# Varvara Gracheva vs Clervie Ngounoue — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/varvara-gracheva-vs-clervie-ngounoue?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:267&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:640944
Tour: WTA

Varvara Gracheva holds a 1–0 lead over Clervie Ngounoue in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Varvara Gracheva leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Varvara Gracheva won the 2024 Charleston Open first round 6-2 6-1.

## Overall
- Varvara Gracheva: 1 wins
- Clervie Ngounoue: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Varvara Gracheva 1 - 0 Clervie Ngounoue

## By tournament category
- WTA 500: Varvara Gracheva 1 - 0 Clervie Ngounoue

## 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 | Clervie Ngounoue | 2023 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Clervie Ngounoue | 2024 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Clervie Ngounoue | 2024 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Varvara Gracheva | 2019 | Hard | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 18 | Varvara Gracheva | 2019 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Clervie Ngounoue | 2025 | Hard | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 19 | Varvara Gracheva | 2020 | Hard | 3-2 | 5 | 60.0% |
| 19 | Varvara Gracheva | 2020 | Clay | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Varvara Gracheva | 2021 | Hard | 12-13 | 25 | 48.0% |
| 20 | Varvara Gracheva | 2021 | Clay | 2-6 | 8 | 25.0% |
| 20 | Varvara Gracheva | 2021 | Grass | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Varvara Gracheva | 2022 | Hard | 4-11 | 15 | 26.7% |
| 21 | Varvara Gracheva | 2022 | Clay | 7-8 | 15 | 46.7% |
| 22 | Varvara Gracheva | 2023 | Hard | 17-14 | 31 | 54.8% |
| 22 | Varvara Gracheva | 2023 | Clay | 4-5 | 9 | 44.4% |
| 22 | Varvara Gracheva | 2023 | Grass | 3-3 | 6 | 50.0% |
| 23 | Varvara Gracheva | 2024 | Hard | 8-16 | 24 | 33.3% |
| 23 | Varvara Gracheva | 2024 | Clay | 6-7 | 13 | 46.2% |
| 23 | Varvara Gracheva | 2024 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Varvara Gracheva | 2025 | Hard | 8-11 | 19 | 42.1% |
| 24 | Varvara Gracheva | 2025 | Clay | 4-6 | 10 | 40.0% |
| 24 | Varvara Gracheva | 2025 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Varvara Gracheva | 2026 | Hard | 4-7 | 11 | 36.4% |
| Career | Varvara Gracheva | - | Hard | 58-76 | 134 | 43.28358208955224% |
| Career | Varvara Gracheva | - | Clay | 23-35 | 58 | 39.6551724137931% |
| Career | Varvara Gracheva | - | Grass | 4-7 | 11 | 36.36363636363637% |
| Career | Clervie Ngounoue | - | Hard | 1-6 | 7 | 14.285714285714286% |
| Career | Clervie Ngounoue | - | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |

