Magdalena Maleeva vs Sabine Appelmans — Sydney Round of 32
Sydney · WTA · Round of 32
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 11 January 1998
hard
Maleeva M.6-1 1-6 6-3
Appelmans S.
Maleeva M.
6162
Appelmans S.
1631
Magdalena Maleeva defeated Sabine Appelmans 6-1 1-6 6-3 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sabine Appelmans came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 16. Magdalena Maleeva narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.
Key context
- Match story: Magdalena Maleeva closed it out in three sets, 6–1 1–6 6–3.
Head to head
1–2| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-10-02 | Filderstadt | R32 | hard | Magdalena Maleeva | 6-4 5-7 7-5 |
| 1998-02-18 | Hanover | R16 | carpet | Sabine Appelmans | 7-5 6-3 |
| 1997-02-10 | Paris | R32 | carpet | Sabine Appelmans | 7-5 6-2 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·
65%
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1st serve points won·
62%
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2nd serve points won·
44%
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Service points won·
56%
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Return points won·
47%
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Break points saved·
54%
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Aces / match·
2.0
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Double faults / match·
2.6
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Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Conditions
Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Draw
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Maleeva M.
6-26-2
Sanchez Vicario A.
Zvereva N.
6-16-2
Sugiyama A.
Paulus B.
6-17-6
Williams S.
Davenport L.
1-67-57-5
R16
Williams S.
Testud S.
7-63-0
Williams V.
Hingis M.
3-66-47-5
Davenport L.
Kournikova A.
6-26-76-3
Zvereva N.
Coetzer A.
6-76-37-5
Sanchez Vicario A.
Lee J.
6-23-66-3
Sugiyama A.
Martinez C.
7-66-3
Paulus B.
Spirlea I.
6-21-66-3
Maleeva M.
Rubin C.
6-31-66-4
R32
Williams V.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-4
Lee J.
Schultz Mccarthy B.
6-01-1
Testud S.
Guse K.
6-16-2
Kournikova A.
Basuki Y.
6-43-0
Maleeva M.
Appelmans S.
6-11-66-3
Rubin C.
Huber A.
6-26-3
Paulus B.
Oremans M.
6-06-2
Sugiyama A.
Lubiani F.
6-17-6
Martinez C.
Leon Garcia G.
6-26-3
Sanchez Vicario A.
Habsudova K.
7-56-4
Zvereva N.
Mcquillan R.
6-27-5
Williams S.
Lucic M.
3-66-47-5