Rita Grande vs Barbara Schwartz — Japan Open Round of 16

Japan Open · WTA · Round of 16
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 October 2001
hard
AUT
Barbara Schwartz
47 yrs · 181 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Grande R.
6-4 6-4
Schwartz B.
Grande R.
662
Schwartz B.
44–

Rita Grande defeated Barbara Schwartz 6-4 6-4 in the Japan Open round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Rita Grande came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 32. Rita Grande extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Rita Grande edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-01-06HobartR16hardRita Grande6-4 5-7 6-4
1999-08-30US OpenR128hardRita Grande7-6 4-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Grande R.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Schwartz B.

Schwartz B.serving57% hold

wins 53% 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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Grande R.Schwartz B.
1st serve in·Clear edge
69%
54%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
62%
41%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
42%
26%
Service points won·Clear edge
56%
34%
Return points won·Even
43%
39%
Break points saved·Dominant
58%
14%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.6
0.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.4
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (12 vs 1). 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