## Performance progression by age
Detailed serve and return statistics available for 186/203 of Varvara Gracheva's and 8/8 of Clervie Ngounoue'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% |
| ---: | :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 16 | Clervie Ngounoue | 2023 | 2/2 | 0.5 | 5.5 | 59.6% | 45.4% | 43.2% | 38.3% | 19.2% | 44.7% | 39.5% |
| 17 | Clervie Ngounoue | 2024 | 2/2 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 67.6% | 64.2% | 57.3% | 69.4% | 77.3% | 61.8% | 44.7% |
| 18 | Varvara Gracheva | 2019 | 5/5 | 1.8 | 4.4 | 51.1% | 64.2% | 48.6% | 48.1% | 54.7% | 56.2% | 46.6% |
| 18 | Clervie Ngounoue | 2025 | 4/4 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 61.4% | 70.7% | 43.8% | 50.8% | 48.2% | 60.3% | 40.2% |
| 19 | Varvara Gracheva | 2020 | 7/7 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 65.7% | 60.0% | 44.4% | 52.8% | 46.8% | 54.7% | 42.0% |
| 20 | Varvara Gracheva | 2021 | 35/35 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 60.9% | 60.5% | 47.2% | 46.1% | 44.9% | 55.1% | 40.3% |
| 21 | Varvara Gracheva | 2022 | 29/30 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 62.4% | 55.6% | 44.5% | 58.2% | 50.9% | 51.4% | 41.5% |
| 22 | Varvara Gracheva | 2023 | 46/46 | 1.7 | 3.3 | 61.5% | 65.8% | 47.4% | 54.9% | 50.6% | 58.6% | 43.2% |
| 23 | Varvara Gracheva | 2024 | 37/39 | 1.4 | 3.1 | 65.3% | 55.7% | 43.8% | 47.5% | 45.6% | 51.6% | 40.0% |
| 24 | Varvara Gracheva | 2025 | 19/30 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 58.2% | 60.4% | 45.2% | 49.1% | 42.7% | 54.0% | 42.2% |
| 25 | Varvara Gracheva | 2026 | 8/11 | 2.3 | 5.3 | 60.4% | 59.2% | 42.4% | 55.6% | 40.9% | 52.4% | 42.5% |
| Career | Varvara Gracheva | - | 186/203 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 61.8% | 60.1% | 45.7% | 51.5% | 47.3% | 54.5% | 41.7% |
| Career | Clervie Ngounoue | - | 8/8 | 2.1 | 5.1 | 62.5% | 62.7% | 47.0% | 52.3% | 48.2% | 56.8% | 41.1% |

## 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Varvara Gracheva | 1835 | 132.1 | -1.38 | -1.19 | 0.916 | 48.2% | -1 | -23 | -66 | 42.9% | -0.54 | 35-34 (51%) | 21-25 (46%) | 0.0 |
| Clervie Ngounoue | 1633 | 117.3 | 0.04 | -1.15 | 0.952 | 48.9% | 13 | - | - | 25.0% | -1.3 | 1-3 (25%) | 0-3 (0%) | 1.14 |

## Meeting history (last 20)
| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 2024-04-03* | Charleston Open | R64 | Clay | Varvara Gracheva | 6-2 6-1 |

## Career rivalries
### Varvara Gracheva

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Petra Martic | 1-5 | 6 | 2023-03-11 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/varvara-gracheva-vs-petra-martic?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:267&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:349) |
| Magda Linette | 1-4 | 5 | 2026-03-17 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/magda-linette-vs-varvara-gracheva?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:138&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:267) |
| Ajla Tomljanovic | 5-0 | 5 | 2025-05-07 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/ajla-tomljanovic-vs-varvara-gracheva?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:184&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:267) |
| Anna Blinkova | 4-1 | 5 | 2023-03-03 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/anna-blinkova-vs-varvara-gracheva?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:154&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:267) |
| Maria Sakkari | 1-3 | 4 | 2026-02-11 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/maria-sakkari-vs-varvara-gracheva?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:159&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:267) |

### Clervie Ngounoue

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Anna Kalinskaya | 0-1 | 1 | 2025-08-25 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/anna-kalinskaya-vs-clervie-ngounoue?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:73&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:640944) |
| Elise Mertens | 0-1 | 1 | 2025-08-09 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/elise-mertens-vs-clervie-ngounoue?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:61&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:640944) |
| Hailey Baptiste | 1-0 | 1 | 2025-08-08 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/hailey-baptiste-vs-clervie-ngounoue?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:169&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:640944) |
| Victoria Azarenka | 0-1 | 1 | 2025-03-06 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/victoria-azarenka-vs-clervie-ngounoue?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:446&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:640944) |
| Peyton Stearns | 0-1 | 1 | 2024-08-01 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/peyton-stearns-vs-clervie-ngounoue?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:272&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:640944) |

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