Rita Grande vs Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie — Hobart Semi-final

Hobart · WTA · Semi-final
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 7 January 2001
hard
ROU
Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie
53 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLLLLL
Grande R.
6-1 6-3
Dragomir Ilie R.
Grande R.
662
Dragomir Ilie R.
13–

Rita Grande defeated Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie 6-1 6-3 in the Hobart semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ruxandra Dragomir Ilie came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 32. Rita Grande narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-06-18s HertogenboschR32grassRuxandra Dragomir Ilie6-3 6-4
1999-05-24Roland GarrosR128clayRuxandra Dragomir Ilie7-6(0) 6-1
1999-01-11HobartR16hardRita Grande6-1 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Grande R.serving70% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Dragomir Ilie R.

Dragomir Ilie R.serving61% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Grande R.

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
Grande R.Dragomir Ilie R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
69%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
62%
56%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
42%
29%
Service points won·Slight edge
56%
45%
Return points won·Slight edge
43%
37%
Break points saved·Even
58%
55%
Aces / match·Even
1.6
2.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.4
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (12 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
17°COvercast
Wind 11 km/hHumidity 65%

Draw

Final
Grande R.
Hopkins J.
0-66-36-3
Semi-finals
Grande R.
Dragomir Ilie R.
6-16-3
Hopkins J.
Black C.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Hopkins J.
Brandi K.
3-1
Dragomir Ilie R.
Sidot A.
6-15-76-3
Black C.
Likhovtseva E.
1-66-46-4
Grande R.
Frazier A.
6-46-3
R16
Dragomir Ilie R.
De Los Rios R.
7-56-3
Black C.
Srebotnik K.
6-27-5
Likhovtseva E.
Parkinson H.
6-46-2
Hopkins J.
Foretz Gacon S.
6-36-2
Brandi K.
Poutchek T.
6-27-65
Frazier A.
Vavrinec M.
7-637-5
Grande R.
Smashnova A.
5-76-37-5
Sidot A.
Nola P.
6-36-1
R32
Poutchek T.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-47-64
Brandi K.
Tulyaganova I.
6-16-2
Likhovtseva E.
Marosi K.
6-17-5
Hopkins J.
Mcshea L.
6-16-4
Foretz Gacon S.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
4-66-46-2
Dragomir Ilie R.
Barabanschikova O.
6-36-2
De Los Rios R.
Medina Garrigues A.
7-54-66-4
Nola P.
Grzybowska M.
6-26-4
Sidot A.
Hopmans A.
6-27-5
Parkinson H.
Nejedly J.
6-26-3
Srebotnik K.
Wartusch P.
6-36-4
Black C.
Marrero M.
7-56-0
Frazier A.
Weingartner M.
6-36-4
Smashnova A.
Obata S.
7-6136-2
Grande R.
Mcquillan R.
6-26-2
Vavrinec M.
Jidkova A.
6-27-64