Osaka v Kerber
WTA Tour 2021
Lineball analyst11–3
Naomi Osaka takes it, 11–3 on categories
Osaka wins on titles. Kerber’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour 2021: Osaka 24 matches, Kerber 46 matches.
- Osaka has 1 title (one every 25 matches) to Kerber’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
- Kerber has the better first serve in %: 65.6 to Osaka’s 53.5.
- Osaka has the better first-serve points won %: 75.8 to Kerber’s 62.9.
- Osaka ranks 1st of 105 in WTA Tour 2021 for first-serve points won %.
- Osaka ranks 7th of 35 in WTA Tour 2021 for titles per match.
- Winners’ edge: Osaka’s team won 75%, Kerber’s team won 65% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Kerber has 46 matches, Osaka 24 — 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.
- 0.01 total · best 1#7 of 35Titlesper game0.01 total · best 1#25 of 35
- 0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game–
- 53.5#102 of 105First serve in %65.6#21 of 105
- 75.8★ #1 of 105First-serve points won %62.9#62 of 105
- 62.1#6 of 105Break points saved %57.7#33 of 105
- 42.9#71 of 105Return points won %
Head to head
27 matches
since 20175
since 20175
- Hard · 5 matchesOsaka 2Kerber 3
- Clay · 1 matchOsaka 0Kerber 1
- Grass · 1 matchOsaka 0Kerber 1
- Grand Slams · 2 matchesOsaka 1Kerber 1
Last meetings
- 29 July 2024 · Paris Olympics · Round of 64 · ClayKerber won 7-5 6-3
- 21 Mar 2022 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardOsaka won 6-2 6-3
- 22 Oct 2018 · Singapore · Round robin · HardKerber won 6-4 5-7 6-4
- 2 July 2018 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · GrassKerber won 6-2 6-4
- 2 Oct 2017 · Beijing · Round of 64 · HardKerber won 6-2 7-5
- 18 Sept 2017 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · HardKerber won 6-3 6-4
- 28 Aug 2017 · US Open · Round of 128 · HardOsaka won 6-3 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest in 2021.
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