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Monica Seles v Martina Navratilova: stats compared | Lineball
Navratilova wins on titles. Seles’s case rests on grand slam titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Seles 719 matches, Navratilova 1,717 matches.
Seles has 9 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Navratilova’s 18 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches).
Navratilova has 176 titles (one every 10 matches) to Seles’ 53 titles (one every 12.5 matches).
Navratilova has the better first-serve points won %: 65.5 to Seles’s 50.
Longevity: Navratilova has 1,717 matches across 26 seasons, Seles 719 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (grand slam titles, aces): those averages use only the games that logged them.
Different eras: the game, the rules and the stat-keeping have all changed between their careers.
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.
0.153 total · best 1Titlesper game0.1176 total · best 1
0.09 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.018 total · best 1
54.2First serve in %64.4
50.0First-serve points won %65.5
40.0Break points saved %43.8
42.9Return points won %42.3
Head to head
1017 matches since 19897
Carpet · 10 matchesSeles 6Navratilova 4
Hard · 5 matchesSeles 2Navratilova 3
Grass · 1 matchSeles 1Navratilova 0
Clay · 1 matchSeles 1Navratilova 0
Grand Slams · 2 matchesSeles 2Navratilova 0
Finals · 14 matchesSeles 9Navratilova 5
Last meetings
15 Feb 1993 · Paris · Final · HardNavratilova won 6-3 4-6 7-6
8 Feb 1993 · Chicago · Final · CarpetSeles won 3-6 6-2 6-1
16 Nov 1992 · Virginia Slims Championships · Final · CarpetSeles won 7-5 6-3 6-1
2 Nov 1992 · Oakland · Final · CarpetSeles won 6-3 6-4
10 Aug 1992 · Los Angeles · Final · Hard
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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0.11 total · best 1
Acesper game
0.42 total · best 1
12.38,811 total · best 26Games wonper game12.421,222 total · best 23
–Break points converted %47.1
78.3Sets won %81.7
63.1Games won %64.1
0.185 total · best 1Finalsper game0.2248 total · best 1
1.71,235 total · best 3Sets wonper game1.83,076 total · best 3
0.5343 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.4689 total · best 3
7.25,151 total · best 23Games lostper game · lower is better6.911,902 total · best 25
0.2123 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2254 total · best 2
Navratilova won 6-4 6-2
22 June 1992 · Wimbledon · Semifinal · GrassSeles won 6-2 6-7 6-4
18 Nov 1991 · Virginia Slims Championships · Final · CarpetSeles won 6-4 3-6 7-5 6-0
4 Nov 1991 · Oakland · Final · CarpetNavratilova won 6-3 3-6 6-3
30 Sept 1991 · Milan · Final · CarpetSeles won 6-3 3-6 6-4
26 Aug 1991 · US Open · Final · HardSeles won 7-6(1) 6-1
Monica SelesUnited States719 games · 1988–2003
Martina NavratilovaUnited States1,717 games · 1972–2005