Spears v Vaidisova

Nicole Vaidisova takes it, 11–3 on categories

Vaidisova wins on first-serve points won %. Spears’s case rests on break points saved %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Spears 65 matches, Vaidisova 251 matches.

• Vaidisova averages 3.6 aces a match to Spears’ 1.2 — 3.1 times as many.
• Vaidisova has the better sets won %: 61.4 to Spears’s 37.9.
• Vaidisova averages 1.4 sets won a match to Spears’ 0.9 (58% more).
• Winners’ edge: Vaidisova’s team won 66%, Spears’s team won 34% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Vaidisova has 251 matches across 8 seasons, Spears 65 in 11 — 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.