Nathalie Dechy vs Elena Likhovtseva — Hope Island Round of 16

Hope Island · WTA · Round of 16
FRA
Nathalie Dechy
47 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Sunday, 3 January 1999
hard
RUS
Elena Likhovtseva
50 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLW
Dechy N.
6-4 3-6 7-5
Likhovtseva E.
Dechy N.
6372
Likhovtseva E.
4651

Nathalie Dechy defeated Elena Likhovtseva 6-4 3-6 7-5 in the Hope Island round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Nathalie Dechy came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Nathalie Dechy extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Nathalie Dechy closed it out in three sets, 6–4 3–6 7–5.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-04-15CharlestonR32clayNathalie Dechy6-4 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Dechy N.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Likhovtseva E.

Likhovtseva E.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Dechy N.

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
Dechy N.Likhovtseva E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
70%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
45%
Service points won·Even
55%
55%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Even
1.5
2.0
Double faults / match·Even
3.5
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (132 vs 83). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Dechy N.Likhovtseva E.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
42
48
Break points saved·Even
66
67
Break points won·Even
64
61
Deciding sets·Slight edge
57
63
Tiebreaks·
46
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Draw

Final
Schnyder P.
Pierce M.
4-67-66-2
Semi-finals
Pierce M.
Spirlea I.
4-66-46-1
Schnyder P.
Sugiyama A.
6-01-66-4
Quarter-finals
Pierce M.
Dechy N.
6-46-3
Schnyder P.
Serna M.
6-01-66-4
Sugiyama A.
Rippner B.
6-36-3
Spirlea I.
Huber A.
6-44-66-1
R16
Dechy N.
Likhovtseva E.
6-43-67-5
Pierce M.
Gorrochategui I.
6-26-2
Sugiyama A.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
6-47-5
Rippner B.
Peschke K.
6-26-1
Huber A.
Sidot A.
6-34-67-5
Spirlea I.
Smashnova A.
6-46-1
Schnyder P.
Wang S.
6-36-4
Serna M.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-36-4
R32
Dechy N.
Panova T.
6-12-66-2
Huber A.
De Swardt M.
6-36-2
Peschke K.
Nagyova H.
3-67-66-1
Rippner B.
Courtois L.
6-26-4
Pitkowski Malcor S.
Molik A.
6-36-2
Sugiyama A.
Morariu C.
6-26-76-3
Smashnova A.
Savchenko L.
6-06-3
Spirlea I.
Mcquillan R.
7-66-3
Likhovtseva E.
Pratt N.
6-26-1
Gorrochategui I.
Garbin T.
7-56-2
Serna M.
Appelmans S.
6-23-66-3
Dragomir Ilie R.
Tatarkova E.
6-16-3
Wang S.
Plischke S.
6-47-6
Sidot A.
Ellwood A.
3-66-46-1