Maleeva v Sukova
WTA Tour career
Lineball analyst5–3
Katerina Maleeva takes it, 5–3 on categories
Maleeva wins on titles. Sukova’s case rests on games won, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Maleeva 540 matches, Sukova 937 matches.
- Maleeva has 11 titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Sukova’s 9 titles (one every 50 matches).
- Sukova averages 11.6 games won a match to Maleeva’s 11 (5% more).
- Maleeva averages 8.8 games lost a match to Sukova’s 9.6.
- Longevity: Sukova has 937 matches across 18 seasons, Maleeva 540 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
- Not every stat was recorded for every match (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.
- 0.011 total · best 1Titlesper game0.09 total · best 1
- 11.05,964 total · best 19Games wonper game11.610,910 total · best 20
- 62.1Sets won %63.0
- 55.7Games won %54.9
- 0.120 total · best 1Finalsper game0.030 total · best 1
- 1.4742 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.41,347 total · best 2
Head to head
611 matches
since 19855
since 19855
- Hard · 7 matchesMaleeva 4Sukova 3
- Carpet · 3 matchesMaleeva 2Sukova 1
- Clay · 1 matchMaleeva 0Sukova 1
- Grand Slams · 4 matchesMaleeva 1Sukova 3
Last meetings
- 30 Aug 1993 · US Open · Quarterfinal · HardSukova won 6-4 6-7 6-3
- 12 Nov 1990 · Virginia Slims Championships · Round of 16 · CarpetMaleeva won 6-3 6-3
- 23 Oct 1990 · Brighton · Semifinal · CarpetSukova won 6-4 6-7 6-3
- 15 Jan 1990 · Australian Open · Quarterfinal · HardSukova won 6-4 6-3
- 29 Aug 1988 · US Open · Round of 16 · HardMaleeva won 6-1 6-3
- 29 Feb 1988 · San Antonio · Semifinal · HardMaleeva won 6-3 6-7 6-4
- 24 Aug 1987 · Mahwah · Quarterfinal · HardMaleeva won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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