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Anastasia Yakimova v Ana Ivanovic: stats compared | Lineball
Ivanovic wins on break points saved %. Yakimova’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2005: Yakimova 12 matches, Ivanovic 45 matches.
Ivanovic has the better break points saved %: 58.8 to Yakimova’s 35.3.
Ivanovic has the better first-serve points won %: 64.8 to Yakimova’s 45.9.
Ivanovic averages 11.5 games won a match to Yakimova’s 5.8 — 2 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Ivanovic’s team won 71%, Yakimova’s team won 8% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Ivanovic has 45 matches, Yakimova 12 — 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 game0.01 total · best 1#24 of 29
58.7First serve in %55.6#77 of 90
45.9First-serve points won %64.8#26 of 90
35.3Break points saved %58.8#22 of 90
46.6Return points won %47.2#23 of 90
0.22 total · best 2Acesper game0.420 total · best 4#37 of 90
Head to head
02 matches since 20072
Hard · 2 matchesYakimova 0Ivanovic 2
Last meetings
9 Mar 2009 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardIvanovic won 6-4 6-3
12 Feb 2007 · Antwerp · Round of 32 · HardIvanovic won 6-3 6-2
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2005.
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5.869 total · best 12Games wonper game11.5518 total · best 18#27 of 92
41.7Break points converted %42.9#65 of 89
12.0Sets won %66.0#11 of 92
32.6Games won %55.5#15 of 92
–Finalsper game0.01 total · best 1#42 of 51
0.33 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.566 total · best 2#12 of 92
1.822 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.834 total · best 2#11 of 92
11.9143 total · best 14Games lostper game · lower is better9.2416 total · best 18#16 of 92
0.22 total · best 1Tiebreaksper game0.29 total · best 2#48 of 92
0.89 total · best 5Double faultsper game · lower is better0.836 total · best 6#50 of 90