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Sylvia Hanika vs Shaun Stafford H2H: 1-0

Sylvia Hanika holds a 1–0 lead over Shaun Stafford in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Sylvia Hanika leads 1–0 on hard courts. Most recently, Sylvia Hanika won the 1989 Canadian Open round of 32 6-2 7-5.

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Sylvia Hanika
GER Age 66 Left-Handed 173 cm / 5'8"
H2H
1 – 0
1 main-draw meetings
Shaun Stafford
USA Age 57 Right-Handed 178 cm / 5'10"

H2H Match Log

PlayerScorePlayerMatch DataDateRoundTournamentCategorySurface
Sylvia Hanika #36 6-2 7-5 Shaun Stafford #61 Match data Aug 24, 1989* R32 Canadian Open WTA 500 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
Sylvia Hanika — #5 48 2,137 415 239 63.5% 0 0 1 0 8 9
Shaun Stafford — #48 31 1,773 90 132 40.5% 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 Sylvia Hanika Shaun Stafford
YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles YrW-LWin %RankEloGSTitles
16 1976 2–1 66.7% — 1,533 0 0 — — — — — — —
17 1977 5–3 62.5% — 1,583 0 0 — — — — — — —
18 1978 27–14 65.9% — 1,817 0 1 1987 0–2 0.0% #189 1,482 0 0
19 1979 26–16 61.9% — 1,950 0 3 1988 1–5 16.7% #121 1,470 0 0
20 1980 40–22 64.5% — 2,003 0 4 1989 17–15 53.1% #51 1,672 0 0
21 1981 61–23 72.6% #6 2,085 0 6 1990 6–18 25.0% #150 1,589 0 0
22 1982 41–23 64.1% #10 1,946 0 7 1991 10–17 37.0% #102 1,577 0 0
23 1983 47–22 68.1% #5 1,970 0 7 1992 9–12 42.9% #68 1,660 0 1
24 1984 29–20 59.2% #17 1,880 0 8 1993 16–18 47.1% #74 1,667 0 1
25 1985 22–16 57.9% — 1,868 0 8 1994 17–19 47.2% #55 1,717 0 1
26 1986 14–14 50.0% #50 1,803 0 9 1995 13–20 39.4% #97 1,640 0 1
27 1987 32–19 62.7% #14 1,919 0 9 1996 1–6 14.3% #388 1,587 0 1
28 1988 44–22 66.7% #17 1,919 0 9 — — — — — — —
29 1989 18–14 56.2% #41 1,806 0 9 — — — — — — —
30 1990 7–10 41.2% #123 1,702 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 Sylvia Hanika Shaun Stafford
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 %
16 1976 — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 1 3 66.7% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1977 — — — — 2 2 4 50.0% — — — — 3 1 4 75.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1978 0 1 1 0.0% 5 4 9 55.6% 10 5 15 66.7% 8 2 10 80.0% 1987 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
19 1979 5 5 10 50.0% 11 5 16 68.8% 3 2 5 60.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 1988 0 1 1 0.0% 1 1 2 50.0% 0 1 1 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
20 1980 8 3 11 72.7% 13 4 17 76.5% 5 5 10 50.0% 14 10 24 58.3% 1989 7 6 13 53.8% 5 5 10 50.0% 4 3 7 57.1% 1 1 2 50.0%
21 1981 15 6 21 71.4% 19 5 24 79.2% 0 1 1 0.0% 26 10 36 72.2% 1990 4 10 14 28.6% 2 5 7 28.6% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — —
22 1982 4 4 8 50.0% 10 6 16 62.5% 2 3 5 40.0% 25 10 35 71.4% 1991 6 11 17 35.3% 4 2 6 66.7% 0 2 2 0.0% 0 2 2 0.0%
23 1983 6 4 10 60.0% 8 4 12 66.7% 5 2 7 71.4% 28 12 40 70.0% 1992 7 8 15 46.7% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0%
24 1984 10 6 16 62.5% 11 7 18 61.1% 1 3 4 25.0% 7 4 11 63.6% 1993 6 6 12 50.0% 6 6 12 50.0% 2 2 4 50.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
25 1985 11 6 17 64.7% 7 4 11 63.6% 1 1 2 50.0% 3 5 8 37.5% 1994 8 8 16 50.0% 7 5 12 58.3% 0 2 2 0.0% 2 4 6 33.3%
26 1986 1 2 3 33.3% 8 4 12 66.7% 1 2 3 33.3% 4 6 10 40.0% 1995 6 9 15 40.0% 4 5 9 44.4% 2 2 4 50.0% 1 4 5 20.0%
27 1987 11 4 15 73.3% 4 3 7 57.1% 6 4 10 60.0% 11 8 19 57.9% 1996 1 3 4 25.0% 0 3 3 0.0% — — — — — — — —
28 1988 16 8 24 66.7% 20 8 28 71.4% 4 3 7 57.1% 4 3 7 57.1% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 1989 8 6 14 57.1% 8 4 12 66.7% 0 1 1 0.0% 2 3 5 40.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 1990 4 5 9 44.4% 3 4 7 42.9% — — — — 0 1 1 0.0% — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 99 60 159 62.3% 129 64 193 66.8% 38 32 70 54.3% 144 80 224 64.3% — 45 63 108 41.7% 31 35 66 47.0% 8 15 23 34.8% 6 19 25 24.0%

