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Elena Bovina v Nadia Petrova: stats compared | Lineball
Petrova wins on break points saved %. Bovina’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Bovina 240 matches, Petrova 722 matches.
Petrova averages 3.5 aces a match to Bovina’s 0.7 — 4.7 times as many.
Bovina averages 1.1 double faults a match to Petrova’s 2.2.
Petrova has the better break points saved %: 58.5 to Bovina’s 49.6.
Winners’ edge: Petrova’s team won 62%, Bovina’s team won 54% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Petrova has 722 matches across 17 seasons, Bovina 240 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, finals): 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.
0.03 total · best 1Titlesper game0.013 total · best 1
66.6First serve in %58.9
60.6First-serve points won %69.5
49.6Break points saved %58.5
44.2Return points won %44.1
0.7107 total · best 12Acesper game3.52,173 total · best 16
Head to head
26 matches since 20014
Hard · 5 matchesBovina 2Petrova 3
Clay · 1 matchBovina 0Petrova 1
Grand Slams · 2 matchesBovina 0Petrova 2
Last meetings
30 July 2007 · San Diego · Round of 32 · HardPetrova won 6-3 7-5
23 May 2005 · Roland Garros · Round of 16 · ClayPetrova won 7-5 3-6 6-4
25 Oct 2004 · Linz · Semifinal · HardBovina won 6-3 4-6 7-6(3)
13 Oct 2003 · Zurich · Quarterfinal · HardPetrova won 6-1 6-4
30 Dec 2002 · Gold Coast · Round of 16 · HardBovina won 5-7 6-3 6-3
15 Jan 2001 · Australian Open · Round of 128 · HardPetrova won 7-5 6-3
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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11.3
2,700 total · best 19
Games wonper game
11.58,318 total · best 22
44.0Break points converted %46.5
52.8Sets won %60.7
51.3Games won %54.8
0.06 total · best 1Finalsper game0.024 total · best 1
1.2294 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.4990 total · best 2
1.1263 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9640 total · best 2
10.72,562 total · best 19Games lostper game · lower is better9.56,862 total · best 20
0.253 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2163 total · best 2
1.1155 total · best 10Double faultsper game · lower is better2.21,371 total · best 13