Schnyder v Williams

WTA Tour career

Patty SchnyderSwitzerland888 games · 1995–2018Most first serve in %

Serena WilliamsUnited States1,002 games · 1997–2026Most titlesMost aces

Lineball analyst1–13

Serena Williams takes it, 13–1 on categories

Williams wins on titles. Schnyder’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Schnyder 888 matches, Williams 1,002 matches.

Williams has 72 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Schnyder’s 11 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Williams averages 6.1 aces a match to Schnyder’s 1.8 — 3.5 times as many.
Williams averages a sets lost every 2.2 matches to Schnyder’s 1.0.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 85%, Schnyder’s team won 59% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (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.

0.011 total · best 1Titlesper game0.172 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.023 total · best 1
63.5First serve in %60.3
63.1First-serve points won %74.2
58.7Break points saved %62.1
43.7Return points won %46.9
1.8901 total · best 9

Head to head

412 matches
since 19988

Hard · 8 matchesSchnyder 1Williams 7
Clay · 3 matchesSchnyder 3Williams 0
Carpet · 1 matchSchnyder 0Williams 1
Grand Slams · 1 matchSchnyder 0Williams 1
Finals · 1 matchSchnyder 0Williams 1

Last meetings

4 May 2009 · Rome · Round of 32 · ClaySchnyder won 6-2 2-6 6-1
14 July 2008 · Stanford · Quarterfinal · HardWilliams won 6-3 6-1
3 Mar 2008 · Bangalore · Final · HardWilliams won 7-5 6-3
15 Oct 2007 · Zurich · Round of 32 · HardSchnyder won 6-0 3-0
14 May 2007 · Rome · Quarterfinal · ClaySchnyder won 6-3 2-6 7-6(5)
30 Aug 2004 · US Open · Round of 16 · Hard

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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