Karatancheva v Bolkvadze

Lia Karatancheva takes it, 9–2 on categories

Karatancheva wins on first-serve points won %. Bolkvadze’s case rests on return points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Karatancheva 9 matches, Bolkvadze 27 matches.

• Bolkvadze has the better return points won %: 41.9 to Karatancheva’s 30.3.
• Karatancheva has the better first-serve points won %: 67.3 to Bolkvadze’s 54.
• Karatancheva averages 2 aces a match to Bolkvadze’s 0.4 — 4.8 times as many.
• Winners’ edge: Karatancheva’s team won 78%, Bolkvadze’s team won 37% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Bolkvadze has 27 matches across 6 seasons, Karatancheva 9 in 3 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Small sample: Karatancheva (9 matches) — treat the averages with care.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (aces, double faults, serve points…): those averages use only the games that logged them.

Built only from games in our stats database. A read of the numbers, not a tip.