last meetings
- 29 Oct 2012 · Tournament of Champions · Round robin · HardPetrova won 3-6 7-6(4) 6-3
- 5 Mar 2012 · Indian Wells · Round of 16 · HardKirilenko won 6-1 5-7 6-2
- 23 Aug 2010 · New Haven · Semifinal · HardPetrova won 2-6 6-2 6-2
- 11 Aug 2008 · Cincinnati · Semifinal · HardPetrova won 1-6 6-2 6-1
- 12 May 2008 · Rome · Round of 64 · ClayKirilenko won 3-6 7-5 6-4
- 5 May 2008 · Berlin · Round of 32 · ClayKirilenko won 6-3 6-3
- 20 Feb 2006 · Dubai · Round of 32 · HardKirilenko won 6-4 6-1
- 9 Jan 2006 · Sydney · Round of 16 · HardPetrova won 6-1 6-2
- 24 Mar 2004 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardPetrova won 6-2 6-2
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2012.
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