# Samantha Stosur vs Kimiko Date — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/samantha-stosur-vs-kimiko-date?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:98937&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:124247
Tour: WTA

Samantha Stosur holds a 2–1 lead over Kimiko Date in their WTA head-to-head. Across 3 main-draw meetings, they are tied 1–1 on hard courts, while Samantha Stosur leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Samantha Stosur won the 2013 Tokyo round of 32 6-3 7-6(2).

## Overall
- Samantha Stosur: 2 wins
- Kimiko Date: 1 wins
- Total meetings: 3

## By surface
- Hard: Samantha Stosur 1 - 1 Kimiko Date
- Clay: Samantha Stosur 1 - 0 Kimiko Date

## By tournament category
- Grand Slam: Samantha Stosur 1 - 0 Kimiko Date
- WTA 1000: Samantha Stosur 1 - 0 Kimiko Date
- WTA 250: Samantha Stosur 0 - 1 Kimiko Date

## 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 18 | Samantha Stosur | 2002 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Kimiko Date | 1989 | Hard | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Kimiko Date | 1989 | Clay | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Kimiko Date | 1989 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 19 | Samantha Stosur | 2003 | Hard | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 19 | Samantha Stosur | 2003 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Kimiko Date | 1990 | Hard | 9-5 | 14 | 64.3% |
| 19 | Kimiko Date | 1990 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 19 | Kimiko Date | 1990 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Samantha Stosur | 2004 | Hard | 12-11 | 23 | 52.2% |
| 20 | Samantha Stosur | 2004 | Clay | 3-4 | 7 | 42.9% |
| 20 | Samantha Stosur | 2004 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Kimiko Date | 1991 | Hard | 9-8 | 17 | 52.9% |
| 20 | Kimiko Date | 1991 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Kimiko Date | 1991 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Samantha Stosur | 2005 | Hard | 12-13 | 25 | 48.0% |
| 21 | Samantha Stosur | 2005 | Clay | 3-5 | 8 | 37.5% |
| 21 | Samantha Stosur | 2005 | Grass | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 21 | Samantha Stosur | 2005 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Kimiko Date | 1992 | Hard | 15-6 | 21 | 71.4% |
| 21 | Kimiko Date | 1992 | Clay | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 21 | Kimiko Date | 1992 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Kimiko Date | 1992 | Carpet | 6-3 | 9 | 66.7% |
| 22 | Samantha Stosur | 2006 | Hard | 18-15 | 33 | 54.5% |
| 22 | Samantha Stosur | 2006 | Clay | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 22 | Samantha Stosur | 2006 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 22 | Samantha Stosur | 2006 | Carpet | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 22 | Kimiko Date | 1993 | Hard | 18-6 | 24 | 75.0% |
| 22 | Kimiko Date | 1993 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 22 | Kimiko Date | 1993 | Grass | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 22 | Kimiko Date | 1993 | Carpet | 4-2 | 6 | 66.7% |
| 23 | Samantha Stosur | 2007 | Hard | 6-7 | 13 | 46.2% |
| 23 | Samantha Stosur | 2007 | Clay | 6-5 | 11 | 54.5% |
| 23 | Samantha Stosur | 2007 | Grass | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 23 | Samantha Stosur | 2007 | Carpet | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 23 | Kimiko Date | 1994 | Hard | 26-5 | 31 | 83.9% |
| 23 | Kimiko Date | 1994 | Clay | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 23 | Kimiko Date | 1994 | Grass | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 23 | Kimiko Date | 1994 | Carpet | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Samantha Stosur | 2008 | Hard | 11-7 | 18 | 61.1% |
| 24 | Samantha Stosur | 2008 | Clay | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Samantha Stosur | 2008 | Grass | 5-3 | 8 | 62.5% |
| 24 | Kimiko Date | 1995 | Hard | 16-6 | 22 | 72.7% |
| 24 | Kimiko Date | 1995 | Clay | 11-3 | 14 | 78.6% |
| 24 | Kimiko Date | 1995 | Grass | 6-2 | 8 | 75.0% |
| 24 | Kimiko Date | 1995 | Carpet | 6-1 | 7 | 85.7% |
| 25 | Samantha Stosur | 2009 | Hard | 29-14 | 43 | 67.4% |
| 25 | Samantha Stosur | 2009 | Clay | 6-4 | 10 | 60.0% |
| 25 | Samantha Stosur | 2009 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 25 | Kimiko Date | 1996 | Hard | 25-8 | 33 | 75.8% |
| 25 | Kimiko Date | 1996 | Clay | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 25 | Kimiko Date | 1996 | Grass | 5-2 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 25 | Kimiko Date | 1996 | Carpet | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 26 | Samantha Stosur | 2010 | Hard | 22-14 | 36 | 61.1% |
| 26 | Samantha Stosur | 2010 | Clay | 18-3 | 21 | 85.7% |
| 26 | Samantha Stosur | 2010 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 27 | Samantha Stosur | 2011 | Hard | 31-14 | 45 | 68.9% |
| 27 | Samantha Stosur | 2011 | Clay | 12-5 | 17 | 70.6% |
| 27 | Samantha Stosur | 2011 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| Career | Samantha Stosur | - | Hard | 269-220 | 489 | 55.010224948875255% |
| Career | Samantha Stosur | - | Clay | 143-76 | 219 | 65.29680365296804% |
| Career | Samantha Stosur | - | Grass | 36-40 | 76 | 47.36842105263158% |
| Career | Samantha Stosur | - | Carpet | 6-4 | 10 | 60.0% |
| Career | Kimiko Date | - | Hard | 170-127 | 297 | 57.23905723905724% |
| Career | Kimiko Date | - | Clay | 24-27 | 51 | 47.05882352941177% |
| Career | Kimiko Date | - | Grass | 31-24 | 55 | 56.36363636363637% |
| Career | Kimiko Date | - | Carpet | 20-12 | 32 | 62.5% |

