Career 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 Too close to call — 9–5 on categories Pavel wins on first serve in %. Boutter’s case rests on titles. ATP Tour career: Boutter 146 matches, Pavel 498 matches.
Boutter has 1 title (one every 14.3 matches) to Pavel’s 3 titles (one every 50 matches). Pavel has the better first serve in %: 64.6 to Boutter’s 55.4. Boutter averages 9.7 aces a match to Pavel’s 4.8 — 2 times as many. Winners’ edge: Pavel’s team won 50%, Boutter’s team won 42% of the matches they played. Longevity: Pavel has 498 matches across 17 seasons, Boutter 146 in 7 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.1 1 total · best 1 Titlesper game 0.0 3 total · best 1
55.4 First serve in % 64.6
73.8 First-serve points won % 68.9
62.5 Break points saved % 58.7
34.9 Return points won % 38.3
9.7 1,417 total · best 37 Acesper game 4.8 2,374 total · best 28
Head to head 2 3 matches since 2001 1
Carpet · 2 matches Boutter 2 Pavel 0 Clay · 1 match Boutter 0 Pavel 1 Last meetings 15 July 2002 · Stuttgart · Round of 16 · Clay Pavel won 6-2 6-1 29 Oct 2001 · ATP Masters 1000 Paris · Round of 64 · Carpet Boutter won 6-4 3-1 22 Oct 2001 · Basel · Round of 16 · Carpet Boutter won 4-6 6-4 6-0 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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