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

Sesil Karatantcheva vs Arantxa Parra Santonja H2H: 1-0

Sesil Karatantcheva holds a 1–0 lead over Arantxa Parra Santonja in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Sesil Karatantcheva leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Sesil Karatantcheva won the 2004 Japan Women's Open round of 32 6-2 6-4.

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Sesil Karatantcheva
Bulgaria Age 37 Right-Handed 171 cm / 5'7"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Arantxa Parra Santonja
ESP Age 43 Right-Handed 176 cm / 5'9"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Sesil Karatantcheva #168 6-2 6-4 Arantxa Parra Santonja #60 Match data Oct 7, 2004* R32 Japan Women's Open Tier III → modern equivalent 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
Sesil Karatantcheva #1,329 #35 919 1,728 50 75 40.0% 0 0 0 0 0 0
Arantxa Parra Santonja #858 #46 1,231 1,625 71 120 37.2% 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 Sesil Karatantcheva Arantxa Parra Santonja
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
14 2004 7–5 58.3% #133 1,564 0 0 — — — — — — —
15 2005 17–14 54.8% #39 1,703 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 2008 1–1 50.0% #148 1,692 0 0 — — — — — — —
19 2009 2–6 25.0% #132 1,605 0 0 — — — — — — —
20 2010 7–8 46.7% #140 1,623 0 0 2003 10–11 47.6% #67 1,591 0 0
21 2011 0–1 0.0% #139 1,616 0 0 2004 17–26 39.5% #70 1,590 0 0
22 2012 4–12 25.0% #110 1,537 0 0 2005 13–21 38.2% #109 1,530 0 0
23 2013 3–9 25.0% #141 1,519 0 0 2006 1–9 10.0% #175 1,427 0 0
24 2014 2–3 40.0% #178 1,520 0 0 2007 0–2 0.0% #366 1,413 0 0
25 2015 7–11 38.9% #112 1,519 0 0 2008 1–2 33.3% #299 1,420 0 0
26 2016 0–2 0.0% #211 1,533 0 0 2009 2–8 20.0% #93 1,407 0 0
27 2017 0–1 0.0% #182 1,517 0 0 2010 17–18 48.6% #65 1,571 0 0
28 2018 0–2 0.0% #229 1,481 0 0 2011 9–19 32.1% #117 1,551 0 0
29 — — — — — — — 2012 0–2 0.0% #229 1,530 0 0
30 — — — — — — — 2013 1–2 33.3% #242 1,529 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 Sesil Karatantcheva Arantxa Parra Santonja
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 %
14 2004 7 5 12 58.3% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
15 2005 11 11 22 50.0% 4 1 5 80.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2008 — — — — 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2009 2 4 6 33.3% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2010 4 4 8 50.0% 0 3 3 0.0% 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — 2003 8 7 15 53.3% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — —
21 2011 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2004 10 14 24 41.7% 5 8 13 38.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
22 2012 2 8 10 20.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — 2005 5 9 14 35.7% 6 9 15 40.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0%
23 2013 2 5 7 28.6% 1 4 5 20.0% — — — — — — — — 2006 1 4 5 20.0% 0 5 5 0.0% — — — — — — — —
24 2014 2 2 4 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2007 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
25 2015 6 6 12 50.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — 2008 — — — — 1 2 3 33.3% — — — — — — — —
26 2016 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2009 0 3 3 0.0% 1 3 4 25.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
27 2017 — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 2010 1 6 7 14.3% 15 10 25 60.0% 1 2 3 33.3% — — — —
28 2018 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — 2011 0 7 7 0.0% 8 9 17 47.1% 1 3 4 25.0% — — — —
29 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 — — — — 0 2 2 0.0% — — — — — — — —
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% — — — — — — — —
Career — 36 47 83 43.4% 8 21 29 27.6% 5 6 11 45.5% 1 1 2 50.0% — 25 51 76 32.9% 38 54 92 41.3% 8 13 21 38.1% 0 2 2 0.0%

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 84/125 of Sesil Karatantcheva's and 91/188 of Arantxa Parra Santonja'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 Sesil Karatantcheva Arantxa Parra Santonja
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%
14 2004 1/12 2.0 3.0 46.8% 45.5% 40.0% 37.5% 0.0% 42.6% 26.2% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
15 2005 10/31 1.5 4.7 60.6% 56.4% 37.3% 37.0% 41.2% 48.4% 42.5% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
18 2008 2/2 1.5 3.0 63.8% 62.4% 50.7% 58.9% 52.1% 58.9% 46.9% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
19 2009 7/8 1.1 3.6 67.5% 49.8% 38.9% 40.1% 52.5% 46.1% 43.0% — —/— — — — — — — — — —
20 2010 15/15 1.4 3.8 67.8% 57.8% 43.1% 52.5% 44.7% 52.9% 44.5% 2003 3/21 3.7 2.3 44.1% 69.4% 40.8% 45.8% 27.3% 53.5% 38.1%
21 2011 1/1 0.0 3.0 63.3% 50.0% 40.9% 0.0% 50.0% 46.7% 43.1% 2004 8/43 4.4 2.5 48.7% 64.6% 43.3% 52.4% 59.6% 53.5% 46.1%
22 2012 14/16 1.4 7.1 64.9% 58.2% 41.0% 49.1% 49.2% 52.2% 50.6% 2005 6/34 2.8 1.3 56.4% 59.7% 48.4% 51.1% 35.5% 54.1% 42.8%
23 2013 9/12 1.2 9.1 54.1% 59.2% 33.8% 50.4% 49.6% 47.3% 43.4% 2006 3/10 3.3 2.3 52.1% 61.4% 44.0% 55.0% 38.9% 52.9% 41.3%
24 2014 4/5 2.8 7.0 59.4% 60.9% 48.0% 51.9% 33.1% 55.6% 43.1% 2007 1/2 1.0 2.0 59.2% 44.8% 30.0% 14.3% 28.6% 38.8% 42.1%
25 2015 16/18 1.7 6.3 69.1% 59.4% 42.2% 44.4% 57.1% 55.1% 40.5% 2008 2/3 2.0 5.0 49.1% 67.5% 45.9% 47.8% 63.9% 56.4% 58.1%
26 2016 2/2 0.5 8.0 56.7% 58.1% 31.6% 45.1% 46.4% 46.7% 45.6% 2009 9/10 3.7 2.6 52.2% 64.7% 48.9% 55.8% 29.2% 57.2% 37.8%
27 2017 1/1 1.0 3.0 61.7% 48.3% 22.2% 14.3% 50.0% 38.3% 38.1% 2010 32/35 3.8 3.8 49.4% 65.2% 44.6% 44.8% 41.3% 54.3% 41.3%
28 2018 2/2 0.5 7.0 56.5% 51.6% 31.8% 40.2% 100.0% 42.2% 27.6% 2011 25/28 4.5 4.1 45.8% 66.1% 41.8% 53.0% 46.6% 52.8% 41.7%
29 — —/— — — — — — — — — — 2012 2/2 2.0 3.0 48.9% 57.5% 44.1% 63.0% 55.0% 50.9% 37.7%
Career — 84/125 1.4 5.8 63.8% 57.2% 40.1% 45.7% 49.2% 51.0% 43.6% — 91/191 3.8 3.4 49.1% 64.7% 44.1% 49.7% 42.9% 53.8% 41.8%

