Naoko Sawamatsu vs Silvia Farina Elia — Hobart Round of 32

Hobart · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Naoko Sawamatsu
53 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 11 January 1998
hard
ITA
Silvia Farina Elia
54 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Sawamatsu N.
7-5 6-4
Farina Elia S.
Sawamatsu N.
762
Farina Elia S.
54–

Naoko Sawamatsu defeated Silvia Farina Elia 7-5 6-4 in the Hobart round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Silvia Farina Elia came in defending last year's round of 32, but Naoko Sawamatsu had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 7 on hard. Naoko Sawamatsu extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1998-05-11BerlinR64grassSilvia Farina Elia6-3 6-2
1997-03-20Key BiscayneR128hardNaoko Sawamatsu4-6 6-1 6-2

Statistics

This season
Sawamatsu N.Farina Elia S.
1st serve in·
—
71%
1st serve points won·
—
59%
2nd serve points won·
—
48%
Service points won·
—
56%
Return points won·
—
48%
Break points saved·
—
55%
Aces / match·
—
0.7
Double faults / match·
—
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window. ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
21°CPartly cloudy
Wind 6 km/hHumidity 64%

Draw

Final
Schnyder P.
Monami D.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Schnyder P.
Kruger J.
7-66-2
Monami D.
Grzybowska M.
6-76-16-3
Quarter-finals
Grzybowska M.
Nagyova H.
6-12-1
Schnyder P.
Schett B.
6-41-66-3
Kruger J.
Sidot A.
7-56-2
Monami D.
Li F.
7-56-3
R16
Li F.
Halard Decugis J.
3-66-26-1
Kruger J.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-46-3
Sidot A.
Maruska M.
6-76-26-2
Nagyova H.
Grande R.
6-33-66-0
Grzybowska M.
Sawamatsu N.
4-67-67-5
Schnyder P.
Gersi A.
6-36-3
Monami D.
Courtois L.
6-06-4
Schett B.
Nejedly J.
6-26-0
R32
Ruano Pascual V.
Babel M.
6-23-0
Gersi A.
Drake Brockman S.
6-06-1
Kruger J.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
6-37-6
Maruska M.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
7-67-6
Grande R.
Cacic S.
6-26-3
Nagyova H.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-36-2
Schett B.
Labat F.
6-36-2
Nejedly J.
Chladkova D.
4-66-46-2
Grzybowska M.
Dechy N.
6-26-2
Sawamatsu N.
Farina Elia S.
7-56-4
Li F.
Likhovtseva E.
6-25-77-5
Halard Decugis J.
Kleinova S.
2-66-06-3
Courtois L.
Serna M.
6-16-1
Monami D.
Tanasugarn T.
6-26-2
Schnyder P.
Ellwood A.
4-67-66-1
Sidot A.
Carlsson A.
6-16-4