H2H data updated: 2026-09-14 00:00 UTC

Sara Errani vs Kirsten Flipkens H2H: 4-0

Sara Errani holds a 4–0 lead over Kirsten Flipkens in their WTA head-to-head. Across 4 main-draw meetings, Sara Errani leads 3–0 on hard courts and 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Sara Errani won the 2018 Istanbul first round 6-3 6-4.

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Sara Errani
Italy Age 39 Right-Handed 164 cm / 5'5"
H2H
4 – 0
4 main-draw meetings
Kirsten Flipkens
Belgium Age 40 Right-Handed 165 cm / 5'5"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Sara Errani #89 5-7 6-1 6-0 Kirsten Flipkens #73 Match data May 5, 2018 Q2 Q Madrid Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Clay
Sara Errani #93 6-3 6-4 Kirsten Flipkens #70 Match data Apr 26, 2018* R32 Istanbul International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Clay
Sara Errani #14 6-1 7-5 Kirsten Flipkens #47 Match data Aug 27, 2014* R128 US Open Grand Slam Hard
Sara Errani #6 7-6(3) 6-1 Kirsten Flipkens #19 Match data Oct 2, 2013* R64 China Open Premier Mandatory → modern equivalent WTA 1000 Hard
Sara Errani #50 6-3 6-4 Kirsten Flipkens #80 Match data Jan 15, 2010* QF Hobart International International → modern equivalent WTA 250 Hard

1 qualifying meeting shown in the table; qualifying is excluded from the H2H score. 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
Sara Errani #476 #5 5,835 2,005 387 304 56.0% 0 0 0 1 8 9
Kirsten Flipkens #531 #13 2,961 1,830 200 221 47.5% 0 0 0 0 1 1

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 Sara Errani Kirsten Flipkens
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
17 — — — — — — — 2003 0–2 0.0% #380 1,485 0 0
18 — — — — — — — 2004 2–2 50.0% #168 1,500 0 0
19 2006 3–3 50.0% #174 1,529 0 0 2005 1–2 33.3% #202 1,497 0 0
20 2007 10–7 58.8% #69 1,613 0 0 2006 3–5 37.5% #104 1,523 0 0
21 2008 29–22 56.9% #42 1,735 0 2 2007 0–2 0.0% #287 1,506 0 0
22 2009 25–27 48.1% #47 1,655 0 2 2008 1–2 33.3% #111 1,500 0 0
23 2010 36–29 55.4% #43 1,722 0 2 2009 8–10 44.4% #81 1,585 0 0
24 2011 30–26 53.6% #45 1,673 0 2 2010 15–15 50.0% #77 1,667 0 0
25 2012 53–20 72.6% #6 1,897 0 6 2011 5–9 35.7% #192 1,608 0 0
26 2013 46–22 67.6% #7 1,885 0 7 2012 13–4 76.5% #54 1,763 0 1
27 2014 35–23 60.3% #14 1,773 0 7 2013 32–23 58.2% #20 1,735 0 1
28 2015 46–26 63.9% #20 1,751 0 8 2014 23–26 46.9% #45 1,651 0 1
29 2016 21–23 47.7% #49 1,656 0 9 2015 14–17 45.2% #85 1,656 0 1
30 2017 18–16 52.9% #144 1,652 0 9 2016 23–21 52.3% #65 1,657 0 1
31 2018 6–8 42.9% #112 1,767 0 9 2017 16–20 44.4% #74 1,698 0 1
32 2019 2–6 25.0% #198 1,575 0 9 2018 21–20 51.2% #47 1,662 0 1
33 2020 4–3 57.1% #131 1,606 0 9 2019 15–22 40.5% #71 1,748 0 1
34 2021 8–12 40.0% #121 1,574 0 9 2020 2–8 20.0% #86 1,703 0 1
35 2022 2–5 28.6% #109 1,606 0 9 2021 1–6 14.3% #311 1,658 0 1
36 2023 3–10 23.1% #105 1,548 0 9 2022 5–5 50.0% #251 1,686 0 1
37 2024 10–14 41.7% #105 1,693 0 9 — — — — — — —
38 2025 0–2 0.0% #476 1,590 0 9 — — — — — — —

