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Katerina Maleeva vs Mercedes Paz H2H: 4-0

Katerina Maleeva holds a 4–0 lead over Mercedes Paz in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Katerina Maleeva leads 2–0 on clay and 1–0 on grass. Most recently, Katerina Maleeva won the 1991 Indianapolis semifinal 6-2 6-1.

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Katerina Maleeva
BUL Age 57 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"
H2H
4 – 0
4 main-draw meetings
Mercedes Paz
ARG Age 60 Right-Handed 180 cm / 5'11"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Katerina Maleeva #11 6-2 6-1 Mercedes Paz #81 Match data Nov 16, 1991* SF Indianapolis Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard
Katerina Maleeva #17 6-2 6-1 Mercedes Paz #89 Match data Oct 9, 1987* R16 Athens WTA 250 Clay
Katerina Maleeva #23 7-5 6-2 Mercedes Paz #55 Match data Apr 8, 1987* R64 Hilton Head WTA 250 Clay
Katerina Maleeva #35 6-3 6-2 Mercedes Paz #62 Match data Jun 25, 1986* R128 Wimbledon Grand Slam Grass

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
Katerina Maleeva #456 #6 116 2,067 326 187 63.5% 0 0 0 0 11 11
Mercedes Paz #521 #28 185 1,822 145 184 44.1% 0 0 0 0 3 3

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 Katerina Maleeva Mercedes Paz
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 1984 2–2 50.0% #93 1,528 0 0 — — — — — — —
16 1985 30–20 60.0% #28 1,814 0 2 — — — — — — —
17 1986 24–20 54.5% #29 1,837 0 2 — — — — — — —
18 1987 35–15 70.0% #13 1,948 0 4 — — — — — — —
19 1988 36–17 67.9% #11 1,989 0 5 1985 7–11 38.9% #115 1,526 0 1
20 1989 32–11 74.4% #15 1,924 0 8 1986 22–23 48.9% #60 1,577 0 1
21 1990 47–16 74.6% #6 2,045 0 9 1987 15–20 42.9% #88 1,637 0 1
22 1991 35–16 68.6% #11 1,968 0 10 1988 24–15 61.5% #44 1,779 0 2
23 1992 31–19 62.0% #16 1,897 0 10 1989 13–19 40.6% #91 1,647 0 2
24 1993 28–17 62.2% #22 1,897 0 10 1990 25–20 55.6% #32 1,775 0 3
25 1994 20–16 55.6% #36 1,865 0 11 1991 19–23 45.2% #71 1,683 0 3
26 1995 1–11 8.3% #302 1,678 0 11 1992 10–19 34.5% #107 1,606 0 3
27 1996 5–7 41.7% #231 1,684 0 11 1993 2–11 15.4% #213 1,491 0 3
28 — — — — — — — 1994 3–10 23.1% #140 1,474 0 3
29 — — — — — — — 1995 4–8 33.3% #164 1,451 0 3
30 — — — — — — — 1996 1–5 16.7% #124 1,442 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 Katerina Maleeva Mercedes Paz
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 1985 6 7 13 46.2% 16 7 23 69.6% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1986 6 5 11 54.5% 7 5 12 58.3% 2 1 3 66.7% 9 9 18 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1987 13 4 17 76.5% 16 5 21 76.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 6 5 11 54.5% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1988 22 8 30 73.3% 9 6 15 60.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 1985 2 4 6 33.3% 5 5 10 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
20 1989 19 5 24 79.2% 13 6 19 68.4% — — — — — — — — 1986 8 10 18 44.4% 13 8 21 61.9% 0 2 2 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
21 1990 19 6 25 76.0% 15 5 20 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 9 4 13 69.2% 1987 4 4 8 50.0% 11 14 25 44.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — —
22 1991 23 6 29 79.3% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 1988 11 5 16 68.8% 13 10 23 56.5% — — — — — — — —
23 1992 14 6 20 70.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 6 13 53.8% 1989 0 6 6 0.0% 13 11 24 54.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
24 1993 11 7 18 61.1% 9 6 15 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 1990 3 4 7 42.9% 17 9 26 65.4% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 6 11 45.5%
25 1994 8 7 15 53.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 1991 9 8 17 52.9% 9 11 20 45.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0%
26 1995 1 4 5 20.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1992 0 5 5 0.0% 10 12 22 45.5% — — — — 0 2 2 0.0%
27 1996 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% 1993 2 5 7 28.6% 0 6 6 0.0% — — — — — — — —
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 0 3 3 0.0% 1 4 5 20.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3%
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 2 2 4 50.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 0 1 1 0.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
Career — 146 69 215 67.9% 101 62 163 62.0% 19 12 31 61.3% 60 44 104 57.7% — 41 57 98 41.8% 93 98 191 48.7% 3 12 15 20.0% 8 17 25 32.0%

