King v Petrova
WTA Tour 2012
Lineball analyst4–9
Nadia Petrova takes it, 9–4 on categories
Petrova wins on first-serve points won %. King’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2012: King 33 matches, Petrova 58 matches.
- King has the better first serve in %: 64.8 to Petrova’s 55.5.
- Petrova averages 5.2 aces a match to King’s 0.7 — 7.8 times as many.
- King averages 1.7 double faults a match to Petrova’s 2.6.
- 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%, King’s team won 45% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Petrova has 58 matches, King 33 — 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 game0.13 total · best 1#6 of 29
- 64.8#25 of 84First serve in %55.5#71 of 84
- 61.9#52 of 84First-serve points won %70.9★ #3 of 84
- 52.9#50 of 84Break points saved %52.0#54 of 84
- 44.1#38 of 84Return points won %43.6#44 of 84
- 0.722 total · best 5#76 of 84Acesper game
Head to head
15 matches
since 20074
since 20074
- Clay · 3 matchesKing 1Petrova 2
- Hard · 1 matchKing 0Petrova 1
- Grass · 1 matchKing 0Petrova 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchKing 0Petrova 1
Last meetings
- 7 May 2012 · Madrid · Round of 64 · ClayPetrova won 4-6 6-3 6-1
- 2 May 2011 · Madrid · Round of 64 · ClayKing won 6-1 7-6(5)
- 20 Sept 2010 · Seoul · Round of 16 · HardPetrova won 6-3 6-4
- 12 Apr 2010 · Charleston · Round of 32 · ClayPetrova won 6-2 6-1
- 25 June 2007 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassPetrova won 6-0 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2012.
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