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 Sesil Karatantcheva Arantxa Parra Santonja
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
14 2004 1565 113.8 -1.46 -1.14 0.456 34.8% +15 — — 58.6% +0.17 2–3 (40%) — — +0.35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
15 2005 1703 132.7 -2.96 -0.17 0.824 45.4% -35 -71 — 50.7% -0.42 8–3 (73%) 3–3 (50%) 106.7 -0.62 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 2008 1693 108.3 +0.98 +0.45 1.142 52.4% — — — 60.0% +0.60 0–1 0–1 — -0.06 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
19 2009 1606 97.6 -3.63 -1.61 0.797 44.9% +4 — — 30.0% -1.50 2–2 (50%) — — +0.11 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
20 2010 1624 115.1 -1.13 +0.73 0.945 48.6% -5 -67 +51 44.1% -0.47 3–1 (75%) 1–2 (33%) — -0.47 2003 1592 108.5 -0.40 -1.77 0.819 45.6% -4 -74 — 44.7% -0.51 4–1 (80%) 0–3 (0%) — +0.31
21 2011 1617 102.8 -0.42 +1.48 0.807 44.7% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — -0.35 2004 1590 121.3 -0.67 +1.07 0.992 50.2% -6 -71 -41 39.8% -0.88 4–7 (36%) 7–3 (70%) 101.1 -0.09
22 2012 1538 120.4 -2.60 +3.93 1.059 51.3% +2 +1 — 38.5% -0.51 0–7 (0%) 0–1 — 0.00 2005 1530 98.6 -0.89 -1.65 0.932 48.1% -4 -9 +24 37.7% -1.22 6–5 (55%) 5–3 (63%) 102.6 +0.23
23 2013 1520 122.0 -2.96 +1.39 0.822 45.5% +2 +5 — 30.8% -1.19 0–2 0–2 — -0.98 2006 1428 86.3 -1.93 -1.02 0.878 47.6% +56 +8 — 24.0% -2.32 1–4 (20%) 1–1 — +0.58
24 2014 1520 100.7 -1.01 -0.55 0.970 48.8% +13 — — 38.5% -1.00 2–1 (67%) 1–0 — +0.15 2007 1414 99.2 -0.46 -1.90 0.688 40.6% — — — 0.0% -4.25 — — — -0.23
25 2015 1520 112.6 -2.56 -0.62 0.903 48.1% +51 -21 — 41.0% -1.08 1–2 (33%) 2–0 — -0.21 2008 1420 104.8 -0.54 +2.00 1.332 57.3% — -4 — 42.9% 0.00 0–1 — — -0.10
26 2016 1533 112.6 -1.59 -0.25 0.855 46.1% — — — 20.0% -2.20 0–1 — — -0.01 2009 1407 107.7 +0.34 -2.77 0.884 47.5% +45 +21 +189 23.8% -1.43 0–1 0–2 — -0.26
27 2017 1518 96.5 -0.89 +0.34 0.617 38.2% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.13 2010 1571 115.3 -0.87 -2.39 0.904 47.9% -128 +62 -7 43.9% -0.52 10–2 (83%) 2–4 (33%) 109.8 +0.29
28 2018 1482 97.3 -1.10 -2.31 0.478 36.8% — — — 0.0% -4.50 — — — +0.09 2011 1552 115.1 -1.10 -1.27 0.884 47.5% -147 +71 -31 34.4% -1.11 2–5 (29%) 7–3 (70%) 100.8 -1.67
29 2019 1442 100.2 — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2012 1531 99.5 +1.49 -3.11 0.768 45.1% — — — 0.0% -3.00 — — — -0.25
30 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2013 1530 95.6 — — — — — — — 28.6% -2.43 1–0 — — -0.10
33 2023 1411 95.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
35 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 2018 1506 96.1 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 1728 121.3 -2.22 +0.59 0.890 47.3% 0 -29 +51 42.3% -0.75 18–23 (44%) 7–9 (44%) 94.4 -1.50 — 1625 111.4 -0.75 -1.62 0.905 47.9% -23 +18 +16 37.4% -1.04 28–26 (52%) 22–19 (54%) 106.6 -0.68

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.