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Na Li v Maria Sharapova: stats compared | Lineball
Sharapova wins on titles. Li’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Li 524 matches, Sharapova 770 matches.
Sharapova has 36 titles (one every 20 matches) to Li’s 9 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Sharapova averages 3.0 aces a match to Li’s 1.6 (81% more).
Sharapova averages a sets lost every 1.6 matches to Li’s 0.8.
Winners’ edge: Sharapova’s team won 78%, Li’s team won 69% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Sharapova has 770 matches across 19 seasons, Li 524 in 15 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam 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.
0.09 total · best 1Titlesper game0.136 total · best 1
0.02 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.05 total · best 1
67.4First serve in %63.4
63.8First-serve points won %68.3
57.3Break points saved %58.3
46.5Return points won %47.7
Head to head
515 matches since 200510
Hard · 7 matchesLi 2Sharapova 5
Clay · 5 matchesLi 1Sharapova 4
Grass · 3 matchesLi 2Sharapova 1
Grand Slams · 5 matchesLi 2Sharapova 3
Finals · 3 matchesLi 1Sharapova 2
Last meetings
5 May 2014 · Madrid · Quarterfinal · ClaySharapova won 2-6 7-6(5) 6-3
22 Apr 2013 · Stuttgart · Final · ClaySharapova won 6-4 6-3
14 Jan 2013 · Australian Open · Semifinal · HardLi won 6-2 6-2
1 Oct 2012 · Beijing · Semifinal · HardSharapova won 6-4 6-0
14 May 2012 · Rome · Final · ClaySharapova won 4-6 6-4 7-6(5)
19 Mar 2012 · Miami · Quarterfinal · HardSharapova won
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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1.6
807 total · best 11
Acesper game
3.02,281 total · best 21
11.96,216 total · best 18Games wonper game12.29,401 total · best 20
48.8Break points converted %48.5
65.8Sets won %71.8
56.5Games won %59.1
0.121 total · best 1Finalsper game0.159 total · best 1
1.5784 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.61,249 total · best 2
0.8408 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.6491 total · best 2
9.14,789 total · best 20Games lostper game · lower is better8.46,496 total · best 19
0.2114 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2141 total · best 3
6-3 6-0
24 Oct 2011 · WTA Championships · Round robin · HardLi won 7-6(4) 6-4
23 May 2011 · Roland Garros · Semifinal · ClayLi won 6-4 7-5
7 June 2010 · Birmingham · Final · GrassLi won 7-5 6-1
8 June 2009 · Birmingham · Semifinal · GrassLi won 6-4 6-4
