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Barbara Gerken vs Katerina Maleeva H2H: 0-1

Katerina Maleeva holds a 1–0 lead over Barbara Gerken in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Katerina Maleeva leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Katerina Maleeva won the 1987 Tokyo Japan Open final 6-2 6-3.

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Barbara Gerken
USA Age 62
H2H
0 – 1
1 main-draw meetings
Katerina Maleeva
BUL Age 57 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Katerina Maleeva #21 6-2 6-3 Barbara Gerken Match data Apr 20, 1987* F Tokyo Japan Open WTA 250 Hard

Estimated match date where the exact historical date is unavailable. Arrows show an edition's recorded category and documented modern equivalent; unresolved editions keep their recorded category. Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Comparison

Player Current Peak Pts Elo W L Win % GS 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories Finals 500 including documented historical predecessor categories 250 including documented historical predecessor categories Titles
Barbara Gerken — — — 1,650 64 97 39.8% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Katerina Maleeva #456 #6 116 2,067 326 187 63.5% 0 0 0 0 11 11

Career Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. GS and Titles are cumulative career totals through that season.

Age Barbara Gerken Katerina Maleeva
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 — — — — — — — 1984 2–2 50.0% #93 1,528 0 0
16 1981 8–2 80.0% — 1,631 0 0 1985 30–20 60.0% #28 1,814 0 2
17 1982 1–5 16.7% — 1,578 0 0 1986 24–20 54.5% #29 1,837 0 2
18 1983 5–4 55.6% — 1,617 0 0 1987 35–15 70.0% #13 1,948 0 4
19 1984 9–16 36.0% — 1,581 0 0 1988 36–17 67.9% #11 1,989 0 5
20 1985 11–22 33.3% — 1,576 0 0 1989 32–11 74.4% #15 1,924 0 8
21 1986 12–18 40.0% — 1,564 0 0 1990 47–16 74.6% #6 2,045 0 9
22 1987 16–19 45.7% — 1,635 0 0 1991 35–16 68.6% #11 1,968 0 10
23 1988 2–10 16.7% — 1,527 0 0 1992 31–19 62.0% #16 1,897 0 10
24 1989 0–1 0.0% — 1,507 0 0 1993 28–17 62.2% #22 1,897 0 10
25 — — — — — — — 1994 20–16 55.6% #36 1,865 0 11
26 — — — — — — — 1995 1–11 8.3% #302 1,678 0 11
27 — — — — — — — 1996 5–7 41.7% #231 1,684 0 11

Surface Results by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Results cover completed main-draw matches. Bold green marks the higher win percentage when both players have at least 5 matches on that surface at the aligned age.

Age Barbara Gerken Katerina Maleeva
Yr HardClayGrassCarpet Yr HardClayGrassCarpet
W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win % W L M Win %
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
16 1981 4 1 5 80.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1985 6 7 13 46.2% 16 7 23 69.6% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5%
17 1982 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1986 6 5 11 54.5% 7 5 12 58.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 9 9 18 50.0%
18 1983 3 2 5 60.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% 1987 13 4 17 76.5% 16 5 21 76.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 5 11 54.5%
19 1984 3 6 9 33.3% 4 6 10 40.0% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — 1988 22 8 30 73.3% 9 6 15 60.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
20 1985 3 10 13 23.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 6 9 33.3% 5 5 10 50.0% 1989 19 5 24 79.2% 13 6 19 68.4% — — — — — — — —
21 1986 5 8 13 38.5% 0 4 4 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 1990 19 6 25 76.0% 15 5 20 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 9 4 13 69.2%
22 1987 13 11 24 54.2% — — — — 0 4 4 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 1991 23 6 29 79.3% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 4 8 50.0%
23 1988 1 6 7 14.3% — — — — 0 3 3 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1992 14 6 20 70.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 6 13 53.8%
24 1989 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 1993 11 7 18 61.1% 9 6 15 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 3 11 72.7%
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 8 7 15 53.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 4 12 66.7%
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 1 4 5 20.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7%
Career — 33 48 81 40.7% 5 13 18 27.8% 7 20 27 25.9% 15 15 30 50.0% — 146 69 215 67.9% 101 62 163 62.0% 19 12 31 61.3% 60 44 104 57.7%

Advanced Statistics Comparison by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Metrics use eligible main-draw results; point statistics use matches with detailed data. Bold green marks the stronger value when both underlying samples are sufficient. Lower is better for Schedule because a negative value means a tougher schedule. Career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches.

