Makarova v Kerber
WTA Tour 2015
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Too close to call — 8–5 on categories
Kerber wins on first serve in %. Makarova’s case rests on aces. WTA Tour 2015: Makarova 41 matches, Kerber 75 matches.
- Makarova averages 1.9 aces a match to Kerber’s 0.9 — 2.1 times as many.
- Kerber has the better first serve in %: 70.8 to Makarova’s 66.9.
- Kerber ranks 5th of 33 in WTA Tour 2015 for titles per match.
- Kerber ranks 7th of 95 in WTA Tour 2015 for first serve in %.
- Winners’ edge: Kerber’s team won 71%, Makarova’s team won 63% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Kerber has 75 matches, Makarova 41 — 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 game0.14 total · best 1#5 of 33
- 66.9#26 of 95First serve in %70.8#7 of 95
- 64.6#32 of 95First-serve points won %63.1#49 of 95
- 58.2#20 of 95Break points saved %55.8#34 of 95
- 42.8#32 of 95Return points won %45.5#10 of 95
- 1.977 total · best 6#46 of 95Acesper game
Head to head
513 matches
since 20088
since 20088
- Hard · 6 matchesMakarova 2Kerber 4
- Grass · 5 matchesMakarova 2Kerber 3
- Clay · 2 matchesMakarova 1Kerber 1
- Grand Slams · 3 matchesMakarova 2Kerber 1
Last meetings
- 5 Mar 2018 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardKerber won 3-6 6-4 6-2
- 14 Aug 2017 · Cincinnati · Round of 32 · HardMakarova won 6-4 1-6 7-6(11)
- 29 May 2017 · Roland Garros · Round of 128 · ClayMakarova won 6-2 6-2
- 20 Apr 2015 · Stuttgart · Quarterfinal · ClayKerber won 6-3 6-2
- 11 Aug 2014 · Cincinnati · Round of 32 · HardKerber won 6-4 6-1
- 16 June 2014 · Eastbourne · Quarterfinal · GrassKerber won 6-2 6-1
- 17 Mar 2014 · Miami · Round of 16 · HardKerber won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2015.
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