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Maria Kirilenko v Serena Williams: stats compared | Lineball
Williams wins on titles. Kirilenko’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Kirilenko 517 matches, Williams 1,002 matches.
Williams has 72 titles (one every 12.5 matches) to Kirilenko’s 6 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Williams averages 6.1 aces a match to Kirilenko’s 1.7 — 3.7 times as many.
Williams averages a sets lost every 2.2 matches to Kirilenko’s 1.0.
Winners’ edge: Williams’s team won 85%, Kirilenko’s team won 56% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Williams has 1,002 matches across 27 seasons, Kirilenko 517 in 13 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles): 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.
0.06 total · best 1Titlesper game0.172 total · best 1
–Grand Slam titlesper game0.023 total · best 1
64.7First serve in %60.3
63.2First-serve points won %74.2
53.4Break points saved %62.1
44.8Return points won %46.9
1.7849 total · best 12
Head to head
08 matches since 20048
Hard · 4 matchesKirilenko 0Williams 4
Clay · 3 matchesKirilenko 0Williams 3
Grass · 1 matchKirilenko 0Williams 1
Grand Slams · 3 matchesKirilenko 0Williams 3
Last meetings
30 Sept 2013 · Beijing · Round of 16 · HardWilliams won 7-5 7-5
6 May 2013 · Madrid · Round of 16 · ClayWilliams won 6-3 6-1
14 Jan 2013 · Australian Open · Round of 16 · HardWilliams won 6-2 6-0
25 July 2011 · Stanford · Round of 16 · HardWilliams won 6-2 3-6 6-2
20 June 2011 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · GrassWilliams won 6-3 6-2
3 May 2010 · Rome · Quarterfinal · ClayWilliams won 6-1 6-4
7 Aug 2006 · Los Angeles · Round of 64 · HardWilliams won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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Acesper game
6.14,649 total · best 24
10.95,613 total · best 19Games wonper game12.412,406 total · best 21
45.3Break points converted %48.2
54.8Sets won %79.3
52.2Games won %62.1
0.012 total · best 1Finalsper game0.197 total · best 1
1.2636 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.81,754 total · best 2
1.0525 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.5457 total · best 2
9.95,134 total · best 19Games lostper game · lower is better7.57,560 total · best 20
0.297 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2178 total · best 3
6-2 6-1
24 May 2004 · Roland Garros · Round of 64 · ClayWilliams won 4-6 6-2 6-4
