Tina Pisnik vs Rita Grande — Luxembourg Round of 16

Luxembourg · WTA · Round of 16
SLO
Tina Pisnik
45 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 September 1999
hard
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Pisnik T.
3-6 7-5 6-3
Grande R.
Pisnik T.
3762
Grande R.
6531

Tina Pisnik defeated Rita Grande 3-6 7-5 6-3 in the Luxembourg round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Rita Grande came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 32. Tina Pisnik narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-02-10AntwerpR32hardTina Pisnik6-3 4-6 6-3
2001-10-01Japan OpenR32hardRita Grande5-7 7-6(3) 6-4
1999-11-08Kuala LumpurR32hardRita Grande1-6 7-5 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Pisnik T.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Grande R.

Grande R.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Pisnik T.

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
Pisnik T.Grande R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
69%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
42%
Service points won·Even
54%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Clear edge
45%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.0
1.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.8
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (8 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Monami D.
6-26-2
Semi-finals
Clijsters K.
Appelmans S.
6-26-76-1
Monami D.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
5-76-36-1
Quarter-finals
Appelmans S.
Henin J.
6-46-3
Monami D.
Pisnik T.
7-56-3
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Farina Elia S.
0-66-36-3
Clijsters K.
Callens E.
6-46-4
R16
Pisnik T.
Grande R.
3-67-56-3
Monami D.
Sidot A.
4-66-46-4
Henin J.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-02-66-1
Farina Elia S.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
6-16-4
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Maleeva M.
1-67-56-2
Appelmans S.
Chladkova D.
6-36-4
Clijsters K.
Huber A.
6-16-4
Callens E.
Schwartz B.
7-66-3
R32
Huber A.
Weingartner M.
6-05-0
Schwartz B.
Serna M.
6-36-76-3
Sidot A.
Torrens Valero C.
6-36-3
Pisnik T.
Dechaume Balleret A.
6-26-3
Grande R.
Kremer A.
6-46-4
Maleeva M.
Novotna J.
6-16-76-3
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Tatarkova E.
6-36-1
Pitkowski Malcor S.
Rittner B.
7-56-4
Farina Elia S.
Oremans M.
6-46-2
Kostanic Tosic J.
Plischke S.
6-26-2
Henin J.
Peschke K.
6-26-2
Chladkova D.
Courtois L.
7-57-5
Appelmans S.
Spirlea I.
7-57-6
Clijsters K.
Srebotnik K.
6-16-1