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Jana Novotna v Steffi Graf: stats compared | Lineball
Graf wins on titles. WTA Tour career: Novotna 737 matches, Graf 1,003 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.
0.024 total · best 1Titlesper game0.1107 total · best 1
0.01 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.022 total · best 1
12.08,813 total · best 22Games wonper game12.512,552 total · best 26
68.2Sets won %83.0
57.4Games won %65.7
0.139 total · best 1Finalsper game0.1138 total · best 1
Head to head
433 matches since 198729
Carpet · 13 matchesNovotna 3Graf 10
Hard · 8 matchesNovotna 1Graf 7
Clay · 7 matchesNovotna 0Graf 7
Grass · 5 matchesNovotna 0Graf 5
Grand Slams · 11 matchesNovotna 1Graf 10
Finals · 8 matchesNovotna 1Graf 7
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.
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1.61,144 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.81,830 total · best 3
0.7534 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.4376 total · best 3
8.96,555 total · best 20Games lostper game · lower is better6.56,562 total · best 22
0.2146 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.1140 total · best 3
0.3198 total · best 1Grand Slam matchesper game0.3310 total · best 1
–Masters/1000 matchesper game0.16 total · best 1
0.18 total · best 1Olympic matchesper game0.116 total · best 1
0.129 total · best 1Davis/BJK Cup matchesper game0.022 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Retired hurtper game · lower is better0.04 total · best 1
Novotna won 6-4
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