Williams v Hingis

Martina Hingis takes it, 10–5 on categories

Hingis wins on titles. Williams’s case rests on grand slam titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Williams 1,096 matches, Hingis 667 matches.

• Williams has 7 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Hingis’ 5 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches).
• Hingis has 42 titles (one every 14.3 matches) to Williams’ 48 titles (one every 16.7 matches).
• Williams averages 3.1 aces a match to Hingis’ 1.3 — 2.4 times as many.
• Winners’ edge: Hingis’s team won 80%, Williams’s teams won 73% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Williams has 1,096 matches across 33 seasons, Hingis 667 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): 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.