Sands v Safarova
WTA Tour career
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Lucie Safarova takes it, 10–3 on categories
Safarova wins on first-serve points won %. Mattek Sands’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Mattek Sands 312 matches, Safarova 645 matches.
- Safarova averages 3.5 aces a match to Mattek Sands’ 1.8 — 2 times as many.
- Mattek Sands averages 2.4 double faults a match to Safarova’s 3.3.
- Safarova has the better first-serve points won %: 68.9 to Mattek Sands’s 62.8.
- Winners’ edge: Safarova’s team won 57%, Mattek Sands’s team won 43% of the matches they played.
- Longevity: Safarova has 645 matches across 14 seasons, Mattek Sands 312 in 22 — 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.
- –Titlesper game0.07 total · best 1
- 59.2First serve in %62.2
- 62.8First-serve points won %68.9
- 55.0Break points saved %60.1
- 43.3Return points won %40.9
- 1.8539 total · best 14Acesper game3.52,279 total · best 18
- 10.83,371 total · best 19
Head to head
15 matches
since 20094
since 20094
- Hard · 3 matchesSands 1Safarova 2
- Clay · 1 matchSands 0Safarova 1
- Grass · 1 matchSands 0Safarova 1
- Grand Slams · 1 matchSands 0Safarova 1
Last meetings
- 3 Apr 2017 · Charleston · Round of 32 · ClaySafarova won 6-3 6-3
- 27 June 2016 · Wimbledon · Round of 128 · GrassSafarova won 6-7(7) 7-6(3) 7-5
- 13 Sept 2010 · Quebec City · Semifinal · HardSands won 6-2 6-1
- 14 Sept 2009 · Quebec City · Quarterfinal · HardSafarova won 6-3 6-4
- 25 Apr 2009 · Fed Cup WG SF: CZE vs USA · Round robin · HardSafarova won 6-3 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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