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 Sara Errani Kirsten Flipkens
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 %
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2006 — — — — 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2005 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — —
20 2007 4 3 7 57.1% 6 4 10 60.0% — — — — — — — — 2006 2 3 5 40.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — —
21 2008 14 10 24 58.3% 14 10 24 58.3% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2007 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — —
22 2009 16 14 30 53.3% 8 9 17 47.1% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 2008 — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — —
23 2010 21 16 37 56.8% 11 10 21 52.4% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — 2009 5 4 9 55.6% 1 4 5 20.0% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — —
24 2011 14 16 30 46.7% 13 7 20 65.0% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — — 2010 9 7 16 56.3% 2 5 7 28.6% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
25 2012 23 14 37 62.2% 28 3 31 90.3% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 2011 0 2 2 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — —
26 2013 22 15 37 59.5% 21 5 26 80.8% 0 1 1 0.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 2012 10 3 13 76.9% — — — — 3 1 4 75.0% — — — —
27 2014 13 14 27 48.1% 19 6 25 76.0% 0 2 2 0.0% 3 1 4 75.0% 2013 19 15 34 55.9% 3 5 8 37.5% 10 3 13 76.9% — — — —
28 2015 22 17 39 56.4% 22 7 29 75.9% 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 2014 15 18 33 45.5% 1 4 5 20.0% 5 3 8 62.5% 2 1 3 66.7%
29 2016 13 14 27 48.1% 7 7 14 50.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2015 13 14 27 48.1% 0 1 1 0.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
30 2017 7 6 13 53.8% 11 8 19 57.9% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2016 18 14 32 56.3% 1 4 5 20.0% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — —
31 2018 1 2 3 33.3% 5 6 11 45.5% — — — — — — — — 2017 10 13 23 43.5% 3 4 7 42.9% 3 3 6 50.0% — — — —
32 2019 0 2 2 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2018 9 13 22 40.9% 7 5 12 58.3% 5 2 7 71.4% — — — —
33 2020 1 1 2 50.0% 3 2 5 60.0% — — — — — — — — 2019 12 13 25 48.0% 0 5 5 0.0% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — —
34 2021 2 6 8 25.0% 6 6 12 50.0% — — — — — — — — 2020 2 6 8 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
35 2022 0 1 1 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3% — — — — — — — — 2021 1 6 7 14.3% — — — — — — — — — — — —
36 2023 1 3 4 25.0% 1 5 6 16.7% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — 2022 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 5 3 8 62.5% — — — —
37 2024 4 6 10 40.0% 6 7 13 46.2% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2025 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 178 160 338 52.7% 188 115 303 62.0% 15 26 41 36.6% 6 3 9 66.7% — 128 139 267 47.9% 23 47 70 32.9% 47 33 80 58.8% 2 2 4 50.0%

Performance Progression by Age

Seasons are aligned by the age each player spent most of that calendar year. Detailed serve and return statistics available for 593/692 of Sara Errani's and 387/412 of Kirsten Flipkens's main draw matches. Sample is shown as matches with detailed serve and return statistics / total main draw matches. Bold green marks the stronger value when both stat samples contain at least 5 matches; lower is better for DFs/M.

