Exel v Maleeva
WTA Tour 2002
Lineball analyst2–4
Too close to call — 4–2 on categories
Maleeva wins on sets lost. Van Exel’s case rests on games won. WTA Tour 2002: Van Exel 5 matches, Maleeva 63 matches.
- Van Exel averages 13 games won a match to Maleeva’s 11.4 (14% more).
- Maleeva averages 1.0 sets lost a match to Van Exel’s 1.2.
- Maleeva has the better sets won %: 58.2 to Van Exel’s 50.
- Best single match: Maleeva 18 games won, Van Exel 15.
- Winners’ edge: Maleeva’s team won 60%, Van Exel’s team won 40% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Maleeva has 63 matches, Van Exel 5 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Small sample: Van Exel (5 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.
- –Titlesper game0.01 total · best 1#31 of 35
- 1365 total · best 15Games wonper game11.4721 total · best 18#24 of 89
- 50.0Sets won %58.2#20 of 89
- 53.7Games won %52.6#25 of 89
- –Finalsper game0.02 total · best 1#34 of 53
- 1.26 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.485 total · best 2#23 of 89
Head to head
01 match
since 20021
since 20021
- Carpet · 1 matchExel 0Maleeva 1
Last meetings
- 16 Sept 2002 · Quebec City · Round of 16 · CarpetMaleeva won 6-4 2-6 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2002.
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