Selima Sfar vs Silvija Talaja — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · WTA · Round of 32
TUN
Selima Sfar
49 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 February 2001
hard
CRO
Silvija Talaja
48 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWLLLL
Sfar S.
6-1 6-3
Talaja S.
Sfar S.
662
Talaja S.
13–

Selima Sfar defeated Silvija Talaja 6-1 6-3 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Silvija Talaja came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Selima Sfar claimed a first win over Silvija Talaja in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-08-09SopotR32claySilvija Talaja6-4 6-2
2002-04-01OportoR32claySilvija Talaja7-6(3) 2-6 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Sfar S.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Talaja S.

Talaja S.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Sfar S.

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
Sfar S.Talaja S.
1st serve in·Even
57%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
57%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
40%
41%
Service points won·Even
50%
53%
Return points won·Even
40%
40%
Break points saved·Even
49%
52%
Aces / match·Even
1.5
1.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.7
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (14 vs 11). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
26°CClear
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 43%

Draw

Final
Hingis M.
Tauziat N.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Tauziat N.
Mcquillan R.
7-656-4
Hingis M.
Tanasugarn T.
7-666-1
Quarter-finals
Tauziat N.
Sfar S.
7-635-76-3
Hingis M.
Testud S.
6-35-76-4
Tanasugarn T.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
7-616-3
Mcquillan R.
Pierce M.
6-36-1
R16
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-35-76-3
Testud S.
Oremans M.
6-36-4
Hingis M.
Kruger J.
6-26-1
Tanasugarn T.
Weingartner M.
6-36-756-4
Sfar S.
Schett B.
7-652-67-5
Tauziat N.
Grande R.
2-66-46-3
Mcquillan R.
Nagyova H.
6-16-4
Pierce M.
Tulyaganova I.
7-646-4
R32
Kruger J.
Majoli I.
4-0
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Boogert K.
6-04-1
Grande R.
Gersi A.
6-26-1
Testud S.
Pitkowski Malcor S.
6-36-2
Weingartner M.
Carlsson A.
6-26-3
Nagyova H.
Barabanschikova O.
6-46-2
Tanasugarn T.
Nola P.
6-31-66-1
Schett B.
Mouhtassine B.
6-46-1
Sfar S.
Talaja S.
6-16-3
Oremans M.
Molik A.
6-35-77-68
Mcquillan R.
Parkinson H.
6-26-3
Tulyaganova I.
De Los Rios R.
6-26-4