Age Sara Errani Kirsten Flipkens
Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts% Yr Sample Aces/M DFs/M 1st Sv% 1st Pts% 2nd Pts% BP Saved% BP Conv% Svc Pts% Ret Pts%
19 2006 1/6 0.0 1.0 76.4% 33.3% 38.5% 50.0% 16.7% 34.5% 39.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2007 12/17 0.8 2.3 66.1% 56.1% 48.0% 41.1% 52.6% 53.4% 44.4% 2006 3/8 2.7 1.3 65.0% 53.8% 37.1% 54.3% 31.8% 48.0% 44.3%
21 2008 34/51 0.5 2.7 64.2% 57.6% 46.0% 48.1% 45.8% 53.2% 45.7% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
22 2009 44/52 0.3 2.5 69.2% 55.6% 44.7% 50.9% 45.1% 52.5% 44.6% 2008 2/3 0.5 2.0 59.3% 59.1% 24.3% 42.2% 26.7% 45.8% 41.5%
23 2010 59/65 0.4 1.5 75.4% 56.2% 44.0% 55.5% 51.2% 53.4% 47.7% 2009 17/18 2.7 2.9 59.3% 62.6% 40.8% 48.1% 45.0% 54.0% 42.6%
24 2011 53/56 0.4 1.9 76.2% 57.7% 47.2% 52.0% 48.6% 55.0% 47.1% 2010 30/30 3.1 2.3 58.3% 64.8% 45.9% 53.9% 45.2% 56.8% 41.2%
25 2012 63/73 0.3 1.1 76.1% 60.2% 49.9% 54.1% 56.5% 57.5% 51.5% 2011 13/14 2.7 3.5 57.3% 63.2% 43.7% 57.8% 46.1% 55.1% 42.9%
26 2013 57/68 0.1 1.1 82.1% 57.9% 48.5% 52.4% 51.1% 56.1% 50.4% 2012 16/17 3.8 4.0 58.0% 70.9% 48.0% 57.4% 37.4% 61.4% 42.1%
27 2014 54/58 0.1 1.2 81.3% 56.1% 45.3% 52.4% 50.1% 54.1% 48.1% 2013 53/55 3.8 3.3 55.0% 67.0% 46.4% 47.5% 44.1% 57.4% 42.3%
28 2015 54/72 0.1 1.4 83.3% 54.9% 50.0% 49.2% 55.4% 54.2% 49.7% 2014 47/49 3.5 3.0 57.2% 65.2% 47.6% 54.2% 48.6% 57.5% 39.8%
29 2016 38/45 0.1 1.2 85.4% 52.9% 43.6% 51.6% 52.4% 51.5% 48.0% 2015 25/31 2.7 2.4 61.2% 62.2% 46.6% 49.6% 42.2% 56.2% 40.2%
30 2017 31/34 0.1 1.3 78.7% 52.5% 41.2% 40.6% 54.1% 50.3% 49.6% 2016 41/45 2.2 2.1 60.8% 62.0% 47.5% 53.5% 46.8% 56.7% 41.6%
31 2018 14/14 0.1 2.9 81.3% 57.5% 36.7% 41.9% 45.6% 53.8% 46.0% 2017 36/36 2.5 2.3 58.5% 64.4% 46.1% 43.2% 46.2% 57.0% 43.6%
32 2019 8/8 0.1 8.0 61.0% 51.0% 28.4% 30.1% 44.3% 42.3% 46.0% 2018 40/41 3.1 2.4 61.2% 61.6% 46.0% 52.8% 46.2% 55.5% 41.5%
33 2020 7/7 0.0 4.6 77.6% 54.9% 39.2% 58.2% 57.5% 51.3% 51.3% 2019 37/37 2.3 1.9 63.8% 62.3% 45.3% 50.6% 45.7% 56.2% 40.3%
34 2021 19/20 0.1 2.9 78.4% 52.1% 36.1% 52.3% 55.8% 48.5% 49.7% 2020 10/10 1.2 1.6 63.6% 58.1% 48.0% 52.8% 43.6% 54.2% 37.4%
35 2022 7/7 0.0 1.9 80.7% 52.1% 33.4% 39.3% 47.1% 48.4% 45.5% 2021 7/8 2.1 3.7 61.0% 58.5% 40.3% 41.5% 46.7% 50.9% 37.7%
36 2023 13/13 0.0 1.5 79.1% 47.8% 31.7% 36.6% 49.8% 44.5% 41.9% 2022 10/10 0.9 1.7 67.3% 60.5% 49.2% 61.5% 56.7% 57.2% 47.2%
37 2024 23/24 0.1 1.5 77.5% 52.4% 42.3% 41.1% 47.1% 49.8% 44.4% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
38 2025 2/2 0.0 1.5 82.0% 53.3% 47.6% 49.5% 75.0% 52.2% 36.8% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
Career — 593/692 0.2 1.7 77.3% 55.8% 44.9% 49.9% 51.1% 53.3% 47.9% — 387/423 2.8 2.6 59.5% 63.7% 46.0% 51.2% 45.4% 56.5% 41.5%

