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Sabine Appelmans vs Barbara Paulus H2H: 0-3

Barbara Paulus holds a 3–0 lead over Sabine Appelmans in their WTA head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, Barbara Paulus leads 2–0 on carpet and 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Barbara Paulus won the 1997 Luxembourg quarterfinal 3-6 6-3 6-2.

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Sabine Appelmans
BEL Age 54 Left-Handed 168 cm / 5'6"
H2H
0 – 3
3 main-draw meetings
Barbara Paulus
AUT Age 56 Right-Handed 177 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Barbara Paulus #20 3-6 6-3 6-2 Sabine Appelmans #18 Match data Oct 25, 1997* QF Luxembourg Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Carpet
Barbara Paulus #13 4-6 6-4 6-4 Sabine Appelmans #22 Match data Oct 26, 1996* QF Luxembourg Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250 Carpet
Barbara Paulus #110 6-1 6-3 Sabine Appelmans #25 Match data Jan 22, 1995* R32 Australian Open Grand Slam 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
Sabine Appelmans #94 #16 1,502 1,925 284 205 58.1% 0 0 0 0 7 7
Barbara Paulus #347 #10 1,696 1,957 232 140 62.4% 0 0 0 0 6 6

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 Sabine Appelmans Barbara Paulus
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
15 1987 1–1 50.0% #283 1,502 0 0 1986 4–3 57.1% #165 1,528 0 0
16 1988 1–3 25.0% #196 1,498 0 0 1987 11–10 52.4% #70 1,594 0 0
17 1989 2–5 28.6% #144 1,467 0 0 1988 21–11 65.6% #27 1,755 0 1
18 1990 21–12 63.6% #22 1,679 0 0 1989 30–16 65.2% #24 1,835 0 1
19 1991 34–14 70.8% #18 1,873 0 2 1990 32–14 69.6% #15 1,895 0 2
20 1992 29–16 64.4% #26 1,895 0 3 1991 17–13 56.7% #25 1,846 0 2
21 1993 19–15 55.9% #36 1,834 0 3 1992 4–8 33.3% #209 1,719 0 2
22 1994 29–16 64.4% #27 1,821 0 5 — — — — — — —
23 1995 24–17 58.5% #31 1,809 0 6 1994 5–7 41.7% #108 1,659 0 2
24 1996 26–17 60.5% #21 1,832 0 7 1995 21–7 75.0% #23 1,798 0 4
25 1997 37–26 58.7% #16 1,855 0 7 1996 38–16 70.4% #10 1,868 0 5
26 1998 13–18 41.9% #48 1,722 0 7 1997 32–16 66.7% #24 1,878 0 6
27 1999 25–21 54.3% #30 1,778 0 7 1998 17–19 47.2% #45 1,751 0 6
28 2000 22–23 48.9% #49 1,697 0 7 — — — — — — —
29 2001 1–1 50.0% #94 1,689 0 7 — — — — — — —

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 Sabine Appelmans Barbara Paulus
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 1987 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — 1986 — — — — 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — —
16 1988 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — — 1987 — — — — 11 8 19 57.9% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
17 1989 2 2 4 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — — 1988 6 2 8 75.0% 14 7 21 66.7% — — — — 1 2 3 33.3%
18 1990 15 6 21 71.4% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 4 4 8 50.0% 1989 11 6 17 64.7% 19 9 28 67.9% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
19 1991 26 8 34 76.5% 3 2 5 60.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 1990 16 7 23 69.6% 9 1 10 90.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 7 4 11 63.6%
20 1992 15 6 21 71.4% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 1 2 50.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 1991 9 9 18 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 7 3 10 70.0%
21 1993 7 8 15 46.7% 3 3 6 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7% 7 3 10 70.0% 1992 1 5 6 16.7% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — —
22 1994 19 9 28 67.9% 2 2 4 50.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 8 3 11 72.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1995 10 8 18 55.6% 9 4 13 69.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 1994 5 7 12 41.7% — — — — — — — — — — — —
24 1996 7 7 14 50.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 4 2 6 66.7% 12 4 16 75.0% 1995 9 2 11 81.8% 9 3 12 75.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 2 1 3 66.7%
25 1997 12 10 22 54.5% 11 5 16 68.8% 5 2 7 71.4% 9 9 18 50.0% 1996 8 5 13 61.5% 22 6 28 78.6% — — — — 8 5 13 61.5%
26 1998 1 4 5 20.0% 0 6 6 0.0% 4 2 6 66.7% 8 6 14 57.1% 1997 5 4 9 55.6% 18 7 25 72.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 8 4 12 66.7%
27 1999 11 8 19 57.9% 6 6 12 50.0% 3 3 6 50.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 1998 5 8 13 38.5% 10 8 18 55.6% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 2 4 50.0%
28 2000 13 12 25 52.0% 5 5 10 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2001 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 139 90 229 60.7% 54 49 103 52.4% 22 17 39 56.4% 69 49 118 58.5% — 75 55 130 57.7% 120 56 176 68.2% 2 6 8 25.0% 35 23 58 60.3%

