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Steffi Graf v Jana Novotna: stats compared | Lineball
Graf wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Graf 1,003 matches, Novotna 737 matches.
Graf has 107 titles (one every 8.3 matches) to Novotna’s 24 titles (one every 25 matches).
Graf has 22 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Novotna’s 1 grand slam title (one every 100 matches).
Graf averages a sets lost every 2.7 matches to Novotna’s 0.7.
Winners’ edge: Graf’s team won 89%, Novotna’s team won 72% of the matches they played.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, masters/1000 matches, olympic matches…): 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.
0.1107 total · best 1Titlesper game0.024 total · best 1
0.022 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.01 total · best 1
12.512,552 total · best 26Games wonper game12.08,813 total · best 22
83.0Sets won %68.2
65.7Games won %57.4
0.1138 total · best 1Finalsper game0.139 total · best 1
Head to head
2933 matches since 19874
Carpet · 13 matchesGraf 10Novotna 3
Hard · 8 matchesGraf 7Novotna 1
Clay · 7 matchesGraf 7Novotna 0
Grass · 5 matchesGraf 5Novotna 0
Grand Slams · 11 matchesGraf 10Novotna 1
Finals · 8 matchesGraf 7Novotna 1
Last meetings
5 Mar 1999 · Indian Wells · Quarterfinal · HardGraf won 6-2 6-0
16 Nov 1998 · WTA Tour Championships · Round of 16 · CarpetGraf won 6-7 6-4 6-1
24 Aug 1998 · New Haven · Final · HardGraf won 6-4 6-1
18 Nov 1996 · WTA Tour Championships · Semifinal · CarpetGraf won 4-6 6-4 6-3
11 Nov 1996 · Philadelphia · Final · Carpet
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
Graf–1––––––––
Novotna––––––––––
1.81,830 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.61,144 total · best 3
0.4376 total · best 3Sets lostper game · lower is better0.7534 total · best 2
6.56,562 total · best 22Games lostper game · lower is better8.96,555 total · best 20
0.1140 total · best 3Tiebreaksper game0.2146 total · best 2
0.3310 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.3198 total · best 1
0.16 total · best 1Masters/1000 matchesper game–
0.116 total · best 1Olympic matchesper game0.18 total · best 1
0.022 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.129 total · best 1
0.04 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.02 total · best 1
Novotna won 6-4 ret.
24 June 1996 · Wimbledon · Quarterfinal · GrassGraf won 6-3 6-2
26 June 1995 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · GrassGraf won 5-7 6-4 6-2
17 Mar 1995 · Key Biscayne · Semifinal · HardGraf won 6-2 7-5
14 Feb 1995 · Paris · Semifinal · HardGraf won 6-2 6-3
29 Aug 1994 · US Open · Semifinal · HardGraf won 6-3 7-5
