# Virginia Ruano Pascual vs Denisa Szabova — Head-to-Head

Source: https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/virginia-ruano-pascual-vs-denisa-szabova?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:125898&player2_id=sackmann_wta:200642
Tour: WTA

Virginia Ruano Pascual holds a 1–0 lead over Denisa Szabova in their WTA head-to-head. Across 1 main-draw meeting, Virginia Ruano Pascual leads 1–0 on clay. Most recently, Virginia Ruano Pascual won the 1996 Warsaw round of 32 7-6 6-2.

## Overall
- Virginia Ruano Pascual: 1 wins
- Denisa Szabova: 0 wins
- Total meetings: 1

## By surface
- Clay: Virginia Ruano Pascual 1 - 0 Denisa Szabova

## By tournament category
- WTA 250: Virginia Ruano Pascual 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 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1990 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 17 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1991 | Clay | 2-1 | 3 | 66.7% |
| 17 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1991 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1992 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 18 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1992 | Clay | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 18 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1992 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1993 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1993 | Clay | 5-8 | 13 | 38.5% |
| 19 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1993 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Denisa Szabova | 1988 | Clay | 5-5 | 10 | 50.0% |
| 20 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1994 | Hard | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1994 | Clay | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1994 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Denisa Szabova | 1989 | Clay | 0-4 | 4 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1995 | Hard | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1995 | Clay | 10-9 | 19 | 52.6% |
| 21 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1995 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1995 | Carpet | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 21 | Denisa Szabova | 1990 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Denisa Szabova | 1990 | Carpet | 1-3 | 4 | 25.0% |
| 22 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1996 | Hard | 4-6 | 10 | 40.0% |
| 22 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1996 | Clay | 5-7 | 12 | 41.7% |
| 22 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1996 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1996 | Carpet | 0-2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| 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 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1997 | Hard | 1-2 | 3 | 33.3% |
| 23 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1997 | Clay | 16-7 | 23 | 69.6% |
| 23 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1997 | Grass | 1-1 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 23 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Hard | 1-4 | 5 | 20.0% |
| 23 | Denisa Szabova | 1992 | Clay | 2-7 | 9 | 22.2% |
| 24 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1998 | Hard | 6-6 | 12 | 50.0% |
| 24 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1998 | Clay | 13-8 | 21 | 61.9% |
| 24 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1998 | Grass | 3-1 | 4 | 75.0% |
| 24 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1998 | Carpet | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Denisa Szabova | 1993 | Clay | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1999 | Hard | 6-4 | 10 | 60.0% |
| 25 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1999 | Clay | 4-9 | 13 | 30.8% |
| 25 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1999 | Grass | 0-1 | 1 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1999 | Carpet | 2-2 | 4 | 50.0% |
| Career | Virginia Ruano Pascual | - | Hard | 78-95 | 173 | 45.08670520231214% |
| Career | Virginia Ruano Pascual | - | Clay | 103-113 | 216 | 47.68518518518518% |
| Career | Virginia Ruano Pascual | - | Grass | 15-18 | 33 | 45.45454545454545% |
| Career | Virginia Ruano Pascual | - | Carpet | 4-10 | 14 | 28.571428571428573% |
| 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% |

(+11 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 |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| Virginia Ruano Pascual | 1819 | 126.4 | -2.15 | -0.62 | 0.891 | 47.4% | -35 | 18 | -37 | 47.2% | -0.29 | 56-75 (43%) | 46-39 (54%) | 0.5 |
| 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 |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1996-09-19* | Warsaw | R32 | Clay | Virginia Ruano Pascual | 7-6 6-2 |

## Career rivalries
### Virginia Ruano Pascual

| Opponent | W-L | M | Last played | H2H |
| :--- | ---: | ---: | :--- | :--- |
| Patty Schnyder | 0-7 | 7 | 2008-05-15 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/patty-schnyder-vs-virginia-ruano-pascual?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124220&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:125898) |
| Anabel Medina Garrigues | 2-4 | 6 | 2009-04-10 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/anabel-medina-garrigues-vs-virginia-ruano-pascual?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124205&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:125898) |
| Nadia Petrova | 1-5 | 6 | 2007-06-30 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/nadia-petrova-vs-virginia-ruano-pascual?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:124198&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:125898) |
| María Sánchez Lorenzo | 4-2 | 6 | 2004-10-28 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/maria-sanchez-lorenzo-vs-virginia-ruano-pascual?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:125868&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:125898) |
| Silvia Farina Elia | 2-4 | 6 | 2004-06-27 | [H2H](https://tennis-db.com/wta/rivalries/silvia-farina-elia-vs-virginia-ruano-pascual?player1_id=balldontlie_wta:125792&player2_id=balldontlie_wta:125898) |

### 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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