Kuwata v Pavlyuchenkova

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova takes it, 10–3 on categories

Pavlyuchenkova wins on break points saved %. Kuwata’s case rests on double faults, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Kuwata 10 matches, Pavlyuchenkova 773 matches.

• Pavlyuchenkova has the better break points saved %: 55.1 to Kuwata’s 40.2.
• Pavlyuchenkova has the better first-serve points won %: 65.5 to Kuwata’s 51.2.
• Pavlyuchenkova averages 2.5 aces a match to Kuwata’s 0.8 — 3.2 times as many.
• Winners’ edge: Pavlyuchenkova’s team won 56%, Kuwata’s team won 10% of the matches they played.
• Longevity: Pavlyuchenkova has 773 matches across 21 seasons, Kuwata 10 in 6 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
• Not every stat was recorded for every match (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.