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 Sara Errani Kirsten Flipkens
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
17 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2003 1485 100.6 — — — — — — — 0.0% -2.50 — 0–1 — -0.19
18 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2004 1501 103.9 — — — — +9 — — 50.0% +0.30 1–1 — — +0.24
19 2006 1529 107.3 -2.72 -1.03 0.604 36.7% — +41 — 46.2% -0.39 1–0 1–0 — -0.21 2005 1498 105.8 — — — — — — — 42.9% -0.29 0–1 0–1 — -0.08
20 2007 1614 121.3 -0.77 +0.04 0.953 49.0% -56 +20 — 55.0% +0.43 4–2 (67%) 3–2 (60%) 103.4 -0.20 2006 1523 111.2 -1.18 +0.01 0.852 46.1% +11 — — 33.3% -1.40 0–1 0–1 — -0.18
21 2008 1735 135.4 -1.78 +1.64 0.976 49.4% -49 -6 -147 53.8% +0.34 10–7 (59%) 4–5 (44%) 102.2 -1.64 2007 1507 102.6 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.75 — — — -0.07
22 2009 1655 132.5 -2.62 +1.07 0.938 48.6% +1 +49 -81 50.9% +0.04 5–7 (42%) 6–3 (67%) 100.5 +0.75 2008 1501 100.2 -2.32 -1.45 0.765 44.3% — +27 — 42.9% -1.29 0–1 1–0 — -0.12
23 2010 1723 134.3 -2.26 +3.11 1.025 50.6% +16 -53 -104 56.5% +0.29 6–11 (35%) 12–6 (67%) 100.8 +1.24 2009 1586 116.7 -0.97 -0.24 0.926 48.3% +5 -93 +32 47.5% -0.53 1–3 (25%) 0–1 — -0.04
24 2011 1673 134.0 -0.30 +3.09 1.047 51.0% -6 +66 -54 54.0% +0.26 7–11 (39%) 5–6 (45%) 97.1 -1.90 2010 1667 124.4 +0.74 -1.97 0.953 49.3% +1 -196 -29 47.5% -0.08 2–1 (67%) 2–5 (29%) 98.7 -0.67
25 2012 1898 155.0 +1.80 +6.73 1.210 54.4% -78 +149 -273 69.0% +1.52 11–5 (69%) 7–3 (70%) 107.8 -1.43 2011 1609 108.8 -0.87 +0.27 0.955 49.4% — -120 -12 40.0% -0.30 0–2 0–3 (0%) — -0.23
26 2013 1886 156.0 +1.16 +6.37 1.149 53.2% -27 +186 — 62.2% +0.85 10–5 (67%) 6–5 (55%) 103.2 -0.44 2012 1764 133.9 +3.97 +0.08 1.090 51.7% -13 — -74 66.7% +0.80 5–2 (71%) 5–1 (83%) 107.2 -1.41
27 2014 1774 140.1 -1.37 +3.74 1.048 51.1% -49 +280 — 58.0% +0.40 9–10 (47%) 10–6 (63%) 95.0 +2.02 2013 1735 136.6 +1.70 -1.26 0.991 49.8% 0 -224 +115 54.5% +0.16 16–8 (67%) 6–4 (60%) 107.8 -0.44
28 2015 1752 137.5 -3.26 +7.03 1.083 52.0% -25 +216 -179 58.6% +0.66 18–11 (62%) 12–6 (67%) 104.0 +3.08 2014 1652 129.3 +1.48 -2.49 0.936 48.8% -5 -166 +182 46.6% -0.27 10–10 (50%) 8–6 (57%) 98.7 +0.12
