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Arantxa Sanchez Vicario v Jana Novotna: stats compared | Lineball
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario takes it, 6–2 on categories
Sanchez Vicario wins on grand slam titles. WTA Tour career: Sanchez Vicario 1,059 matches, Novotna 737 matches.
Sanchez Vicario has 4 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches) to Novotna’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
Sanchez Vicario averages 8.3 games lost a match to Novotna’s 8.9.
Longevity: Sanchez Vicario has 1,059 matches across 17 seasons, Novotna 737 in 14 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, tour finals matches…): 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.
0.029 total · best 1Titlesper game0.024 total · best 1
0.04 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
11.612,252 total · best 24Games wonper game12.08,813 total · best 22
68.3Sets won %68.2
58.1Games won %57.4
0.177 total · best 1Finalsper game0.139 total · best 1
Head to head
1021 matches since 198711
Clay · 8 matchesVicario 5Novotna 3
Hard · 7 matchesVicario 4Novotna 3
Carpet · 4 matchesVicario 1Novotna 3
Grass · 2 matchesVicario 0Novotna 2
Grand Slams · 5 matchesVicario 3Novotna 2
Finals · 2 matchesVicario 0Novotna 2
Last meetings
17 Aug 1998 · Canadian Open · Semifinal · HardVicario won 4-6 7-6 6-2
15 June 1998 · Eastbourne · Final · GrassNovotna won 6-1 7-5
19 Mar 1998 · Key Biscayne · Quarterfinal · HardVicario won 6-1 6-1
17 Nov 1997 · WTA Tour Championships · Quarterfinal · CarpetNovotna won 6-4 3-6 6-1
23 June 1997 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · Grass
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.51,621 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.61,144 total · best 3
0.7754 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.7534 total · best 2
8.38,822 total · best 24Games lostper game · lower is better8.96,555 total · best 20
0.2166 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2146 total · best 2
0.3264 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.3198 total · best 1
0.243 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game–
0.03 total · best 1Tour Finals matchesper game–
0.116 total · best 1Olympic matchesper game0.18 total · best 1
0.172 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.129 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.02 total · best 1
Novotna won 6-4 6-2
19 May 1997 · Madrid · Semifinal · ClayNovotna won 6-4 6-4
18 Nov 1996 · WTA Tour Championships · Quarterfinal · CarpetNovotna won 6-0 6-3
19 Aug 1996 · San Diego · Semifinal · HardVicario won 1-6 6-2 6-3
23 July 1996 · Atlanta · Semifinal · HardVicario won 6-4 1-6 6-3
27 May 1996 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · ClayVicario won 6-3 7-5