Saville v Safarova
WTA Tour 2017
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Lucie Safarova takes it, 10–4 on categories
Safarova wins on break points saved %. Saville’s case rests on return points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2017: Saville 59 matches, Safarova 53 matches.
- Safarova has the better break points saved %: 64 to Saville’s 52.9.
- Safarova averages 6.1 aces a match to Saville’s 2.6 — 2.4 times as many.
- Safarova has the better first-serve points won %: 70.6 to Saville’s 64.
- Safarova ranks 7th of 97 in WTA Tour 2017 for first-serve points won %.
- Winners’ edge: Safarova’s team won 66%, Saville’s team won 59% of the matches they played.
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.
- 0.01 total · best 1#35 of 40Titlesper game–
- 63.2#45 of 97First serve in %62.0#57 of 97
- 64.0#46 of 97First-serve points won %70.6#7 of 97
- 52.9#73 of 97Break points saved %64.0★ #1 of 97
- 44.9#28 of 97Return points won %42.3#75 of 97
- 2.6153 total · best 8#47 of 97Acesper game
Head to head
27 matches
since 20155
since 20155
- Hard · 6 matchesSaville 2Safarova 4
- Grass · 1 matchSaville 0Safarova 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchSaville 0Safarova 1
Last meetings
- 6 Aug 2018 · Montreal · Round of 64 · HardSafarova won 4-6 6-4 7-5
- 19 June 2017 · Birmingham · Quarterfinal · GrassSafarova won 6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(5)
- 20 Mar 2017 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardSafarova won 6-2 6-2
- 17 Oct 2016 · Moscow · Round of 32 · HardSaville won 6-2 6-2
- 29 Aug 2016 · US Open · Round of 128 · HardSafarova won 6-4 6-4
- 24 Aug 2015 · New Haven · Round of 32 · HardSafarova won 6-3 6-4
- 10 Aug 2015 · Toronto · Round of 32 · HardSaville won 4-6 7-5 7-5
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2017.
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