H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Elena Likhovtseva vs Monica Seles H2H: 1-5

Monica Seles holds a 5–1 lead over Elena Likhovtseva in their WTA head-to-head. Across 6 main-draw meetings, Monica Seles leads 3–0 on hard courts, while they are tied 1–1 on clay. Most recently, Monica Seles won the 2000 Hilton Head round of 16 6-4 2-6 7-6(5).

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Elena Likhovtseva
RUS Age 51 Right-Handed 174 cm / 5'9"
H2H
1 – 5
6 main-draw meetings
Monica Seles
USA Age 52 Left-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Monica Seles #7 6-4 2-6 7-6(5) Elena Likhovtseva #17 Match data Apr 21, 2000* R16 Hilton Head Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Monica Seles #5 6-0 7-6 Elena Likhovtseva #20 Match data Aug 27, 1999* R16 New Haven Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Hard
Monica Seles #5 7-6 6-3 Elena Likhovtseva #21 Match data Aug 20, 1999* R16 Canadian Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Elena Likhovtseva #22 7-6 6-2 Monica Seles #3 Match data Apr 2, 1999* R16 Hilton Head Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Monica Seles #3 7-6 6-2 Elena Likhovtseva #23 Match data Mar 11, 1999* R32 Indian Wells Open Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Monica Seles #1 6-2 6-1 Elena Likhovtseva #24 Match data Nov 1, 1996* R16 Chicago Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Carpet

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
Elena Likhovtseva #1,092 #15 1,807 1,911 358 340 51.3% 0 0 0 0 3 3
Monica Seles #223 #1 4,056 2,540 586 123 82.7% 9 9 3 21 11 53

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 Elena Likhovtseva Monica Seles
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 — — — — — — — 1988 5–3 62.5% #86 1,599 0 0
15 — — — — — — — 1989 33–9 78.6% #6 2,005 0 1
16 — — — — — — — 1990 55–6 90.2% #2 2,296 1 10
17 1993 11–8 57.9% #67 1,633 0 1 1991 74–6 92.5% #1 2,444 4 20
18 1994 17–19 47.2% #62 1,737 0 1 1992 70–5 93.3% #1 2,500 7 30
19 1995 18–18 50.0% #45 1,715 0 1 1993 17–2 89.5% #8 2,486 8 32
20 1996 30–22 57.7% #18 1,816 0 1 — — — — — — —
21 1997 24–24 50.0% #31 1,747 0 2 1995 11–1 91.7% #1 2,488 8 33
22 1998 35–29 54.7% #26 1,828 0 2 1996 46–9 83.6% #2 2,344 9 38
23 1999 34–29 54.0% #18 1,755 0 2 1997 45–14 76.3% #5 2,180 9 41
24 2000 29–28 50.9% #21 1,757 0 2 1998 42–13 76.4% #6 2,180 9 43
25 2001 25–24 51.0% #36 1,745 0 2 1999 36–12 75.0% #6 2,120 9 44
26 2002 24–27 47.1% #42 1,667 0 2 2000 56–13 81.2% #4 2,153 9 47
27 2003 26–26 50.0% #37 1,678 0 2 2001 40–10 80.0% #10 2,132 9 51
28 2004 26–24 52.0% #24 1,820 0 3 2002 46–13 78.0% #7 2,091 9 53
29 2005 30–22 57.7% #17 1,794 0 3 2003 10–7 58.8% #60 1,994 9 53
30 2006 16–20 44.4% #43 1,693 0 3 — — — — — — —
31 2007 13–17 43.3% #62 1,666 0 3 — — — — — — —
32 2008 0–3 0.0% #1044 1,634 0 3 — — — — — — —

