# Denisa Szabova vs Melissa Gurney — Head-to-Head Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/denisa-szabova-vs-melissa-gurney?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200642&player2_id=sackmann_wta:201019 Tour: WTA Denisa Szabova holds a 1–0 lead over Melissa Gurney in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Denisa Szabova leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Denisa Szabova won the 1988 Strasbourg round of 32 6-3 6-1. ## Overall - Denisa Szabova: 1 wins - Melissa Gurney: 0 wins - Total meetings: 1 ## By surface - Clay: Denisa Szabova 1 - 0 Melissa Gurney ## By tournament category - WTA 500: Denisa Szabova 1 - 0 Melissa Gurney ## 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 | Melissa Gurney | 1984 | Hard | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% | | 15 | Melissa Gurney | 1984 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% | | 15 | Melissa Gurney | 1984 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% | | 16 | Melissa Gurney | 1985 | Hard | 7-7 | 14 | 50.0% | | 16 | Melissa Gurney | 1985 | Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% | | 16 | Melissa Gurney | 1985 | Carpet | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% | | 17 | Melissa Gurney | 1986 | Hard | 20-7 | 27 | 74.1% | | 17 | Melissa Gurney | 1986 | Clay | 4-2 | 6 | 66.7% | | 17 | Melissa Gurney | 1986 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% | | 17 | Melissa Gurney | 1986 | Carpet | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% | | 18 | Melissa Gurney | 1987 | Hard | 9-9 | 18 | 50.0% | | 18 | Melissa Gurney | 1987 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% | | 18 | Melissa Gurney | 1987 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% | | 18 | Melissa Gurney | 1987 | Carpet | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% | | 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% | | 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Clay | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% | | 19 | Melissa Gurney | 1988 | Hard | 4-7 | 11 | 36.4% | | 19 | Melissa Gurney | 1988 | Clay | 3-5 | 8 | 37.5% | | 19 | Melissa Gurney | 1988 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% | | 20 | Denisa Szabova | 1989 | Clay | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% | | 20 | Melissa Gurney | 1989 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% | | 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 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Hard | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% | | 23 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Clay | 2-7 | 9 | 22.2% | | 24 | Denisa Szabova | 1993 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% | | 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% | | Career | Melissa Gurney | - | Hard | 44-33 | 77 | 57.142857142857146% | | Career | Melissa Gurney | - | Clay | 7-10 | 17 | 41.1764705882353% | | Career | Melissa Gurney | - | Grass | 4-6 | 10 | 40.0% | | Career | Melissa Gurney | - | Carpet | 8-12 | 20 | 40.0% | (+2 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 | | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | | Denisa Szabova | 1577 | 104.6 | - | - | - | - | -1 | 47 | - | 35.4% | -1.43 | 8-9 (47%) | 5-5 (50%) | 2.82 | | Melissa Gurney | 1885 | 133.3 | - | - | - | - | 24 | -137 | -180 | 52.2% | 0.24 | 10-20 (33%) | 6-9 (40%) | 3.07 | ## Meeting history (last 20) | Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | 1988-05-19* | Strasbourg | R32 | Clay | Denisa Szabova | 6-3 6-1 | ## Career rivalries ### 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) | ### Melissa Gurney | Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H | | :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- | | Helena Sukova | 0-5 | 5 | 1987-09-03 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/helena-sukova-vs-melissa-gurney?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200377&player2_id=sackmann_wta:201019) | | Catherine Tanvier | 0-3 | 3 | 1988-06-24 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/catherine-tanvier-vs-melissa-gurney?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200395&player2_id=sackmann_wta:201019) | | Elly Hakami | 0-3 | 3 | 1988-04-22 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/elly-hakami-vs-melissa-gurney?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200694&player2_id=sackmann_wta:201019) | | Lea Antonoplis | 3-0 | 3 | 1987-04-18 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/lea-antonoplis-vs-melissa-gurney?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200393&player2_id=sackmann_wta:201019) | | Manuela Maleeva Fragniere | 0-3 | 3 | 1986-11-17 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/manuela-maleeva-fragniere-vs-melissa-gurney?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200401&player2_id=sackmann_wta:201019) | --- Canonical URL: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/denisa-szabova-vs-melissa-gurney?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200642&player2_id=sackmann_wta:201019 Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)