Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez vs Rita Grande — Madrid Round of 16

Madrid · WTA · Round of 16
ESP
Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez
43 yrs · 176 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 21 May 2001
clay
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLL
Martinez Sanchez M.
7-5 5-7 7-6
Grande R.
Martinez Sanchez M.
75782
Grande R.
57661

Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez defeated Rita Grande 7-5 5-7 7-6 in the Madrid round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Rita Grande came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Martinez Sanchez M.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Grande R.

Grande R.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Martinez Sanchez 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
Martinez Sanchez M.Grande R.
1st serve in·Clear edge
55%
69%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
42%
Service points won·Even
57%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
56%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.0
1.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.8
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (159 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
18°CMainly clear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 66%

Draw

Final
Sanchez Vicario A.
Montolio A.
7-56-0
Semi-finals
Sanchez Vicario A.
Martinez Sanchez M.
6-36-1
Montolio A.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Sanchez Vicario A.
Raymond L.
6-36-4
Montolio A.
De Los Rios R.
7-56-4
Medina Garrigues A.
Serna M.
6-46-4
Martinez Sanchez M.
Testud S.
5-76-36-4
R16
Sanchez Vicario A.
Rittner B.
7-64
Montolio A.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
3-66-16-2
Martinez Sanchez M.
Grande R.
7-55-77-66
Medina Garrigues A.
Brandi K.
6-36-4
Testud S.
Vakulenko J.
6-06-4
De Los Rios R.
Seles M.
7-52-66-4
Raymond L.
Kuznetsova S.
6-26-3
Serna M.
Black C.
6-44-66-1
R32
De Los Rios R.
Torrens Valero C.
6-16-0
Black C.
Castano C.
4-66-16-0
Medina Garrigues A.
Pratt N.
6-14-66-3
Brandi K.
Frazier A.
4-66-27-5
Montolio A.
Diaz Oliva M.
7-56-2
Kuznetsova S.
Ruano Pascual V.
4-67-666-4
Martinez Sanchez M.
Schett B.
7-52-66-4
Vakulenko J.
Craybas J.
6-14-66-2
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Carlsson A.
6-46-726-0
Serna M.
Tatarkova E.
6-36-2
Raymond L.
Hopkins J.
3-66-26-2
Rittner B.
Nejedly J.
6-37-64
Grande R.
Sassi V.
6-26-756-2
Testud S.
Leon Garcia G.
2-66-36-0