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 Elena Likhovtseva Monica Seles
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 %
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1988 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — —
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989 6 2 8 75.0% 10 1 11 90.9% 3 1 4 75.0% 14 5 19 73.7%
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990 18 2 20 90.0% 22 0 22 100.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 11 3 14 78.6%
17 1993 6 6 12 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 0 5 100.0% 1991 40 3 43 93.0% 19 2 21 90.5% — — — — 15 1 16 93.8%
18 1994 14 12 26 53.8% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 1992 33 3 36 91.7% 19 1 20 95.0% 6 1 7 85.7% 12 0 12 100.0%
19 1995 12 11 23 52.2% 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 1993 11 1 12 91.7% 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — 4 0 4 100.0%
20 1996 12 12 24 50.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 4 2 6 66.7% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1997 15 10 25 60.0% 5 6 11 45.5% 1 2 3 33.3% 3 6 9 33.3% 1995 11 1 12 91.7% — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1998 11 13 24 45.8% 11 7 18 61.1% 6 2 8 75.0% 7 7 14 50.0% 1996 29 2 31 93.5% 6 2 8 75.0% 5 1 6 83.3% 6 4 10 60.0%
23 1999 13 13 26 50.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 4 2 6 66.7% 7 8 15 46.7% 1997 27 5 32 84.4% 13 4 17 76.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 2 3 5 40.0%
24 2000 15 15 30 50.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 6 5 11 54.5% 1998 20 5 25 80.0% 11 4 15 73.3% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 3 10 70.0%
25 2001 9 11 20 45.0% 7 6 13 53.8% 7 3 10 70.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 1999 21 7 28 75.0% 11 2 13 84.6% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
26 2002 10 14 24 41.7% 8 7 15 53.3% 6 3 9 66.7% 0 3 3 0.0% 2000 28 9 37 75.7% 17 2 19 89.5% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 1 8 87.5%
27 2003 18 14 32 56.3% 6 7 13 46.2% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 2001 36 9 45 80.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 4 0 4 100.0%
28 2004 19 14 33 57.6% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 3 5 40.0% 1 2 3 33.3% 2002 27 8 35 77.1% 9 2 11 81.8% 4 1 5 80.0% 6 2 8 75.0%
29 2005 15 13 28 53.6% 8 5 13 61.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 2003 4 3 7 57.1% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 3 1 4 75.0%
30 2006 6 10 16 37.5% 1 5 6 16.7% 6 3 9 66.7% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2007 6 9 15 40.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2008 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 181 180 361 50.1% 77 73 150 51.3% 47 34 81 58.0% 53 53 106 50.0% — 316 63 379 83.4% 142 25 167 85.0% 35 11 46 76.1% 93 24 117 79.5%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 83/223 of Elena Likhovtseva's and 1/17 of Monica Seles's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Elena Likhovtseva Monica Seles
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
27 2003 7/52 3.3 4.6 61.6% 67.0% 46.2% 62.5% 46.7% 58.7% 44.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
28 2004 5/50 1.6 4.4 63.3% 65.5% 42.0% 46.7% 46.9% 57.0% 46.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
29 2005 18/52 2.3 3.8 61.4% 62.1% 44.7% 53.8% 52.4% 54.8% 45.6% 2003 1/17 1.0 12.0 54.2% 50.0% 25.9% 40.0% 28.6% 39.0% 42.9%
30 2006 27/36 1.9 3.1 65.2% 59.3% 47.6% 51.3% 48.8% 55.2% 46.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
31 2007 23/30 1.8 3.5 64.9% 64.2% 45.9% 55.1% 47.9% 57.6% 42.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
32 2008 3/3 1.0 3.7 59.7% 57.8% 41.5% 36.1% 22.8% 51.0% 39.1% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 83/698 2.0 3.6 63.7% 62.2% 45.8% 53.0% 48.1% 56.0% 44.8% — 1/709 1.0 12.0 54.2% 50.0% 25.9% 40.0% 28.6% 39.0% 42.9%

