Monica Seles vs Cara Black — Stanford Quarter-final

Stanford · WTA · Quarter-final
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 July 2000
hard
ZIM
Cara Black
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWL
Seles M.
6-1 6-2
Black C.
Seles M.
662
Black C.
12–

Monica Seles defeated Cara Black 6-1 6-2 in the Stanford quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Monica Seles came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Monica Seles extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-01-14Australian OpenR64hardMonica Seles6-1 6-1
2001-02-26ScottsdaleR16hardMonica Seles6-0 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Seles M.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Black C.

Black C.serving61% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Seles 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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Seles M.Black C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
54%
59%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
50%
59%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
26%
45%
Service points won·Clear edge
39%
53%
Return points won·Even
43%
43%
Break points saved·Clear edge
40%
53%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
1.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
12.0
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (1 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Williams V.
Davenport L.
6-16-4
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Seles M.
7-57-62
Williams V.
Kournikova A.
6-47-5
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Frazier A.
6-756-47-65
Davenport L.
Rubin C.
6-33-66-1
Seles M.
Black C.
6-16-2
Kournikova A.
Testud S.
6-36-2
R16
Testud S.
Garbin T.
6-26-717-5
Seles M.
Shaughnessy M.
7-56-3
Black C.
Coetzer A.
6-26-1
Frazier A.
Brandi K.
7-616-0
Rubin C.
Washington M.
6-46-2
Williams V.
Panova T.
6-26-2
Davenport L.
Pratt N.
6-26-4
Kournikova A.
Nejedly J.
6-16-0
R32
Black C.
De Lone E.
6-16-4
Coetzer A.
Lee J.
6-26-3
Pratt N.
Irvin M.
6-36-726-4
Washington M.
Jidkova A.
7-636-2
Rubin C.
Zuluaga F.
6-46-2
Shaughnessy M.
Clijsters K.
3-67-646-3
Nejedly J.
Nola P.
2-66-16-0
Kournikova A.
Miller A.
6-16-2
Frazier A.
Osterloh L.
6-36-3
Brandi K.
Kuti Kis R.
6-06-3
Panova T.
Drake M.
5-76-47-63
Garbin T.
De Los Rios R.
6-06-0