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Naomi Osaka v Angelique Kerber: stats compared | Lineball
Osaka wins on titles. Kerber’s case rests on first serve in %, but it isn’t enough to swing it. WTA Tour career: Osaka 389 matches, Kerber 780 matches.
Osaka has 7 titles (one every 25 matches) to Kerber’s 14 titles (one every 33.3 matches).
Osaka has 4 grand slam titles (one every 33.3 matches) to Kerber’s 3 grand slam titles (one every 50 matches).
Osaka averages 5.8 aces a match to Kerber’s 1.4 — 4 times as many.
Longevity: Kerber has 780 matches across 18 seasons, Osaka 389 in 12 — the averages matter more than the totals here.
Not every stat was recorded for every match (titles, grand slam 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.
Tale of the tape
Per game. Totals and best single game underneath.
0.07 total · best 1Titlesper game0.014 total · best 1
0.04 total · best 1Grand Slam titlesper game0.03 total · best 1
57.4First serve in %65.2
71.8First-serve points won %63.2
58.6Break points saved %57.3
42.5Return points won %45.7
Head to head
27 matches since 20175
Hard · 5 matchesOsaka 2Kerber 3
Clay · 1 matchOsaka 0Kerber 1
Grass · 1 matchOsaka 0Kerber 1
Grand Slams · 2 matchesOsaka 1Kerber 1
Last meetings
29 July 2024 · Paris Olympics · Round of 64 · ClayKerber won 7-5 6-3
21 Mar 2022 · Miami · Round of 64 · HardOsaka won 6-2 6-3
22 Oct 2018 · Singapore · Round robin · HardKerber won 6-4 5-7 6-4
2 July 2018 · Wimbledon · Round of 32 · GrassKerber won 6-2 6-4
2 Oct 2017 · Beijing · Round of 64 · HardKerber won 6-2 7-5
18 Sept 2017 · Tokyo · Round of 32 · HardKerber won 6-3 6-4
28 Aug 2017 · US Open · Round of 128 · HardOsaka won 6-3 6-1
Last 10 games
Titles, oldest to newest.
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5.82,230 total · best 18
Acesper game
1.41,113 total · best 9
11.74,535 total · best 19Games wonper game11.69,026 total · best 20
46.3Break points converted %47.1
62.4Sets won %60.0
55.0Games won %53.8
0.013 total · best 1Finalsper game0.133 total · best 1
1.4547 total · best 2Sets wonper game1.41,075 total · best 2
0.9329 total · best 2Sets lostper game · lower is better0.9718 total · best 2
9.63,714 total · best 19Games lostper game · lower is better9.97,738 total · best 20
0.3100 total · best 2Tiebreaksper game0.2168 total · best 3