Magdalena Maleeva vs Jana Novotna — Luxembourg Round of 32

Luxembourg · WTA · Round of 32
BUL
Magdalena Maleeva
51 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 September 1999
hard
CZE
Jana Novotna
57 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLWWW
Maleeva M.
6-1 6-7 6-3
Novotna J.
Maleeva M.
6662
Novotna J.
1731

Magdalena Maleeva defeated Jana Novotna 6-1 6-7 6-3 in the Luxembourg round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jana Novotna came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Magdalena Maleeva claimed a first win over Jana Novotna in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Magdalena Maleeva came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 6–7 6–3.

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1997-02-17HanoverSFcarpetJana Novotna6-0 7-5
1997-02-10LinzQFhardJana Novotna6-0 6-3

Statistics

This season
Maleeva M.Novotna J.
1st serve in·
65%
—
1st serve points won·
62%
—
2nd serve points won·
44%
—
Service points won·
56%
—
Return points won·
47%
—
Break points saved·
54%
—
Aces / match·
2.0
—
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

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