Witsken v Krishnan

ATP Tour career

Todd WitskenUnited States251 games · 1981–1993Most acesMost first-serve points won %Ramesh KrishnanIndia566 games · 1976–1993Most first serve in %Fewest double faults

Lineball analyst3–11

Ramesh Krishnan takes it, 11–3 on categories

Krishnan wins on first serve in %. Witsken’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. ATP Tour career: Witsken 251 matches, Krishnan 566 matches.

Witsken averages 2.4 aces a match to Krishnan’s 0.6 — 3.8 times as many.
Krishnan has the better first serve in %: 69 to Witsken’s 60.2.
Krishnan averages 2.6 double faults a match to Witsken’s 3.3.
Winners’ edge: Krishnan’s team won 53%, Witsken’s team won 46% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Krishnan has 566 matches across 18 seasons, Witsken 251 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, aces, finals…): 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.

Tale of the tape

Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.

–Titlesper game0.08 total · best 1
60.2First serve in %69.0
65.7First-serve points won %61.7
49.9Break points saved %51.3
38.9Return points won %40.8
2.4178 total · best 9Acesper game0.625 total · best 5
11.82,957 total · best 35

Head to head

35 matches
since 19872

Hard · 4 matchesWitsken 3Krishnan 1
Carpet · 1 matchWitsken 0Krishnan 1

Last meetings

12 Aug 1991 · Indianapolis · Round of 64 · HardWitsken won 6-1 4-6 6-1
23 July 1990 · ATP Masters 1000 Canada · Round of 16 · HardWitsken won 6-4 6-4
19 Feb 1990 · Philadelphia · Round of 64 · CarpetKrishnan won 6-2 6-2
8 Aug 1988 · Montreal / Toronto · Round of 64 · HardWitsken won 1-6 6-3 7-5
28 Dec 1987 · Wellington · Round of 16 · HardKrishnan won 3-6 6-4 6-0

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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