# Sylvia Hanika vs Denisa Szabova — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/sylvia-hanika-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200366&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642
Tour: WTA

Sylvia Hanika holds a 1–0 lead over Denisa Szabova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Sylvia Hanika leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Sylvia Hanika won the 1988 Aix En Provence round of 16 6-2 7-5.

## Overall
- Sylvia Hanika: 1 wins
- Denisa Szabova: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Sylvia Hanika 1 - 0 Denisa Szabova

## By tournament category
- WTA 250: Sylvia Hanika 1 - 0 Denisa Szabova

## 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 % |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 16 | Sylvia Hanika | 1976 | Carpet | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 17 | Sylvia Hanika | 1977 | Clay | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 17 | Sylvia Hanika | 1977 | Carpet | 3-1 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 18 | Sylvia Hanika | 1978 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Sylvia Hanika | 1978 | Clay | 5-4 | 9 | 55.6% |
| 18 | Sylvia Hanika | 1978 | Grass | 10-5 | 15 | 66.7% |
| 18 | Sylvia Hanika | 1978 | Carpet | 8-2 | 10 | 80.0% |
| 19 | Sylvia Hanika | 1979 | Hard | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 19 | Sylvia Hanika | 1979 | Clay | 11-5 | 16 | 68.8% |
| 19 | Sylvia Hanika | 1979 | Grass | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 19 | Sylvia Hanika | 1979 | Carpet | 7-4 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Clay | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Sylvia Hanika | 1980 | Hard | 8-3 | 11 | 72.7% |
| 20 | Sylvia Hanika | 1980 | Clay | 13-4 | 17 | 76.5% |
| 20 | Sylvia Hanika | 1980 | Grass | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Sylvia Hanika | 1980 | Carpet | 14-10 | 24 | 58.3% |
| 20 | Denisa Szabova | 1989 | Clay | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Sylvia Hanika | 1981 | Hard | 15-6 | 21 | 71.4% |
| 21 | Sylvia Hanika | 1981 | Clay | 19-5 | 24 | 79.2% |
| 21 | Sylvia Hanika | 1981 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Sylvia Hanika | 1981 | Carpet | 26-10 | 36 | 72.2% |
| 21 | Denisa Szabova | 1990 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Denisa Szabova | 1990 | Carpet | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 22 | Sylvia Hanika | 1982 | Hard | 4-4 | 8 | 50.0% |
| 22 | Sylvia Hanika | 1982 | Clay | 10-6 | 16 | 62.5% |
| 22 | Sylvia Hanika | 1982 | Grass | 2-3 | 5 | 40.0% |
| 22 | Sylvia Hanika | 1982 | Carpet | 25-10 | 35 | 71.4% |
| 22 | Denisa Szabova | 1991 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Denisa Szabova | 1991 | Clay | 4-3 | 7 | 57.1% |
| 22 | Denisa Szabova | 1991 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Sylvia Hanika | 1983 | Hard | 6-4 | 10 | 60.0% |
| 23 | Sylvia Hanika | 1983 | Clay | 8-4 | 12 | 66.7% |
| 23 | Sylvia Hanika | 1983 | Grass | 5-2 | 7 | 71.4% |
| 23 | Sylvia Hanika | 1983 | Carpet | 28-12 | 40 | 70.0% |
| 23 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Hard | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 23 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Clay | 2-7 | 9 | 22.2% |
| 24 | Sylvia Hanika | 1984 | Hard | 10-6 | 16 | 62.5% |
| 24 | Sylvia Hanika | 1984 | Clay | 11-7 | 18 | 61.1% |
| 24 | Sylvia Hanika | 1984 | Grass | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 24 | Sylvia Hanika | 1984 | Carpet | 7-4 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 24 | Denisa Szabova | 1993 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Sylvia Hanika | 1985 | Hard | 11-6 | 17 | 64.7% |
| 25 | Sylvia Hanika | 1985 | Clay | 7-4 | 11 | 63.6% |
| 25 | Sylvia Hanika | 1985 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 25 | Sylvia Hanika | 1985 | Carpet | 3-5 | 8 | 37.5% |
| Career | Sylvia Hanika | - | Hard | 99-60 | 159 | 62.264150943396224% |
| Career | Sylvia Hanika | - | Clay | 129-64 | 193 | 66.83937823834196% |
| Career | Sylvia Hanika | - | Grass | 38-32 | 70 | 54.285714285714285% |
| Career | Sylvia Hanika | - | Carpet | 144-80 | 224 | 64.28571428571429% |
| Career | Denisa Szabova | - | Hard | 1-7 | 8 | 12.5% |
| Career | Denisa Szabova | - | Clay | 16-26 | 42 | 38.095238095238095% |
| Career | Denisa Szabova | - | Carpet | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |

(+5 additional aligned rows on the canonical page)

## 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Sylvia Hanika | 2137 | 159.8 | - | - | - | - | 38 | 21 | -161 | 61.2% | 0.9 | 114-67 (63%) | 50-53 (49%) | -3.87 |
| Denisa Szabova | 1577 | 104.6 | - | - | - | - | -1 | 47 | - | 35.4% | -1.43 | 8-9 (47%) | 5-5 (50%) | 2.82 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1988-07-22* | Aix En Provence | R16 | Clay | Sylvia Hanika | 6-2 7-5 |

## Career rivalries
### Sylvia Hanika

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Hana Mandlikova | 7-11 | 18 | 1987-03-28 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/hana-mandlikova-vs-sylvia-hanika?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200348&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200366) |
| Chris Evert | 2-15 | 17 | 1988-10-15 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/chris-evert-vs-sylvia-hanika?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200259&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200366) |
| Martina Navratilova | 2-14 | 16 | 1988-08-19 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/martina-navratilova-vs-sylvia-hanika?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:1547818&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200366) |
| Andrea Jaeger | 2-10 | 12 | 1983-01-03 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/sylvia-hanika-vs-andrea-jaeger?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200366&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200381) |
| Pam Shriver | 3-8 | 11 | 1988-11-14 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/pam-shriver-vs-sylvia-hanika?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200360&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200366) |

### Denisa Szabova

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Sabine Hack | 2-0 | 2 | 1996-05-10 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/denisa-szabova-vs-sabine-hack?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200642&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200651) |
| Sarah Pitkowski-Malcor | 1-1 | 2 | 1996-04-10 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/sarah-pitkowski-malcor-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:128359&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642) |
| Federica Bonsignori | 0-2 | 2 | 1991-09-19 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/federica-bonsignori-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200586&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642) |
| Wiltrud Probst | 1-1 | 2 | 1990-09-27 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/wiltrud-probst-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=sackmann_wta:200506&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642) |
| Virginia Ruano Pascual | 0-1 | 1 | 1996-09-19 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/virginia-ruano-pascual-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:125898&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642) |

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Data source: TennisDB (tennis-db.com)