# Barbara Paulus vs Denisa Szabova — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/barbara-paulus-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200604&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642
Tour: WTA

Barbara Paulus holds a 1–0 lead over Denisa Szabova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Barbara Paulus leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Barbara Paulus won the 1988 Sofia round of 32 7-6 6-2.

## Overall
- Barbara Paulus: 1 wins
- Denisa Szabova: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Hard: Barbara Paulus 1 - 0 Denisa Szabova

## By tournament category
- WTA 250: Barbara Paulus 1 - 0 Denisa Szabova

## Surface results by age
Completed main-draw results by court surface. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Surface | W-L | M | Win % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 15 | Barbara Paulus | 1986 | Clay | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 16 | Barbara Paulus | 1987 | Clay | 11-8 | 19 | 57.9% |
| 16 | Barbara Paulus | 1987 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Barbara Paulus | 1987 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Barbara Paulus | 1988 | Hard | 6-2 | 8 | 75.0% |
| 17 | Barbara Paulus | 1988 | Clay | 14-7 | 21 | 66.7% |
| 17 | Barbara Paulus | 1988 | Carpet | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 18 | Barbara Paulus | 1989 | Hard | 11-6 | 17 | 64.7% |
| 18 | Barbara Paulus | 1989 | Clay | 19-9 | 28 | 67.9% |
| 18 | Barbara Paulus | 1989 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Barbara Paulus | 1990 | Hard | 16-7 | 23 | 69.6% |
| 19 | Barbara Paulus | 1990 | Clay | 9-1 | 10 | 90.0% |
| 19 | Barbara Paulus | 1990 | Grass | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Barbara Paulus | 1990 | Carpet | 7-4 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Clay | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Barbara Paulus | 1991 | Hard | 9-9 | 18 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Barbara Paulus | 1991 | Clay | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Barbara Paulus | 1991 | Carpet | 7-3 | 10 | 70.0% |
| 20 | Denisa Szabova | 1989 | Clay | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Barbara Paulus | 1992 | Hard | 1-5 | 6 | 16.7% |
| 21 | Barbara Paulus | 1992 | Clay | 3-3 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Denisa Szabova | 1990 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Denisa Szabova | 1990 | Carpet | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 22 | Denisa Szabova | 1991 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Denisa Szabova | 1991 | Clay | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 22 | Denisa Szabova | 1991 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Barbara Paulus | 1994 | Hard | 5-7 | 12 | 41.7% |
| 23 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Hard | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 23 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Clay | 2-7 | 9 | 22.2% |
| 24 | Barbara Paulus | 1995 | Hard | 9-2 | 11 | 81.8% |
| 24 | Barbara Paulus | 1995 | Clay | 9-3 | 12 | 75.0% |
| 24 | Barbara Paulus | 1995 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Barbara Paulus | 1995 | Carpet | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 24 | Denisa Szabova | 1993 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Career | Barbara Paulus | - | Hard | 75-55 | 130 | 57.69230769230769% |
| Career | Barbara Paulus | - | Clay | 120-56 | 176 | 68.18181818181819% |
| Career | Barbara Paulus | - | Grass | 2-6 | 8 | 25.0% |
| Career | Barbara Paulus | - | Carpet | 35-23 | 58 | 60.3448275862069% |
| Career | Denisa Szabova | - | Hard | 1-7 | 8 | 12.5% |
| Career | Denisa Szabova | - | Clay | 16-26 | 42 | 38.095238095238095% |
| Career | Denisa Szabova | - | Carpet | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |

(+3 additional aligned rows on the canonical page)

## Advanced statistics comparison
Career aggregates from the precomputed Advanced table. Surface Elo values are relative to overall Elo; career Schedule is normalized per 100 matches and lower means tougher opposition.

| Player | Peak Elo | P+ | Serve+ | Return+ | PD | TPW% | Hard Elo | Clay Elo | Grass Elo | Set Win% | Set Margin | Dec. Set | Tiebreak | Schedule |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Barbara Paulus | 1958 | 145.3 | - | - | - | - | -35 | 69 | - | 58.7% | 0.6 | 78-50 (61%) | 34-26 (57%) | 4.18 |
| Denisa Szabova | 1577 | 104.6 | - | - | - | - | -1 | 47 | - | 35.4% | -1.43 | 8-9 (47%) | 5-5 (50%) | 2.82 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1988-08-11* | Sofia | R32 | Hard | Barbara Paulus | 7-6 6-2 |

## Career rivalries
### Barbara Paulus

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Conchita Martínez | 2-4 | 6 | 1996-11-03 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/conchita-martinez-vs-barbara-paulus?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:125846&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200604) |
| Judith Wiesner | 3-3 | 6 | 1996-10-03 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/judith-wiesner-vs-barbara-paulus?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200482&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200604) |
| Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario | 0-6 | 6 | 1996-04-07 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/arantxa-sanchez-vicario-vs-barbara-paulus?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:127535&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200604) |
| Alexandra Fusai | 3-2 | 5 | 1998-05-27 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/alexandra-fusai-vs-barbara-paulus?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:1520121&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200604) |
| Amanda Coetzer | 3-2 | 5 | 1998-01-21 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/amanda-coetzer-vs-barbara-paulus?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:127537&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200604) |

### Denisa Szabova

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Sabine Hack | 2-0 | 2 | 1996-05-10 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/denisa-szabova-vs-sabine-hack?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200642&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200651) |
| Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor | 1-1 | 2 | 1996-04-10 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/sarah-pitkowski-malcor-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:128359&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642) |
| Federica Bonsignori | 0-2 | 2 | 1991-09-19 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/federica-bonsignori-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200586&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642) |
| Wiltrud Probst | 1-1 | 2 | 1990-09-27 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/wiltrud-probst-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200506&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642) |
| Virginia Ruano Pascual | 0-1 | 1 | 1996-09-19 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/virginia-ruano-pascual-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:125898&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642) |

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