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Conchita Martinez v Monica Seles: stats compared | Lineball
Seles wins on titles. Martinez’s case rests on first-serve points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Martinez 1,017 matches, Seles 719 matches.
Seles has 53 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Martinez’s 33 titles (one every 25 matches).
Seles has 9 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Martinez’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
Martinez has the better first-serve points won %: 61.4 to Seles’s 50.
Winners’ edge: Seles’s team won 83%, Martinez’s team won 71% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Martinez has 1,017 matches across 18 seasons, Seles 719 in 15 — 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.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.033 total · best 1Titlesper game0.153 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.09 total · best 1
58.9First serve in %54.2
61.4First-serve points won %50.0
56.7Break points saved %40.0
46.7Return points won %42.9
Head to head
121 matches since 198920
Hard · 9 matchesMartinez 1Seles 8
Clay · 8 matchesMartinez 0Seles 8
Carpet · 4 matchesMartinez 0Seles 4
Grand Slams · 4 matchesMartinez 0Seles 4
Finals · 2 matchesMartinez 0Seles 2
Last meetings
18 Mar 2002 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardSeles won 5-7 6-4 6-3
24 Nov 2000 · Fed Cup WG F: USA vs ESP · Round robin · CarpetSeles won 6-2 6-3
10 Apr 2000 · Amelia Island · Final · ClaySeles won 6-3 6-2
20 Sept 1999 · Tokyo · Quarterfinal · HardSeles won 6-2 6-0
24 May 1999 · Roland Garros · Quarterfinal · ClaySeles won 6-1 6-4
5 Apr 1999 · Amelia Island · Semifinal · Clay
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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0.336 total · best 6
Acesper game
0.11 total · best 1
11.411,630 total · best 19Games wonper game12.38,811 total · best 26
50.0Break points converted %–
67.4Sets won %78.3
57.7Games won %63.1
0.155 total · best 1Finalsper game0.185 total · best 1
1.51,531 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.71,235 total · best 3
0.7740 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.5343 total · best 2
8.48,526 total · best 19Games lostper game · lower is better7.25,151 total · best 23
0.2148 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2123 total · best 2
Seles won 6-0 6-1
18 Mar 1999 · Key Biscayne · Round of 32 · HardSeles won 6-2 6-1
25 July 1998 · Fed Cup WG1 SF: ESP vs USA · Round robin · ClaySeles won 6-3 3-6 6-1
11 Aug 1997 · Canadian Open · Semifinal · HardSeles won 6-2 7-6
21 July 1997 · Stanford · Quarterfinal · HardMartinez won 7-6 6-4
