Meilen Tu vs Elena Dementieva — San Diego Round of 32

San Diego · WTA · Round of 32
USA
Meilen Tu
48 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 31 July 2000
hard
RUS
Elena Dementieva
44 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWW
Tu M.
6-2 2-6 6-3
Dementieva E.
Tu M.
6262
Dementieva E.
2631

Meilen Tu defeated Elena Dementieva 6-2 2-6 6-3 in the San Diego round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Dementieva came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Meilen Tu claimed a first win over Elena Dementieva in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Meilen Tu closed it out in three sets, 6–2 2–6 6–3.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-04-30WarsawR32clayElena Dementieva6-7(5) 6-0 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Tu M.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Dementieva E.

Dementieva E.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Tu 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
Tu M.Dementieva E.
1st serve in·Even
66%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
46%
Service points won·Even
55%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
49%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.9
1.7
Double faults / match·Even
4.9
5.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (58 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Williams V.
Seles M.
6-06-736-3
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Kournikova A.
6-37-62
Williams V.
Frazier A.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Martinez C.
6-36-0
Seles M.
Testud S.
4-66-27-65
Kournikova A.
Tauziat N.
2-66-47-5
Frazier A.
Hingis M.
6-36-3
R16
Williams V.
Coetzer A.
6-06-4
Martinez C.
Pratt N.
4-66-06-3
Testud S.
Panova T.
6-26-3
Seles M.
Tu M.
7-57-5
Tauziat N.
Likhovtseva E.
6-16-2
Kournikova A.
Davenport L.
2-66-47-5
Hingis M.
Monami D.
6-27-62
Frazier A.
Dechy N.
6-33-66-1
R32
Likhovtseva E.
Capriati J.
6-46-0
Dechy N.
Sidot A.
4-66-46-2
Frazier A.
Huber A.
6-07-63
Coetzer A.
Raymond L.
4-67-56-1
Pratt N.
Zuluaga F.
6-24-66-2
Martinez C.
Clijsters K.
6-36-4
Testud S.
Rubin C.
3-67-56-2
Panova T.
Schett B.
4-66-47-5
Tu M.
Dementieva E.
6-22-66-3
Kournikova A.
Stevenson A.
6-26-3
Monami D.
Sugiyama A.
6-27-64
Tauziat N.
Kremer A.
6-46-3