Career 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 Katerina Maleeva takes it, 7–0 on categories Maleeva wins on games won. WTA Tour career: Faber 165 matches, Maleeva 540 matches.
Maleeva has the better sets won %: 62.1 to Faber’s 41.3. Maleeva averages 0.8 sets lost a match to Faber’s 1.3. Maleeva averages 11 games won a match to Faber’s 9.6 (15% more). Best single match: Faber 20 games won, Maleeva 19. Winners’ edge: Maleeva’s team won 64%, Faber’s team won 41% of the matches they played. Longevity: Maleeva has 540 matches across 13 seasons, Faber 165 in 7 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (finals, masters/1000 matches, olympic matches): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
– Titlesper game 0.0 11 total · best 1
9.6 1,577 total · best 20 Games wonper game 11.0 5,964 total · best 19
41.3 Sets won % 62.1
46.7 Games won % 55.7
0.0 2 total · best 1 Finalsper game 0.1 20 total · best 1
0.9 155 total · best 2 Sets wonper game 1.4 742 total · best 2
Head to head 1 4 matches since 1989 3
Hard · 2 matches Faber 0 Maleeva 2 Clay · 2 matches Faber 1 Maleeva 1 Grand Slams · 2 matches Faber 0 Maleeva 2 Last meetings 14 Jan 1991 · Australian Open · Round of 32 · Hard Maleeva won 6-3 6-2 28 May 1990 · Roland Garros · Round of 64 · Clay Maleeva won 7-5 6-1 11 Sept 1989 · Phoenix · Round of 32 · Hard Maleeva won 6-4 6-0 17 Apr 1989 · Tampa · Round of 32 · Clay Faber won 6-3 1-6 6-3 Last 10 games Titles, oldest to newest.
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