Tatishvili v Williams

Serena Williams takes it, 11–1 on categories

Williams wins on first-serve points won %. Tatishvili’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2012: Tatishvili 38 matches, Williams 62 matches.

• Williams has the better first-serve points won %: 78.5 to Tatishvili’s 58.1.
• Williams averages 7.5 aces a match to Tatishvili’s 1.4 — 5.3 times as many.
• Williams has the better sets won %: 88.3 to Tatishvili’s 52.9.
• Williams ranks 1st of 29 in WTA Tour 2012 for titles per match.
• Williams ranks 1st of 84 in WTA Tour 2012 for first-serve points won %.
• Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 94%, Tatishvili’s team won 53% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Williams has 62 matches, Tatishvili 38 — the averages matter more than the totals here.

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