Magdalena Maleeva vs Shinobu Asagoe — Tokyo Quarter-final

Tokyo · WTA · Quarter-final
BUL
Magdalena Maleeva
51 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 January 2001
hard
JPN
Shinobu Asagoe
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLW
Maleeva M.
6-1 7-6
Asagoe S.
Maleeva M.
6772
Asagoe S.
161–

Magdalena Maleeva defeated Shinobu Asagoe 6-1 7-6 in the Tokyo quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Magdalena Maleeva came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 32. Magdalena Maleeva extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

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

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-06-20WimbledonR128grassMagdalena Maleeva6-2 7-6(6)
2003-08-25US OpenR128hardShinobu Asagoe6-4 6-3
2003-06-09BirminghamFgrassMagdalena Maleeva6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Maleeva M.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Asagoe S.

Asagoe S.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Maleeva 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
Maleeva M.Asagoe S.
1st serve in·Even
65%
68%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
54%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Even
54%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.0
1.0
Double faults / match·Even
2.6
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 39). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
3°CClear
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 66%

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Hingis M.
6-746-46-2
Dokic J.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Hingis M.
Maleeva M.
6-31-66-0
Davenport L.
Kournikova A.
6-16-756-0
Sanchez Vicario A.
Leon Garcia G.
6-37-5
Dokic J.
Clijsters K.
7-56-4
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Majoli I.
6-26-0
Kournikova A.
Sidot A.
7-646-2
Hingis M.
Sugiyama A.
6-05-76-2
Maleeva M.
Asagoe S.
6-17-61
Leon Garcia G.
Sugiyama A.
6-46-3
Clijsters K.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-1
Dokic J.
Tu M.
6-26-2
Sanchez Vicario A.
Testud S.
6-31-67-65
R16
Maleeva M.
Panova T.
7-656-2
Asagoe S.
Coetzer A.
6-45-77-65
Sugiyama A.
Testud S.
6-46-4
Majoli I.
Raymond L.
6-736-27-61
Kournikova A.
Obata S.
7-681-66-4
Sidot A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-24-67-62
Davenport L.
Shaughnessy M.
6-36-2
Hingis M.
Black C.
6-36-3
Dokic J.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-46-4
Tanasugarn T.
Pratt N.
6-33-66-2
Sugiyama A.
Kruger J.
3-66-47-64
Sanchez Vicario A.
Talaja S.
6-46-747-67
Leon Garcia G.
Saeki M.
6-23-66-2
Clijsters K.
Black C.
6-06-3
Tu M.
Huber L.
6-766-17-5
Testud S.
Obata S.
6-26-746-1
R32
Testud S.
Brandi K.
6-06-4
Shaughnessy M.
Smashnova A.
6-26-1
Raymond L.
Osterloh L.
6-16-4
Obata S.
Srebotnik K.
6-36-3
Sidot A.
Hopkins J.
3-66-26-3
Likhovtseva E.
Morariu C.
6-36-2
Maleeva M.
Callens E.
6-36-4
Panova T.
Garbin T.
6-36-1
Asagoe S.
Jeyaseelan S.
6-26-4
Sugiyama A.
Inoue H.
6-46-2
Majoli I.
Pratt N.
6-46-0
Black C.
Bedanova D.
5-77-657-63
Leon Garcia G.
Lee J.
6-42-66-2
Pratt N.
Weingartner M.
6-16-0
Sugiyama A.
Torrens Valero C.
6-16-2
Obata S.
Hisamatsu S.
6-16-4
Black C.
Fujiwara R.
6-36-2
Tanasugarn T.
Grande R.
7-626-4
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Diaz Oliva M.
6-46-0
Talaja S.
Asagoe S.
4-67-626-3
Tu M.
Mcquillan R.
6-26-2
Kruger J.
Molik A.
7-53-66-2
Huber L.
Tulyaganova I.
6-46-1
Sanchez Vicario A.
Dominikovic E.
6-16-3