Rita Grande vs Tina Pisnik — Japan Open Round of 32

Japan Open · WTA · Round of 32
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 1 October 2001
hard
SLO
Tina Pisnik
45 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Grande R.
5-7 7-6 6-4
Pisnik T.
Grande R.
57762
Pisnik T.
76341

Rita Grande defeated Tina Pisnik 5-7 7-6 6-4 in the Japan Open round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tina Pisnik came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, but Rita Grande had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 7 on hard. Rita Grande narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-02-10AntwerpR32hardTina Pisnik6-3 4-6 6-3
1999-11-08Kuala LumpurR32hardRita Grande1-6 7-5 7-5
1999-09-20LuxembourgR16hardTina Pisnik3-6 7-5 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Grande R.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Pisnik T.

Pisnik T.serving66% 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.Pisnik T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
69%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
45%
Service points won·Even
56%
54%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Clear edge
58%
45%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.6
3.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.4
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (12 vs 8). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Seles M.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Sugiyama A.
7-56-4
Tanasugarn T.
Kruger J.
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Seles M.
Grande R.
6-16-2
Sugiyama A.
Nola P.
6-16-4
Kruger J.
Gagliardi E.
0-66-46-1
Tanasugarn T.
Obata S.
6-06-2
R16
Obata S.
Weingartner M.
6-15-76-3
Kruger J.
Pratt N.
4-66-37-63
Nola P.
Dechy N.
6-34-67-65
Sugiyama A.
Srebotnik K.
6-23-66-1
Grande R.
Schwartz B.
6-46-4
Seles M.
Cho Y.
6-26-3
Gagliardi E.
Prakusya W.
6-31-67-5
Tanasugarn T.
Craybas J.
6-44-66-3
R32
Nola P.
Choi Y.
4-66-36-2
Srebotnik K.
Cervanova L.
6-46-2
Sugiyama A.
Gubacsi Z.
6-46-1
Grande R.
Pisnik T.
5-77-636-4
Schwartz B.
De Los Rios R.
6-36-2
Cho Y.
Molik A.
6-46-737-5
Craybas J.
Saeki M.
0-67-636-2
Obata S.
Fusai A.
6-36-2
Dechy N.
Mcquillan R.
6-16-4
Kruger J.
Lee J.
7-57-5
Pratt N.
Fujiwara R.
6-26-4
Prakusya W.
Asagoe S.
3-67-676-4
Gagliardi E.
Tu M.
3-66-26-1
Weingartner M.
Dominikovic E.
3-67-56-3