Lee v Kruger

WTA Tour career

Janet LeeChinese Taipei120 games · 1993–2005Most first-serve points won %Most acesJoannette KrugerSouth Africa324 games · 1992–2003

Lineball analyst5–3

Janet Lee takes it, 5–3 on categories

Lee wins on first-serve points won %. Kruger’s case rests on sets won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Lee 120 matches, Kruger 324 matches.

Lee has the better first-serve points won %: 59.1 to Kruger’s 40.6.
Lee averages 1.3 aces a match to Kruger’s 0.
Lee averages a double fault every 4 matches to Kruger’s 1.
Longevity: Kruger has 324 matches across 12 seasons, Lee 120 in 12 — 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.

–Titlesper game0.02 total · best 1
62.0First serve in %–
59.1First-serve points won %40.6
41.9Return points won %–
1.35 total · best 5Acesper game00 total · best 0
9.91,182 total · best 19Games wonper game10.43,379 total · best 19
44.0Sets won %

Head to head

03 matches
since 19993

Hard · 2 matchesLee 0Kruger 2
Clay · 1 matchLee 0Kruger 1

Last meetings

1 Oct 2001 · Japan Open · Round of 32 · HardKruger won 7-5 7-5
9 Oct 2000 · Japan Open · Quarterfinal · HardKruger won 6-3 7-6(5)
17 May 1999 · Strasbourg · Round of 32 · ClayKruger won 6-3 4-6 6-3

Last 10 games

Titles, oldest to newest.

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