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 Elena Likhovtseva Monica Seles
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
14 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1988 1600 134.7 — — — — +49 — — 58.8% +0.29 1–0 2–1 (67%) — -0.41
15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1989 2005 170.5 — — — — -46 -209 -385 75.8% +2.03 6–3 (67%) 3–4 (43%) 107.2 -0.76
16 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1990 2297 179.4 — — — — -85 -99 -561 84.8% +2.78 7–3 (70%) 7–1 (88%) 110.0 -3.90
17 1993 1634 127.1 — — — — +37 — — 56.8% +0.48 3–3 (50%) 2–0 — +1.42 1991 2445 183.7 — — — — 0 -66 — 86.9% +3.17 10–3 (77%) 4–3 (57%) 105.2 -3.24
18 1994 1737 144.1 — — — — +23 — — 49.4% -0.07 4–7 (36%) 2–0 — -2.34 1992 2501 182.5 — — — — +9 -35 -586 88.2% +3.24 10–1 (91%) 2–2 (50%) 107.7 -2.26
19 1995 1716 139.9 — — — — +42 -182 — 48.1% -0.27 6–3 (67%) 4–5 (44%) 102.0 -1.00 1993 2486 173.2 — — — — +21 -78 — 85.4% +3.27 4–1 (80%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.84
20 1996 1816 147.2 — — — — -25 -115 -207 52.0% +0.03 15–4 (79%) 9–5 (64%) 114.1 -0.96 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1997 1748 148.3 — — — — +20 -67 -109 50.9% +0.16 6–8 (43%) 4–5 (44%) 95.9 -1.89 1995 2488 169.9 — — — — +5 — — 92.0% +3.80 0–1 1–1 — -0.63
22 1998 1829 147.2 — — — — -41 -55 -44 52.5% +0.22 10–11 (48%) 5–4 (56%) 102.2 -1.26 1996 2344 176.3 — — — — +27 +5 -308 83.5% +2.58 4–3 (57%) 8–3 (73%) 96.5 -0.42
23 1999 1756 151.4 — — — — -21 +65 +33 52.5% +0.32 8–7 (53%) 5–10 (33%) 98.6 -0.89 1997 2181 174.0 — — — — +75 +103 -181 72.3% +1.95 10–6 (63%) 6–9 (40%) 90.3 -0.17
24 2000 1757 148.3 — — — — +3 +17 +50 50.4% +0.05 11–12 (48%) 8–4 (67%) 99.7 +0.59 1998 2180 173.5 — — — — +55 +77 -125 70.2% +1.77 10–5 (67%) 4–7 (36%) 95.0 -1.32
25 2001 1746 140.2 — — — — -54 +47 +174 53.5% +0.30 7–11 (39%) 3–7 (30%) 92.1 +0.51 1999 2120 173.1 — — — — +56 +123 -164 73.3% +2.05 3–2 (60%) 5–5 (50%) 97.5 -0.29
26 2002 1667 127.8 — — — — -65 +102 +297 48.7% -0.15 8–9 (47%) 8–6 (57%) 99.0 +0.12 2000 2153 175.3 — — — — +19 +110 -86 78.0% +2.03 9–5 (64%) 12–1 (92%) 106.4 -2.96
27 2003 1679 134.9 +1.49 +0.52 1.089 52.0% -25 +64 +194 50.9% +0.17 7–7 (50%) 4–5 (44%) 99.4 -0.21 2001 2132 162.9 — — — — +27 — — 73.5% +1.72 10–5 (67%) 5–5 (50%) 95.6 +1.21
28 2004 1820 143.6 +1.45 +1.57 1.088 51.6% -18 -76 -35 50.4% -0.33 12–9 (57%) 3–5 (38%) 102.1 -1.72 2002 2091 167.1 — — — — +54 +166 +47 70.1% +1.67 14–4 (78%) 6–7 (46%) 102.1 -1.76
29 2005 1795 137.5 +0.25 +1.06 1.009 50.2% -28 +31 -16 52.8% +0.02 17–6 (74%) 10–4 (71%) 113.3 +0.64 2003 1995 139.5 +0.40 +1.10 0.702 40.9% +112 +183 — 56.8% +0.57 4–3 (57%) 3–1 (75%) 98.7 -0.67
30 2006 1694 129.9 -0.47 +1.55 1.034 50.6% +3 +16 +165 44.4% -0.23 5–4 (56%) 3–1 (75%) 102.3 +1.01 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
31 2007 1666 126.5 +1.88 -0.78 1.007 50.3% -17 +24 +183 44.1% -0.15 3–2 (60%) 3–4 (43%) 99.7 -0.64 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
32 2008 1635 111.2 +0.16 -0.58 0.798 44.5% -16 — — 14.3% -2.14 0–1 — — -0.57 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1912 147.6 +0.64 +0.64 1.019 50.4% -12 +4 +83 50.6% +0.03 122–104 (54%) 73–65 (53%) 105.6 -1.03 — 2541 181.1 +0.40 +1.10 0.702 40.9% +21 +17 -276 78.2% +2.32 102–45 (69%) 69–52 (57%) 102.4 -2.62

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.