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## Performance progression by age
Detailed serve and return statistics available for 649/793 of Samantha Stosur's and 149/164 of Kimiko Date's main draw matches.

Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. The canonical HTML page contains the complete comparison.

| Age | Player | Season | Sample | Aces/M | DFs/M | 1st Sv% | 1st Pts% | 2nd Pts% | BP Saved% | BP Conv% | Svc Pts% | Ret Pts% |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 19 | Samantha Stosur | 2003 | 1/6 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 49.4% | 74.4% | 35.0% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 54.4% | 38.2% |
| 20 | Samantha Stosur | 2004 | 5/34 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 49.6% | 64.1% | 45.0% | 55.6% | 30.1% | 54.4% | 34.4% |
| 21 | Samantha Stosur | 2005 | 9/40 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 56.5% | 70.7% | 48.7% | 49.9% | 46.1% | 61.2% | 40.8% |
| 22 | Samantha Stosur | 2006 | 36/53 | 4.1 | 2.3 | 61.8% | 64.6% | 47.1% | 51.1% | 39.0% | 58.2% | 38.5% |
| 23 | Samantha Stosur | 2007 | 29/30 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 60.9% | 66.0% | 45.8% | 59.0% | 45.7% | 57.6% | 38.6% |
| 24 | Samantha Stosur | 2008 | 24/30 | 5.1 | 3.5 | 51.9% | 71.1% | 51.5% | 59.2% | 42.5% | 61.4% | 42.9% |
| 25 | Samantha Stosur | 2009 | 52/58 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 58.8% | 68.8% | 50.7% | 61.2% | 53.9% | 61.1% | 43.5% |
| 26 | Samantha Stosur | 2010 | 59/62 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 60.0% | 70.7% | 51.5% | 57.8% | 49.4% | 63.0% | 42.8% |
| 27 | Samantha Stosur | 2011 | 59/67 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 63.5% | 71.2% | 53.3% | 62.1% | 48.8% | 64.6% | 42.2% |
| 28 | Samantha Stosur | 2012 | 57/64 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 64.6% | 68.1% | 51.2% | 59.1% | 44.5% | 62.1% | 43.0% |

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## 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Samantha Stosur | 2072 | 148.7 | 4.3 | -0.68 | 1.059 | 51.2% | -13 | 95 | -97 | 55.3% | 0.4 | 125-116 (52%) | 95-101 (48%) | -1.44 |
| Kimiko Date | 2091 | 154.4 | -1.51 | 0.62 | 0.928 | 48.3% | 30 | -185 | -61 | 55.2% | 0.45 | 77-65 (54%) | 42-48 (47%) | -2.8 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2013-09-26* | Tokyo | R32 | Hard | Samantha Stosur | 6-3 7-6(2) |
| 2013-05-29* | Roland Garros | R128 | Clay | Samantha Stosur | 6-0 6-2 |
| 2010-10-16* | Osaka | QF | Hard | Kimiko Date | 5-7 6-3 7-6(4) |

## Career rivalries
### Samantha Stosur

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Maria Sharapova | 2-15 | 17 | 2015-05-30 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/samantha-stosur-vs-maria-sharapova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:98937&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:123766) |
| Lucie Safarova | 5-10 | 15 | 2016-05-28 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/samantha-stosur-vs-lucie-safarova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:98937&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:98986) |
| Francesca Schiavone | 10-3 | 13 | 2018-07-19 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/samantha-stosur-vs-francesca-schiavone?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:98937&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:123842) |
| Serena Williams | 5-8 | 13 | 2014-10-04 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/samantha-stosur-vs-serena-williams?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:98937&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:123131) |
| Caroline Wozniacki | 4-8 | 12 | 2018-08-29 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/samantha-stosur-vs-caroline-wozniacki?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:98937&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:106534) |

### Kimiko Date

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario | 2-7 | 9 | 1996-08-25 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-arantxa-sanchez-vicario?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:127535) |
| Conchita Martínez | 6-2 | 8 | 1996-08-24 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-conchita-martinez?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:125846) |
| Naoko Sawamatsu | 5-3 | 8 | 1996-02-02 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-naoko-sawamatsu?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200644) |
| Gabriela Sabatini | 3-4 | 7 | 1996-08-24 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-gabriela-sabatini?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200572) |
| Steffi Graf | 0-7 | 7 | 1996-07-07 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/kimiko-date-vs-steffi-graf?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124247&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200414) |

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