Mary Pierce vs Paola Suarez — Hamburg Round of 16

Hamburg · WTA · Round of 16
FRA
Mary Pierce
51 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLWWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 28 April 1997
clay
ARG
Paola Suarez
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWLWW
Pierce M.
3-6 7-6 6-3
Suarez P.
Pierce M.
3762
Suarez P.
6631

Mary Pierce defeated Paola Suarez 3-6 7-6 6-3 in the Hamburg round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Paola Suarez came in leading the head-to-head 4–1. Mary Pierce narrowed the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-10-04FilderstadtR32hardMary Pierce6-2 6-3
2003-08-11TorontoR32hardPaola Suarez6-4 7-5
2002-12-30AucklandR16hardPaola Suarez4-6 6-4 6-4
2002-08-26US OpenR128hardPaola Suarez7-6(3) 6-3
2001-01-15Australian OpenR32hardPaola Suarez6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Pierce M.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Suarez P.

Suarez P.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Pierce M.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
Pierce M.Suarez P.
1st serve in·Even
67%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
62%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
52%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
63%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
48%
Break points saved·Even
59%
59%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.1
1.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.6
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (61 vs 34). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Majoli I.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Dragomir Ilie R.
Sidot A.
6-46-0
Majoli I.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Dragomir Ilie R.
Schett B.
6-17-5
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Martinez C.
7-55-76-2
Sidot A.
Langrova P.
6-14-66-1
Majoli I.
Pierce M.
2-66-46-4
R16
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Kandarr J.
6-26-1
Martinez C.
Rittner B.
7-56-0
Schett B.
Huber A.
6-47-6
Langrova P.
Sanchez Vicario A.
7-56-3
Sidot A.
Lugina O.
6-36-3
Dragomir Ilie R.
Labat F.
7-56-3
Pierce M.
Suarez P.
3-67-66-3
Majoli I.
Serna M.
6-47-5
R32
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Testud S.
6-36-1
Kandarr J.
Krivencheva S.
6-17-6
Rittner B.
Kloesel S.
6-15-76-3
Suarez P.
Grossman A.
6-46-3
Serna M.
Cristea C.
4-66-37-5
Langrova P.
Lubiani F.
6-36-3
Lugina O.
Perfetti F.
6-46-1
Sidot A.
Schultz Mccarthy B.
6-26-1
Schett B.
Olsza A.
6-26-0
Labat F.
Carlsson A.
6-36-2
Dragomir Ilie R.
Gersi A.
6-46-3
Pierce M.
Schnyder P.
6-16-1