Monica Seles vs Rita Grande — Stanford Round of 16

Stanford · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 July 1997
hard
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLL
Seles M.
6-2 6-1
Grande R.
Seles M.
662
Grande R.
21–

Monica Seles defeated Rita Grande 6-2 6-1 in the Stanford round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Monica Seles came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Monica Seles extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-10-01Japan OpenQFhardMonica Seles6-1 6-2
1997-08-11Canadian OpenQFhardMonica Seles6-0 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Seles M.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Grande R.

Grande R.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Seles 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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Seles M.Grande R.
1st serve in·Clear edge
54%
69%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
50%
62%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
26%
42%
Service points won·Clear edge
39%
56%
Return points won·Even
43%
43%
Break points saved·Clear edge
40%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.0
1.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
12.0
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (1 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Hingis M.
Martinez C.
6-06-2
Semi-finals
Hingis M.
Davenport L.
6-31-66-2
Martinez C.
Coetzer A.
6-46-0
Quarter-finals
Martinez C.
Seles M.
7-66-4
Coetzer A.
Po Messerli K.
7-56-4
Davenport L.
Likhovtseva E.
7-66-3
Hingis M.
Wild L.
6-16-76-3
R16
Seles M.
Grande R.
6-26-1
Likhovtseva E.
Raymond L.
6-46-3
Hingis M.
Maleeva M.
6-16-2
Wild L.
Kremer A.
6-36-4
Po Messerli K.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-1
Davenport L.
Cacic S.
6-26-2
Coetzer A.
Tu M.
6-26-0
Martinez C.
Frazier A.
6-16-1
R32
Wild L.
Mcneil L.
6-47-5
Sugiyama A.
Miller A.
6-22-66-3
Tu M.
De Lone E.
7-55-76-0
Martinez C.
Drake Brockman S.
6-36-2
Frazier A.
Kijimuta N.
4-66-06-0
Grande R.
Barabanschikova O.
6-47-6
Maleeva M.
Nejedly J.
6-06-3
Kremer A.
Pierce M.
3-66-16-4
Cacic S.
Grossman A.
6-26-2
Likhovtseva E.
Hy Boulais P.
6-36-2
Raymond L.
Lubiani F.
6-46-3
Po Messerli K.
Schnitzer M.
6-26-4