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Yanina Wickmayer v Kaia Kanepi: stats compared | Lineball
Kanepi wins on first serve in %. Wickmayer’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2017: Wickmayer 26 matches, Kanepi 6 matches.
Kanepi has the better first serve in %: 70.8 to Wickmayer’s 63.5.
Wickmayer averages 3.3 aces a match to Kanepi’s 2 (66% more).
Kanepi averages 1.3 sets won a match to Wickmayer’s 1 (33% more).
Wickmayer ranks 2nd of 97 in WTA Tour 2017 for break points saved %.
Winners’ edge: Kanepi’s team won 67%, Wickmayer’s team won 46% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Wickmayer has 26 matches, Kanepi 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Small sample: Kanepi (6 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.
63.5#41 of 97First serve in %70.8
66.0#27 of 97First-serve points won %62.2
62.6★ #2 of 97Break points saved %60.7
39.5#97 of 97Return points won %42.9
3.386 total · best 7#27 of 97Acesper game212 total · best 6
10.2265 total · best 19#82 of 97Games wonper game10.3
Head to head
37 matches since 20084
Hard · 5 matchesWickmayer 1Kanepi 4
Clay · 2 matchesWickmayer 2Kanepi 0
Grand Slams · 2 matchesWickmayer 0Kanepi 2
Last meetings
28 Aug 2017 · US Open · Round of 64 · HardKanepi won 6-4 6-2
16 May 2011 · Brussels · Round of 32 · ClayWickmayer won 6-1 4-6 7-5
7 Mar 2011 · Indian Wells · Round of 32 · HardWickmayer won 3-6 6-4 6-1
30 Aug 2010 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardKanepi won 0-6 7-6(2) 6-1
24 Apr 2010 · Fed Cup WG PO: BEL vs EST · Round robin · ClayWickmayer won 6-2 4-6 6-1
29 Sept 2008 · Japan Open · Round of 16 · HardKanepi won 3-6 6-1 6-0
22 Sept 2008 · Seoul · Quarterfinal · HardKanepi won 6-1 6-4
Last 10 games
First serve in %, oldest to newest in 2017.
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62 total · best 15
40.4#94 of 97Break points converted %48.9
44.8#78 of 97Sets won %57.1
47.3#80 of 97Games won %49.2
126 total · best 2#78 of 97Sets wonper game1.38 total · best 2
1.232 total · best 2#70 of 97Sets lostper game · lower is better16 total · best 2
11.4295 total · best 18#72 of 97Games lostper game · lower is better10.764 total · best 14
0.49 total · best 2#10 of 97Tiebreaksper game00 total · best 0
3.591 total · best 12#52 of 97Double faultsper game · lower is better2.716 total · best 6
73.31,906 total · best 145#28 of 97Serve pointsper game69.2415 total · best 88
46.51,210 total · best 96#28 of 97First serves inper game49294 total · best 59