Monica Seles vs Cara Black — Scottsdale Round of 16

Scottsdale · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 26 February 2001
hard
ZIM
Cara Black
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWL
Seles M.
6-0 6-3
Black C.
Seles M.
662
Black C.
03–

Monica Seles defeated Cara Black 6-0 6-3 in the Scottsdale round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Monica Seles came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's quarter-final. 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
2000-07-24StanfordQFhardMonica Seles6-1 6-2

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.

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Shaughnessy M.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Capriati J.
6-46-726-1
Shaughnessy M.
Seles M.
3-67-656-2
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Raymond L.
1-66-06-3
Capriati J.
Pisnik T.
6-16-2
Shaughnessy M.
Clijsters K.
6-26-4
Seles M.
Serna M.
6-46-3
R16
Davenport L.
Leon Garcia G.
7-56-2
Clijsters K.
Hopkins J.
5-76-26-3
Raymond L.
Sugiyama A.
7-53-66-1
Seles M.
Black C.
6-06-3
Capriati J.
Nejedly J.
6-26-4
Pisnik T.
Likhovtseva E.
7-651-67-63
Shaughnessy M.
Petrova N.
7-676-3
Serna M.
Brandi K.
1-66-26-4
R32
Sugiyama A.
Smashnova A.
6-26-2
Serna M.
Henin J.
7-657-65
Nejedly J.
Osterloh L.
7-56-2
Black C.
Nola P.
7-57-66
Brandi K.
Pratt N.
7-666-4
Hopkins J.
Jeyaseelan S.
6-26-1
Petrova N.
Craybas J.
6-36-4
Shaughnessy M.
Bovina E.
4-66-26-3
Likhovtseva E.
Talaja S.
6-36-3
Pisnik T.
Peschke K.
6-26-3
Raymond L.
Asagoe S.
6-06-1
Leon Garcia G.
Kremer A.
6-26-4