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Fabiola Zuluaga v Elena Likhovtseva: stats compared | Lineball
Zuluaga wins on first-serve points won %. Likhovtseva’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Zuluaga 249 matches, Likhovtseva 718 matches.
Zuluaga averages a double fault every 1.6 matches to Likhovtseva’s 1.3.
Likhovtseva has the better first serve in %: 64.1 to Zuluaga’s 56.1.
Likhovtseva averages 0.8 aces a match to Zuluaga’s 0.6 (34% more).
Winners’ edge: Zuluaga’s team won 57%, Likhovtseva’s team won 51% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Likhovtseva has 718 matches across 16 seasons, Zuluaga 249 in 11 — 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.
0.05 total · best 1Titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
56.1First serve in %64.1
66.4First-serve points won %61.2
56.7Break points saved %54.0
45.1Return points won %45.2
0.664 total · best 7Acesper game0.8167 total · best 9
Head to head
15 matches since 20024
Clay · 3 matchesZuluaga 1Likhovtseva 2
Carpet · 1 matchZuluaga 0Likhovtseva 1
Hard · 1 matchZuluaga 0Likhovtseva 1
Grand Slams · 3 matchesZuluaga 1Likhovtseva 2
Last meetings
11 Oct 2004 · Moscow · Round of 32 · CarpetLikhovtseva won 6-1 6-2
24 May 2004 · Roland Garros · Round of 64 · ClayZuluaga won 7-5 5-7 6-1
25 Aug 2003 · US Open · Round of 32 · HardLikhovtseva won 7-6(4) 6-4
27 May 2002 · Roland Garros · Round of 128 · ClayLikhovtseva won 6-2 6-4
8 Apr 2002 · Amelia Island · Round of 64 · ClayLikhovtseva won 7-6(7) 6-0
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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10.9
2,712 total · best 22
Games wonper game
10.77,689 total · best 20
49.8Break points converted %46.8
56.1Sets won %50.5
53.0Games won %50.2
0.06 total · best 1Finalsper game0.08 total · best 1
1.3314 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.2835 total · best 2
1.0246 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better1.1817 total · best 2
9.72,404 total · best 20Games lostper game · lower is better10.67,632 total · best 20
0.241 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2145 total · best 2
0.672 total · best 8Double faultsper game · lower is better1.3299 total · best 11