Kanepi v Safarova
WTA Tour 2012
Lineball analyst11–3
Kaia Kanepi takes it, 11–3 on categories
Kanepi wins on aces. Safarova’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2012: Kanepi 34 matches, Safarova 51 matches.
- Kanepi averages 4 aces a match to Safarova’s 3 (33% more).
- Safarova averages 3.5 double faults a match to Kanepi’s 4.7.
- Kanepi averages 0.7 sets lost a match to Safarova’s 1.0.
- Kanepi ranks 3rd of 29 in WTA Tour 2012 for titles per match.
- Kanepi ranks 8th of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first-serve points won %.
- Winners’ edge: Kanepi’s team won 74%, Safarova’s team won 57% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Safarova has 51 matches, Kanepi 34 — 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.
- 0.12 total · best 1★ #3 of 29Titlesper game–
- 57.3#66 of 84First serve in %62.2#46 of 84
- 69.1#8 of 84First-serve points won %67.3#14 of 84
- 58.8#13 of 84Break points saved %62.6★ #3 of 84
- 47.1#10 of 84Return points won %40.2#81 of 84
- 4136 total · best 12#11 of 84Acesper game
Head to head
28 matches
since 20086
since 20086
- Hard · 6 matchesKanepi 2Safarova 4
- Clay · 2 matchesKanepi 0Safarova 2
Last meetings
- 30 Sept 2013 · Beijing · Round of 32 · HardSafarova won 6-3 6-3
- 7 May 2012 · Madrid · Round of 64 · ClaySafarova won 6-4 6-4
- 17 Oct 2011 · Moscow · Semifinal · HardKanepi won 6-7(4) 6-4 6-3
- 22 Mar 2010 · Miami · Round of 128 · HardSafarova won 6-7(1) 6-4 6-3
- 17 Aug 2009 · Toronto · Round of 64 · HardSafarova won 6-4 7-6(3)
- 3 Aug 2009 · Los Angeles · Round of 64 · HardSafarova won 6-3 7-6(4)
- 11 May 2009 · Madrid · Round of 64 · ClaySafarova won 6-2 2-3 ret.
- 29 Sept 2008 · Japan Open · Round of 32 · HardKanepi won 4-6 6-3 6-4
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2012.
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