Rita Grande vs Meilen Tu — San Diego Round of 64

San Diego · WTA · Round of 64
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 30 July 2001
hard
USA
Meilen Tu
48 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Grande R.
3-6 6-3 6-2
Tu M.
Grande R.
3662
Tu M.
6321

Rita Grande defeated Meilen Tu 3-6 6-3 6-2 in the San Diego round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Meilen Tu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16, but Rita Grande had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 8 on hard. Rita Grande claimed a first win over Meilen Tu in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2000-04-17Hilton HeadR64clayMeilen Tu6-1 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Grande R.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Tu M.

Tu M.serving68% hold

wins 57% 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. About

Statistics

This season
Grande R.Tu M.
1st serve in·Even
69%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
43%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.6
0.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.4
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (12 vs 58). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Williams V.
Seles M.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Hingis M.
6-36-4
Williams V.
Davenport L.
6-27-5
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Testud S.
6-25-77-65
Williams V.
Tauziat N.
6-26-2
Seles M.
Capriati J.
6-36-3
Hingis M.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-4
R16
Sugiyama A.
Pratt N.
6-34-1
Hingis M.
Stevenson A.
6-16-3
Capriati J.
Dokic J.
6-46-2
Seles M.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-1
Testud S.
Dementieva E.
6-26-4
Davenport L.
Schett B.
6-17-5
Tauziat N.
Maleeva M.
6-25-76-2
Williams V.
Bedanova D.
6-16-3
R32
Tauziat N.
Petrova N.
7-647-65
Hingis M.
Osterloh L.
6-16-4
Williams V.
Bovina E.
6-16-2
Bedanova D.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-16-4
Maleeva M.
Bradshaw A.
6-17-5
Davenport L.
Cacic S.
6-36-3
Schett B.
Rubin C.
7-646-4
Testud S.
Grande R.
6-47-5
Dementieva E.
Weingartner M.
6-36-3
Seles M.
Dominikovic E.
6-36-4
Shaughnessy M.
Kremer A.
6-746-26-1
Dokic J.
Kandarr J.
7-617-5
Capriati J.
Asagoe S.
6-16-1
Sugiyama A.
Clijsters K.
6-36-3
Pratt N.
Kournikova A.
6-716-16-3
Stevenson A.
Frazier A.
6-15-76-4
R64
Bovina E.
Likhovtseva E.
7-55-3
Petrova N.
Garbin T.
5-2
Kandarr J.
Husarova J.
6-46-4
Bedanova D.
Fusai A.
6-06-2
Bradshaw A.
Hopkins J.
1-66-16-4
Cacic S.
Nguyen A.
6-26-3
Rubin C.
Panova T.
6-06-3
Grande R.
Tu M.
3-66-36-2
Weingartner M.
Tulyaganova I.
7-641-67-62
Dominikovic E.
Sfar S.
7-657-5
Kremer A.
Black C.
6-26-1
Asagoe S.
Sidot A.
6-26-3
Sugiyama A.
Tanasugarn T.
4-67-636-2
Pratt N.
Nola P.
6-36-2
Stevenson A.
Brandi K.
7-656-0
Osterloh L.
Razzano V.
3-66-26-0