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 Sabine Appelmans Barbara Paulus
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 1987 1502 99.4 — — — — — — — 50.0% -0.17 1–1 — — +0.44 1986 1529 102.3 — — — — — +50 — 52.9% -0.47 2–1 (67%) 2–0 — +0.85
16 1988 1498 106.4 — — — — — +40 — 30.0% -1.10 1–1 0–1 — +0.03 1987 1594 117.4 — — — — — +61 — 52.2% -0.02 2–4 (33%) 1–0 — +2.31
17 1989 1468 98.3 — — — — +65 +26 — 31.3% -0.50 1–1 0–2 — +0.98 1988 1756 133.5 — — — — -127 +35 — 61.1% +0.69 6–2 (75%) 5–2 (71%) 107.4 +1.41
18 1990 1679 133.0 — — — — +19 -159 — 59.2% +0.76 7–3 (70%) 1–4 (20%) 103.2 +2.93 1989 1835 142.7 — — — — -98 +11 — 58.0% +0.71 15–5 (75%) 1–5 (17%) 103.7 -1.53
19 1991 1873 150.3 — — — — +27 -285 — 69.9% +1.36 5–4 (56%) 1–0 — +1.14 1990 1896 143.9 — — — — -23 +25 — 63.7% +0.76 13–8 (62%) 5–3 (63%) 103.5 +1.16
20 1992 1896 145.1 — — — — +3 -146 — 61.0% +0.64 7–3 (70%) 2–3 (40%) 104.4 -0.44 1991 1846 140.0 — — — — 0 — — 53.8% +0.29 6–3 (67%) 5–4 (56%) 101.6 -1.04
21 1993 1835 135.0 — — — — +9 -112 -193 53.1% +0.44 8–5 (62%) 2–5 (29%) 98.4 +0.40 1992 1720 104.4 — — — — +20 +127 — 37.0% -1.19 1–2 (33%) 1–1 — +0.05
22 1994 1822 144.0 — — — — +46 -108 — 58.0% +0.80 10–2 (83%) 5–4 (56%) 106.6 +0.26 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
23 1995 1809 140.0 — — — — -2 -18 — 57.6% +0.37 5–5 (50%) 4–1 (80%) 99.8 -0.91 1994 1660 112.9 — — — — +3 — — 31.8% -0.82 1–1 1–3 (25%) — -0.39
24 1996 1833 145.6 — — — — -10 -70 -165 62.1% +0.81 4–7 (36%) 3–4 (43%) 95.3 +0.59 1995 1799 130.3 — — — — -17 +64 — 67.2% +1.11 7–1 (88%) 4–0 (100%) 110.4 +2.57
25 1997 1855 155.7 — — — — -46 -8 -89 58.7% +0.54 9–14 (39%) 4–7 (36%) 93.5 -1.41 1996 1869 151.5 — — — — -65 +97 — 67.2% +1.23 9–12 (43%) 3–3 (50%) 94.9 +0.39
26 1998 1722 138.4 — — — — +60 +2 +76 47.1% -0.26 1–9 (10%) 3–3 (50%) 89.5 -0.30 1997 1878 149.1 — — — — -57 +105 — 64.8% +1.27 9–6 (60%) 4–4 (50%) 100.4 +3.06
27 1999 1778 137.2 — — — — +27 -92 -38 56.3% +0.48 5–8 (38%) 7–9 (44%) 95.0 -0.07 1998 1751 136.5 — — — — +25 +129 — 46.3% -0.34 7–5 (58%) 2–1 (67%) 100.4 -0.80
28 2000 1697 139.6 — — — — +36 -31 +95 48.5% -0.15 7–6 (54%) 7–6 (54%) 100.1 -0.37 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 2001 1689 101.4 — — — — — — — 50.0% -0.50 — 1–0 — +0.19 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1925 148.8 — — — — +14 -69 -45 57.1% +0.51 71–69 (51%) 40–49 (45%) 95.3 +0.71 — 1958 145.3 — — — — -35 +69 — 58.7% +0.60 78–50 (61%) 34–26 (57%) 105.4 +2.18

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.