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Sesil Karatantcheva v Maria Sharapova: stats compared | Lineball
Sharapova wins on first-serve points won %. Karatantcheva’s case rests on break points converted %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2016: Karatantcheva 2 matches, Sharapova 5 matches.
Sharapova has the better first-serve points won %: 77.6 to Karatantcheva’s 58.2.
Sharapova has the better break points saved %: 54.2 to Karatantcheva’s 45.8.
Sharapova averages 11 aces a match to Karatantcheva’s 0.5 — 22 times as many.
Longevity: Sharapova has 5 matches, Karatantcheva 2 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Small sample: Karatantcheva (2 matches), Sharapova (5 matches) — treat the averages with care.
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.
56.8First serve in %55.6
58.2First-serve points won %77.6
45.8Break points saved %54.2
45.6Return points won %49.6
0.51 total · best 1Acesper game1155 total · best 21
7.515 total · best 9Games wonper game12.261 total · best 18
Head to head
05 matches since 20045
Hard · 3 matchesKaratantcheva 0Sharapova 3
Grass · 2 matchesKaratantcheva 0Sharapova 2
Grand Slams · 2 matchesKaratantcheva 0Sharapova 2
Last meetings
6 Aug 2018 · Montreal · Round of 64 · HardSharapova won 6-1 6-2
7 June 2010 · Birmingham · Quarterfinal · GrassSharapova won 6-2 6-4
20 June 2005 · Wimbledon · Round of 64 · GrassSharapova won 6-0 6-1
17 Jan 2005 · Australian Open · Round of 128 · HardSharapova won 6-3 6-1
10 Mar 2004 · Indian Wells · Round of 32 · HardSharapova won 3-6 6-3 6-2
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2016.
Karatantcheva––
Sharapova–––––
46.7
Break points converted %
38.3
20.0Sets won %72.7
36.6Games won %62.2
0.51 total · best 1Sets wonper game1.68 total · best 2
24 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.63 total · best 2
1326 total · best 14Games lostper game · lower is better7.437 total · best 12
00 total · best 0Tiebreaksper game0.21 total · best 1
816 total · best 11Double faultsper game · lower is better4.824 total · best 7
69.5139 total · best 73Serve pointsper game62.6313 total · best 83
39.579 total · best 44First serves inper game34.8174 total · best 47