Tamarine Tanasugarn vs Joannette Kruger — Japan Open Semi-final

Japan Open · WTA · Semi-final
THA
Tamarine Tanasugarn
49 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 October 2001
hard
RSA
Joannette Kruger
52 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Tanasugarn T.
6-3 7-5
Kruger J.
Tanasugarn T.
672
Kruger J.
35–

Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated Joannette Kruger 6-3 7-5 in the Japan Open semi-final on hard. Tamarine Tanasugarn extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2000-11-04Kuala LumpurQFhardTamarine Tanasugarn6-3 5-7 6-3
1997-08-25US OpenR32hardJoannette Kruger6-7 7-5 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Tanasugarn T.serving61% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Kruger J.

Kruger J.serving53% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Tanasugarn T.

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
Tanasugarn T.Kruger J.
1st serve in·Even
64%
68%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
59%
41%
2nd serve points won·Dominant
46%
13%
Service points won·Clear edge
54%
32%
Return points won·Even
44%
46%
Break points saved·Clear edge
53%
33%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.2
0.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.3
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (147 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