# Katerina Maleeva vs Denisa Szabova — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/katerina-maleeva-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200455&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642
Tour: WTA

Denisa Szabova holds a 1–0 lead over Katerina Maleeva in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Denisa Szabova leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Denisa Szabova won the 1996 Budapest round of 32 7-6 6-3.

## Overall
- Katerina Maleeva: 0 wins
- Denisa Szabova: 1 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Katerina Maleeva 0 - 1 Denisa Szabova

## By tournament category
- WTA 250: Katerina Maleeva 0 - 1 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 | Katerina Maleeva | 1984 | Hard | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 15 | Katerina Maleeva | 1984 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 16 | Katerina Maleeva | 1985 | Hard | 6-7 | 13 | 46.2% |
| 16 | Katerina Maleeva | 1985 | Clay | 16-7 | 23 | 69.6% |
| 16 | Katerina Maleeva | 1985 | Grass | 3-3 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 16 | Katerina Maleeva | 1985 | Carpet | 5-3 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 17 | Katerina Maleeva | 1986 | Hard | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 17 | Katerina Maleeva | 1986 | Clay | 7-5 | 12 | 58.3% |
| 17 | Katerina Maleeva | 1986 | Grass | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 17 | Katerina Maleeva | 1986 | Carpet | 9-9 | 18 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Katerina Maleeva | 1987 | Hard | 13-4 | 17 | 76.5% |
| 18 | Katerina Maleeva | 1987 | Clay | 16-5 | 21 | 76.2% |
| 18 | Katerina Maleeva | 1987 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Katerina Maleeva | 1987 | Carpet | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 19 | Katerina Maleeva | 1988 | Hard | 22-8 | 30 | 73.3% |
| 19 | Katerina Maleeva | 1988 | Clay | 9-6 | 15 | 60.0% |
| 19 | Katerina Maleeva | 1988 | Grass | 3-1 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 19 | Katerina Maleeva | 1988 | Carpet | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Clay | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Katerina Maleeva | 1989 | Hard | 19-5 | 24 | 79.2% |
| 20 | Katerina Maleeva | 1989 | Clay | 13-6 | 19 | 68.4% |
| 20 | Denisa Szabova | 1989 | Clay | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Katerina Maleeva | 1990 | Hard | 19-6 | 25 | 76.0% |
| 21 | Katerina Maleeva | 1990 | Clay | 15-5 | 20 | 75.0% |
| 21 | Katerina Maleeva | 1990 | Grass | 4-1 | 5 | 80.0% |
| 21 | Katerina Maleeva | 1990 | Carpet | 9-4 | 13 | 69.2% |
| 21 | Denisa Szabova | 1990 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Denisa Szabova | 1990 | Carpet | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 22 | Katerina Maleeva | 1991 | Hard | 23-6 | 29 | 79.3% |
| 22 | Katerina Maleeva | 1991 | Clay | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 22 | Katerina Maleeva | 1991 | Grass | 3-1 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 22 | Katerina Maleeva | 1991 | Carpet | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 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 | Katerina Maleeva | 1992 | Hard | 14-6 | 20 | 70.0% |
| 23 | Katerina Maleeva | 1992 | Clay | 6-6 | 12 | 50.0% |
| 23 | Katerina Maleeva | 1992 | Grass | 4-1 | 5 | 80.0% |
| 23 | Katerina Maleeva | 1992 | Carpet | 7-6 | 13 | 53.8% |
| 23 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Hard | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 23 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Clay | 2-7 | 9 | 22.2% |
| 24 | Katerina Maleeva | 1993 | Hard | 11-7 | 18 | 61.1% |
| 24 | Katerina Maleeva | 1993 | Clay | 9-6 | 15 | 60.0% |
| 24 | Katerina Maleeva | 1993 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Katerina Maleeva | 1993 | Carpet | 8-3 | 11 | 72.7% |
| 24 | Denisa Szabova | 1993 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| Career | Katerina Maleeva | - | Hard | 146-69 | 215 | 67.90697674418605% |
| Career | Katerina Maleeva | - | Clay | 101-62 | 163 | 61.96319018404908% |
| Career | Katerina Maleeva | - | Grass | 19-12 | 31 | 61.29032258064516% |
| Career | Katerina Maleeva | - | Carpet | 60-44 | 104 | 57.69230769230769% |
| 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Katerina Maleeva | 2068 | 158.1 | - | - | - | - | 17 | -27 | -206 | 61.8% | 0.97 | 58-59 (50%) | 43-54 (44%) | -0.25 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1996-05-09* | Budapest | R32 | Clay | Denisa Szabova | 7-6 6-3 |

## Career rivalries
### Katerina Maleeva

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Steffi Graf | 0-11 | 11 | 1993-05-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/steffi-graf-vs-katerina-maleeva?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200414&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200455) |
| Zina Garrison | 3-7 | 10 | 1994-11-10 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/zina-garrison-vs-katerina-maleeva?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200404&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200455) |
| Helena Sukova | 5-5 | 10 | 1993-09-09 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/helena-sukova-vs-katerina-maleeva?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200377&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200455) |
| Manuela Maleeva Fragniere | 1-8 | 9 | 1993-08-20 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/manuela-maleeva-fragniere-vs-katerina-maleeva?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200401&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200455) |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 1-8 | 9 | 1993-06-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/katerina-maleeva-vs-gabriela-sabatini?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200455&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200572) |

### 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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Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)