29 2016 1657 128.4 -3.45 +3.74 0.989 49.8% +7 +192 -112 49.5% -0.14 5–8 (38%) 8–5 (62%) 94.9 +0.33 2015 1656 124.6 -1.18 -1.79 0.917 48.2% +21 — +130 48.0% -0.43 5–8 (38%) 7–4 (64%) 98.8 -0.66
30 2017 1652 117.1 -4.83 +3.87 0.998 49.9% +19 +108 — 53.3% +0.13 5–4 (56%) 6–2 (75%) 103.4 +0.62 2016 1658 119.0 +0.35 -0.93 0.960 49.2% -1 -246 +115 48.5% -0.16 9–6 (60%) 10–2 (83%) 106.9 -1.36
31 2018 1767 125.7 -0.84 +2.69 0.996 50.0% +17 -5 — 48.5% -0.21 1–4 (20%) 2–1 (67%) 96.4 -1.13 2017 1699 128.1 +0.11 -0.15 1.013 50.4% -4 -255 +100 41.8% -0.39 6–7 (46%) 3–4 (43%) 99.0 -1.41
32 2019 1575 92.5 -7.16 -0.74 0.798 44.2% — +37 — 31.6% -1.74 1–2 (33%) — — +0.92 2018 1663 118.7 -0.95 -1.14 0.933 48.7% -55 -87 +165 48.4% -0.26 11–4 (73%) 9–5 (64%) 109.6 -0.89
33 2020 1607 122.5 -2.17 +3.15 1.053 51.1% — +33 — 55.6% +0.06 2–2 (50%) 1–1 — -0.05 2019 1748 129.2 -0.43 -2.68 0.920 48.4% +19 -247 +41 42.0% -0.39 5–4 (56%) 2–4 (33%) 100.5 -0.54
34 2021 1575 114.0 -4.44 +2.94 0.966 49.1% -11 +76 — 39.5% -0.79 2–3 (40%) 1–3 (25%) 97.1 -0.94 2020 1703 122.1 -2.05 -2.49 0.817 46.2% +37 — — 30.4% -1.48 0–3 (0%) 2–2 (50%) 96.7 -0.55
35 2022 1607 109.2 -3.27 +0.30 0.881 46.5% — +45 — 35.7% -0.64 1–1 0–1 — -0.07 2021 1659 113.2 -2.24 -2.56 0.769 44.6% +16 — — 26.7% -2.00 1–2 (33%) — — -0.69
36 2023 1548 97.8 -6.59 -1.63 0.755 43.4% -51 +75 -7 24.1% -2.07 2–1 (67%) 0–1 — -0.14 2022 1686 119.2 +0.87 +1.49 1.103 52.2% — — +160 52.0% +0.56 2–3 (40%) — — +0.37
37 2024 1693 123.6 -4.63 +1.30 0.884 47.1% -121 +82 — 37.7% -0.94 5–0 (100%) 1–2 (33%) 106.5 -1.08 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
38 2025 1590 105.5 -0.55 +0.36 0.771 45.0% — — — 20.0% -1.60 0–1 0–1 — -0.15 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2006 138.5 -1.81 +3.71 1.026 50.6% -25 +106 -122 54.6% +0.29 105–95 (53%) 85–59 (59%) 104.5 -0.06 — 1830 130.1 +0.30 -1.31 0.953 49.1% 0 -164 +89 46.9% -0.26 74–67 (52%) 55–44 (56%) 103.6 -2.10

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.