Buyukakcay v Cirstea

Sorana Cirstea takes it, 10–5 on categories

Cirstea wins on first-serve points won %. Buyukakcay’s case rests on titles, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Buyukakcay 118 matches, Cirstea 750 matches.

• Buyukakcay has 1 title (one every 25 matches) to Cirstea’s 4 titles (one every 50 matches).
• Buyukakcay has the better first serve in %: 72.7 to Cirstea’s 58.1.
• Cirstea averages 2.5 aces a match to Buyukakcay’s 0.6 — 4.3 times as many.
• Winners’ edge: Cirstea’s team won 52%, Buyukakcay’s team won 40% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Cirstea has 750 matches across 21 seasons, Buyukakcay 118 in 18 — 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.