Age Barbara Gerken Katerina Maleeva
Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule Yr Elo P+ Serve+ Return+ PD TPW% Hard Elo Clay Elo Grass Elo Set Win % Set Margin Dec. Set Tiebreak Pressure+ Schedule
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1984 1529 101.1 — — — — +67 — — 33.3% -1.33 — — — +0.05
16 1981 1632 123.6 — — — — +57 — — 73.7% +1.32 1–0 2–0 — +0.08 1985 1814 134.0 — — — — -111 -26 -204 58.3% +0.36 5–3 (63%) 4–7 (36%) 101.9 +0.01
17 1982 1578 105.6 — — — — +37 — — 33.3% -1.67 0–3 (0%) — — +0.21 1986 1838 143.3 — — — — -45 -31 -198 54.1% +0.50 5–5 (50%) 4–8 (33%) 97.8 -2.35
18 1983 1618 117.4 — — — — +40 — — 52.2% +0.91 3–2 (60%) 0–2 — +1.04 1987 1948 160.2 — — — — -21 -10 — 69.8% +1.71 2–6 (25%) 4–6 (40%) 95.2 -0.20
19 1984 1581 114.0 — — — — +14 +6 -7 41.2% -0.51 0–3 (0%) 1–6 (14%) 91.5 +0.85 1988 1989 160.1 — — — — +20 -68 -325 63.3% +1.34 10–4 (71%) 5–5 (50%) 101.8 -1.95
20 1985 1577 122.8 — — — — +20 — -44 38.9% -0.56 2–6 (25%) 4–6 (40%) 96.8 +0.89 1989 1925 137.9 — — — — +49 -9 — 69.5% +1.44 7–6 (54%) 4–2 (67%) 97.1 +2.60
21 1986 1564 106.0 — — — — +19 -88 -13 42.9% -0.56 4–6 (40%) 3–4 (43%) 98.1 +4.32 1990 2046 166.9 — — — — 0 -25 -291 72.1% +1.66 8–4 (67%) 7–3 (70%) 105.6 -1.83
22 1987 1635 119.2 — — — — +37 — -173 48.8% -0.23 5–7 (42%) 2–3 (40%) 98.1 +2.60 1991 1969 154.4 — — — — +54 -23 -195 68.2% +1.44 2–7 (22%) 3–7 (30%) 87.8 +4.53
23 1988 1528 96.1 — — — — +42 — -126 25.9% -1.96 0–3 (0%) 0–2 — +0.93 1992 1897 153.5 — — — — +63 -53 -38 60.4% +0.89 6–5 (55%) 4–4 (50%) 97.0 +4.07
24 1989 1508 96.1 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.50 — — — +0.30 1993 1897 158.4 — — — — +46 -36 — 61.2% +0.84 6–9 (40%) 4–2 (67%) 97.3 +1.03
25 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 1866 142.3 — — — — +23 -58 — 54.3% +0.42 5–6 (45%) 3–5 (38%) 94.9 +0.16
26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 1678 110.1 — — — — +95 +57 — 17.9% -2.39 1–3 (25%) 1–1 — -0.64
27 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 1685 133.5 — — — — +100 -3 — 42.3% +0.15 1–1 0–4 (0%) — -0.39
Career — 1650 118.4 — — — — +29 -21 -60 43.5% -0.45 15–30 (33%) 12–23 (34%) 88.2 +6.97 — 2067 158.1 — — — — +17 -28 -205 61.8% +0.97 58–59 (50%) 43–54 (44%) 89.3 +1.00

Career Rivalries

Each player's five most-played main-draw opponents. The current matchup is highlighted when it appears in a player's top five.