Magdalena Maleeva vs Chanda Rubin — Sydney Round of 16

Sydney · WTA · Round of 16
BUL
Magdalena Maleeva
51 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 11 January 1998
hard
USA
Chanda Rubin
50 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLW
Maleeva M.
6-3 1-6 6-4
Rubin C.
Maleeva M.
6162
Rubin C.
3641

Magdalena Maleeva defeated Chanda Rubin 6-3 1-6 6-4 in the Sydney round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Magdalena Maleeva came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Magdalena Maleeva extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-10-06FilderstadtR16hardMagdalena Maleeva6-3 6-4
2001-10-22LinzQFhardMagdalena Maleeva6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Maleeva M.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Rubin C.

Rubin C.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Maleeva 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
Maleeva M.Rubin C.
1st serve in·Even
65%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
50%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.0
1.4
Double faults / match·Even
2.6
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 22). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Sanchez Vicario A.
Williams V.
6-16-3
Semi-finals
Williams V.
Sugiyama A.
6-17-6
Sanchez Vicario A.
Williams S.
6-26-1
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