Linetskaya v Spears

Evgenia Linetskaya takes it, 10–3 on categories

Linetskaya wins on return points won %. Spears’s case rests on aces, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Linetskaya 44 matches, Spears 65 matches.

• Spears averages 1.2 aces a match to Linetskaya’s 0.6 (95% more).
• Linetskaya averages 1.3 double faults a match to Spears’ 1.9.
• Linetskaya has the better return points won %: 46.7 to Spears’s 40.
• Winners’ edge: Linetskaya’s team won 48%, Spears’s team won 34% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Spears has 65 matches across 11 seasons, Linetskaya 44 in 4 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (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.