Black v Grande

WTA Tour career

Cara BlackZimbabwe273 games · 1993–2008Most break points converted %

Rita GrandeItaly405 games · 1991–2005Most titlesFewest double faults

Lineball analyst5–10

Rita Grande takes it, 10–5 on categories

Grande wins on titles. Black’s case rests on break points converted %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Black 273 matches, Grande 405 matches.

Grande has 3 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Black’s 1 title (one every 50 matches).
Grande has 17 double faults (one every 4.2 matches) to Black’s 45 double faults (one every 1.8 matches).
Grande has the better first serve in %: 68.6 to Black’s 59.
Longevity: Grande has 405 matches across 14 seasons, Black 273 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.

0.01 total · best 1Titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
59.0First serve in %68.6
59.2First-serve points won %62.2
52.7Break points saved %57.9
42.8Return points won %43.4
0.323 total · best 3Acesper game0.319 total · best 4

Head to head

55 matches
since 20010

Hard · 3 matchesBlack 3Grande 0
Grass · 1 matchBlack 1Grande 0
Clay · 1 matchBlack 1Grande 0

Last meetings

7 June 2004 · Birmingham · Round of 64 · GrassBlack won 6-7(6) 6-2 7-6(4)
18 Aug 2003 · New Haven · Round of 32 · HardBlack won 6-2 6-1
11 Aug 2003 · Toronto · Round of 64 · HardBlack won 6-2 2-6 6-3
12 May 2003 · Rome · Round of 64 · ClayBlack won 6-3 7-5
8 Mar 2001 · Indian Wells · Round of 64 · HardBlack won 6-2 4-6 6-1

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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