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 Katerina Maleeva Mercedes Paz
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 1985 1814 134.0 — — — — -111 -26 -204 58.3% +0.36 5–3 (63%) 4–7 (36%) 101.9 +0.01 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1986 1838 143.3 — — — — -45 -31 -198 54.1% +0.50 5–5 (50%) 4–8 (33%) 97.8 -2.35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1987 1948 160.2 — — — — -21 -10 — 69.8% +1.71 2–6 (25%) 4–6 (40%) 95.2 -0.20 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 1988 1989 160.1 — — — — +20 -68 -325 63.3% +1.34 10–4 (71%) 5–5 (50%) 101.8 -1.95 1985 1526 110.7 — — — — +40 +38 — 40.9% -0.66 4–4 (50%) 0–1 — +0.74
20 1989 1925 137.9 — — — — +49 -9 — 69.5% +1.44 7–6 (54%) 4–2 (67%) 97.1 +2.60 1986 1577 119.8 — — — — -30 +125 — 50.5% +0.08 7–10 (41%) 7–3 (70%) 100.7 +3.38
21 1990 2046 166.9 — — — — 0 -25 -291 72.1% +1.66 8–4 (67%) 7–3 (70%) 105.6 -1.83 1987 1637 131.6 — — — — -16 +33 — 45.6% -0.18 3–6 (33%) 2–2 (50%) 97.5 -0.70
22 1991 1969 154.4 — — — — +54 -23 -195 68.2% +1.44 2–7 (22%) 3–7 (30%) 87.8 +4.53 1988 1780 134.3 — — — — -56 -13 — 57.5% +0.52 7–2 (78%) 4–3 (57%) 106.9 +0.57
23 1992 1897 153.5 — — — — +63 -53 -38 60.4% +0.89 6–5 (55%) 4–4 (50%) 97.0 +4.07 1989 1648 125.8 — — — — -60 +126 — 45.9% -0.22 2–8 (20%) 8–7 (53%) 94.4 +0.43
24 1993 1897 158.4 — — — — +46 -36 — 61.2% +0.84 6–9 (40%) 4–2 (67%) 97.3 +1.03 1990 1776 143.2 — — — — -121 +116 — 54.3% +0.15 8–9 (47%) 7–7 (50%) 101.6 -2.36
25 1994 1866 142.3 — — — — +23 -58 — 54.3% +0.42 5–6 (45%) 3–5 (38%) 94.9 +0.16 1991 1684 124.3 — — — — +2 +72 — 45.2% -0.53 5–6 (45%) 6–3 (67%) 102.6 +1.48
26 1995 1678 110.1 — — — — +95 +57 — 17.9% -2.39 1–3 (25%) 1–1 — -0.64 1992 1606 128.7 — — — — -21 +95 — 42.6% -0.54 1–9 (10%) 2–1 (67%) 91.7 -1.41
27 1996 1685 133.5 — — — — +100 -3 — 42.3% +0.15 1–1 0–4 (0%) — -0.39 1993 1491 102.6 — — — — +47 +87 — 24.1% -1.38 0–5 (0%) 0–3 (0%) — +0.61
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 1474 115.3 — — — — +29 +93 — 22.2% -1.81 0–1 1–1 — +0.31
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 1452 102.8 — — — — +50 +58 — 36.0% -0.72 0–1 1–1 — +0.83
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 1442 97.8 — — — — — +17 — 16.7% -2.67 — 0–1 — +0.03
Career — 2067 158.1 — — — — +17 -28 -205 61.8% +0.97 58–59 (50%) 43–54 (44%) 89.3 +1.00 — 1822 131.0 — — — — -28 +76 — 45.9% -0.29 37–61 (38%) 38–33 (54%) 96.4 +1.19

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.