H2H data updated: 2026-09-13 00:00 UTC

Katerina Maleeva vs Rene Simpson H2H: 2-0

Katerina Maleeva holds a 2–0 lead over Rene Simpson in their WTA head-to-head. Across 2 main-draw meetings, Katerina Maleeva leads 1–0 on clay and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Katerina Maleeva won the 1992 Houston round of 16 6-2 7-6.

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Katerina Maleeva
BUL Age 57 Right-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"
H2H
2 – 0
2 main-draw meetings
Rene Simpson
CAN Left-Handed 175 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Katerina Maleeva #12 6-2 7-6 Rene Simpson #91 Match data Apr 17, 1992* R16 Houston Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500 Clay
Katerina Maleeva #14 6-0 6-3 Rene Simpson #89 Match data Nov 9, 1989* R32 Nashville WTA 250 Hard

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
Rene Simpson #546 #70 256 1,663 44 83 34.6% 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 Rene Simpson
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 — — — — — — —
20 1989 32–11 74.4% #15 1,924 0 8 — — — — — — —
21 1990 47–16 74.6% #6 2,045 0 9 — — — — — — —
22 1991 35–16 68.6% #11 1,968 0 10 1988 5–3 62.5% #132 1,558 0 0
23 1992 31–19 62.0% #16 1,897 0 10 1989 11–17 39.3% #109 1,619 0 0
24 1993 28–17 62.2% #22 1,897 0 10 1990 2–8 20.0% #180 1,563 0 0
25 1994 20–16 55.6% #36 1,865 0 11 1991 5–9 35.7% #132 1,566 0 0
26 1995 1–11 8.3% #302 1,678 0 11 1992 7–10 41.2% #104 1,603 0 0
27 1996 5–7 41.7% #231 1,684 0 11 1993 4–9 30.8% #122 1,588 0 0
28 — — — — — — — 1994 5–11 31.2% #154 1,532 0 0
29 — — — — — — — 1995 1–2 33.3% #189 1,537 0 0
30 — — — — — — — 1996 1–4 20.0% #148 1,519 0 0
31 — — — — — — — 1997 3–9 25.0% #109 1,515 0 0
32 — — — — — — — 1998 0–1 0.0% #548 1,512 0 0

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 Rene Simpson
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% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1989 19 5 24 79.2% 13 6 19 68.4% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1990 19 6 25 76.0% 15 5 20 75.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 9 4 13 69.2% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1991 23 6 29 79.3% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 4 4 8 50.0% 1988 5 3 8 62.5% — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1992 14 6 20 70.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 7 6 13 53.8% 1989 8 12 20 40.0% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0%
24 1993 11 7 18 61.1% 9 6 15 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 3 11 72.7% 1990 1 4 5 20.0% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — —
25 1994 8 7 15 53.3% 4 4 8 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 1991 2 5 7 28.6% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — — — — —
26 1995 1 4 5 20.0% 0 4 4 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 1992 5 5 10 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
27 1996 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% 1993 3 6 9 33.3% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — — — — — —
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 5 10 15 33.3% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 1 1 2 50.0%
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 1 2 3 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1997 2 3 5 40.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 146 69 215 67.9% 101 62 163 62.0% 19 12 31 61.3% 60 44 104 57.7% — 32 51 83 38.6% 10 23 33 30.3% 0 4 4 0.0% 2 5 7 28.6%

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 Rene Simpson
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 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 1989 1925 137.9 — — — — +49 -9 — 69.5% +1.44 7–6 (54%) 4–2 (67%) 97.1 +2.60 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
21 1990 2046 166.9 — — — — 0 -25 -291 72.1% +1.66 8–4 (67%) 7–3 (70%) 105.6 -1.83 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 1991 1969 154.4 — — — — +54 -23 -195 68.2% +1.44 2–7 (22%) 3–7 (30%) 87.8 +4.53 1988 1559 115.5 — — — — +45 — — 58.8% +0.35 1–0 0–1 — +1.22
23 1992 1897 153.5 — — — — +63 -53 -38 60.4% +0.89 6–5 (55%) 4–4 (50%) 97.0 +4.07 1989 1619 123.0 — — — — +19 -74 — 39.0% -1.10 2–1 (67%) — — -1.57
24 1993 1897 158.4 — — — — +46 -36 — 61.2% +0.84 6–9 (40%) 4–2 (67%) 97.3 +1.03 1990 1563 111.0 — — — — +31 -47 — 30.4% -1.61 0–3 (0%) 0–3 (0%) — -0.30
25 1994 1866 142.3 — — — — +23 -58 — 54.3% +0.42 5–6 (45%) 3–5 (38%) 94.9 +0.16 1991 1566 120.5 — — — — -8 -14 — 39.4% -0.70 2–3 (40%) 2–0 — -0.35
26 1995 1678 110.1 — — — — +95 +57 — 17.9% -2.39 1–3 (25%) 1–1 — -0.64 1992 1604 127.1 — — — — -4 -31 — 43.2% -0.49 1–2 (33%) 2–1 (67%) — -0.95
27 1996 1685 133.5 — — — — +100 -3 — 42.3% +0.15 1–1 0–4 (0%) — -0.39 1993 1588 120.6 — — — — +17 -35 — 33.3% -1.59 0–1 2–2 (50%) — -0.20
28 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1994 1533 109.5 — — — — +1 — — 42.1% -0.45 2–6 (25%) 0–3 (0%) — -0.05
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1995 1537 104.1 — — — — — — — 37.5% -0.50 1–1 1–1 — -0.26
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1996 1520 111.2 — — — — +20 — — 33.3% -1.25 0–2 1–0 — +0.07
31 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1997 1516 117.1 — — — — +12 +7 — 34.5% -1.10 1–4 (20%) 0–1 — -0.55
32 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1998 1513 105.5 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.50 — — — -0.21
Career — 2067 158.1 — — — — +17 -28 -205 61.8% +0.97 58–59 (50%) 43–54 (44%) 89.3 +1.00 — 1663 126.9 — — — — +13 -32 — 38.9% -0.90 10–23 (30%) 8–12 (40%) 91.9 -2.48

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.