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 Sylvia Hanika Shaun Stafford
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
16 1976 1533 101.8 — — — — +88 — — 66.7% +0.50 — 1–1 — +0.64 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
17 1977 1584 118.4 — — — — +75 -25 — 55.6% +1.28 2–0 1–1 — +1.84 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
18 1978 1817 145.6 — — — — -62 -183 -96 62.6% +1.14 6–3 (67%) 4–2 (67%) 105.8 +0.65 1987 1483 99.7 — — — — — — — 0.0% -3.25 — — — +0.08
19 1979 1951 158.3 — — — — -90 -104 -188 57.9% +0.65 8–5 (62%) 4–5 (44%) 106.6 -2.46 1988 1471 116.6 — — — — +31 — — 16.7% -1.67 — 0–1 — -0.14
20 1980 2003 159.4 — — — — +15 -68 -218 61.3% +0.93 11–4 (73%) 4–5 (44%) 105.0 -6.31 1989 1673 122.5 — — — — -60 -75 -86 50.7% -0.26 6–3 (67%) 6–2 (75%) 109.8 +0.05
21 1981 2085 166.5 — — — — -7 +24 — 68.4% +1.72 12–7 (63%) 1–5 (17%) 99.1 -8.73 1990 1589 119.3 — — — — -9 -29 -28 30.9% -1.22 2–5 (29%) 0–2 — -1.57
22 1982 1946 157.2 — — — — +137 +62 -221 64.4% +1.18 8–7 (53%) 4–8 (33%) 94.3 -1.96 1991 1578 121.8 — — — — -60 +72 — 41.0% -0.70 2–5 (29%) 3–3 (50%) 99.4 -0.55
23 1983 1971 163.0 — — — — +82 +36 -191 63.4% +1.12 17–8 (68%) 6–8 (43%) 100.3 -1.30 1992 1660 133.5 — — — — -38 +7 — 44.7% -0.40 4–3 (57%) 2–2 (50%) 103.7 -0.42
24 1984 1880 145.2 — — — — +103 +50 -140 58.5% +0.42 10–4 (71%) 5–0 (100%) 105.7 -0.38 1993 1668 121.5 — — — — -36 +13 -114 45.2% -0.41 10–6 (63%) 7–5 (58%) 105.5 +0.58
25 1985 1868 147.5 — — — — +28 +92 — 59.5% +0.67 4–3 (57%) 5–3 (63%) 99.6 -2.52 1994 1717 135.1 — — — — -45 +18 — 46.4% -0.08 7–7 (50%) 2–4 (33%) 100.5 -1.10
26 1986 1804 136.3 — — — — +9 +158 -98 51.6% -0.02 4–4 (50%) 3–2 (60%) 98.6 -0.59 1995 1641 125.6 — — — — -24 +89 -138 42.0% -0.90 0–3 (0%) 3–2 (60%) 98.1 +0.13
27 1987 1920 155.2 — — — — +18 +3 -153 62.2% +0.91 7–10 (41%) 3–5 (38%) 96.5 -1.48 1996 1587 108.0 — — — — +25 +65 — 18.8% -2.44 1–1 — — -0.62
28 1988 1919 153.4 — — — — +53 +15 -188 61.6% +0.85 14–5 (74%) 5–4 (56%) 102.8 -1.02 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
29 1989 1806 132.5 — — — — +29 +122 — 52.9% +0.26 9–1 (90%) 4–4 (50%) 103.4 +0.41 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
30 1990 1703 116.6 — — — — +42 +152 — 50.0% -0.35 2–6 (25%) — — +0.81 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Career — 2138 160.0 — — — — +39 +22 -162 61.2% +0.90 114–67 (63%) 50–53 (49%) 100.0 -3.45 — 1773 130.8 — — — — -36 +14 -94 41.8% -0.64 32–33 (49%) 23–21 (52%) 106.4 -1.60

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.