Liggan v Keothavong

WTA Tour career

Kelly LigganIreland39 games · 1999–2008Most first serve in %Most break points saved %

Anne KeothavongGreat Britain178 games · 2001–2013Most acesMost return points won %

Lineball analyst10–2

Kelly Liggan takes it, 10–2 on categories

Liggan wins on first serve in %. Keothavong’s case rests on return points won %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Liggan 39 matches, Keothavong 178 matches.

Liggan has the better first serve in %: 66.7 to Keothavong’s 57.2.
Liggan has the better break points saved %: 60 to Keothavong’s 50.
Keothavong averages 1.4 aces a match to Liggan’s 0.6 — 2.3 times as many.
Winners’ edge: Liggan’s team won 51%, Keothavong’s team won 39% of the matches they played.
Longevity: Keothavong has 178 matches across 13 seasons, Liggan 39 in 9 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (aces, double faults, serve points…): 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.

66.7First serve in %57.2
59.5First-serve points won %59.5
60.0Break points saved %50.0
36.8Return points won %43.5
0.63 total · best 3Acesper game1.4234 total · best 11
10.3402 total · best 17Games wonper game9.71,723 total · best 18

Head to head

12 matches
since 20031

Hard · 1 matchLiggan 0Keothavong 1
Clay · 1 matchLiggan 1Keothavong 0

Last meetings

1 May 2004 · Fed Cup G2 PO: GBR vs IRL · Round robin · HardKeothavong won 6-2 3-6 2-2 ret.
21 Apr 2003 · Fed Cup G1 RRD: GBR vs IRL · Round robin · ClayLiggan won 6-0 2-6 6-0

Last 10 games

First serve in %, oldest to newest.

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