Career 2019 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2011 Too close to call — 8–5 on categories Kovinic wins on return points won %. Simmonds’s case rests on first serve in %. WTA Tour career: Simmonds 29 matches, Kovinic 219 matches.
Simmonds has the better first serve in %: 67 to Kovinic’s 54.2. Kovinic has the better return points won %: 41.6 to Simmonds’s 34.3. Kovinic has the better first-serve points won %: 63.9 to Simmonds’s 53.7. Longevity: Kovinic has 219 matches across 16 seasons, Simmonds 29 in 8 — the averages matter more than the totals here. Not every stat was recorded for every match (aces, finals, double faults…): those averages use only the games that logged them. Tale of the tape Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
67.0 First serve in % 54.2
53.7 First-serve points won % 63.9
56.0 Break points saved % 54.3
34.3 Return points won % 41.6
0.5 7 total · best 2 Acesper game 2.8 599 total · best 11
7.7 222 total · best 13 Games wonper game 9.8 2,154 total · best 19
Head to head 1 2 matches 1
Clay · 2 matches 1 1 Last meetings 18 Apr 2013 · Fed Cup G2 RRB: MNE vs RSA · Round robin · Clay 6-1 6-0 6 May 2011 · Fed Cup G3 RRA: RSA vs MNE · Round robin · Clay 6-3 6-1 Last 10 games First serve in %, oldest to newest.
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