Martinovic v Baltacha

WTA Tour career

Sandra MartinovicBosnia and Herzegovina21 games · 1999–2010Most break points saved %Most first serve in %

Elena BaltachaGreat Britain149 games · 2001–2013Most acesMost first-serve points won %

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Too close to call — 7–4 on categories

Baltacha wins on first-serve points won %. Martinovic’s case rests on break points saved %. WTA Tour career: Martinovic 21 matches, Baltacha 149 matches.

Baltacha averages 2.0 aces a match to Martinovic’s 0.2 — 10 times as many.
Martinovic has the better break points saved %: 61.5 to Baltacha’s 55.7.
Baltacha has the better first-serve points won %: 64.2 to Martinovic’s 59.
Longevity: Baltacha has 149 matches across 13 seasons, Martinovic 21 in 6 — 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.

60.9First serve in %59.1
59.0First-serve points won %64.2
61.5Break points saved %55.7
–Return points won %40.0
0.21 total · best 1Acesper game2.0276 total · best 10
7.9166 total · best 19Games wonper game9.91,475 total · best 18
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Head to head

01 match
since 20101

Hard · 1 matchMartinovic 0Baltacha 1

Last meetings

3 Feb 2010 · Fed Cup G1 RRD: GBR vs BIH · Round robin · HardBaltacha won 6-1 6-1

Last 10 games

First serve in %, oldest to newest.

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