Monica Seles vs Saori Obata — Shanghai Round of 16

Shanghai · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLWWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 8 October 2001
hard
JPN
Saori Obata
48 yrs · 165 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLW
Seles M.
6-4 6-2
Obata S.
Seles M.
662
Obata S.
42–

Monica Seles defeated Saori Obata 6-4 6-2 in the Shanghai round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Saori Obata came in defending last year's quarter-final, but Monica Seles had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 4 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Seles M.serving53% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Obata S.

Obata S.serving59% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Seles 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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Seles M.Obata S.
1st serve in·Clear edge
54%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
50%
56%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
26%
41%
Service points won·Clear edge
39%
52%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
40%
46%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
12.0
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (1 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Seles M.
Pratt N.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Pratt N.
Grande R.
6-36-4
Seles M.
Molik A.
6-16-0
Quarter-finals
Grande R.
Sugiyama A.
6-737-51-0
Molik A.
Cho Y.
7-57-5
Seles M.
Foretz Gacon S.
6-15-76-2
Pratt N.
Lee J.
6-22-66-4
R16
Cho Y.
Mcquillan R.
W/O
Seles M.
Obata S.
6-46-2
Sugiyama A.
Gagliardi E.
6-36-3
Lee J.
Fujiwara R.
6-06-4
Pratt N.
De Los Rios R.
3-66-46-3
Foretz Gacon S.
Dechy N.
3-66-46-4
Grande R.
Cervanova L.
6-26-4
Molik A.
Tanasugarn T.
6-46-746-2
R32
Cervanova L.
Dominikovic E.
7-647-61
De Los Rios R.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-26-3
Cho Y.
Kruger J.
6-47-66
Grande R.
Fusai A.
6-46-766-4
Seles M.
Nemeckova L.
6-06-0
Tanasugarn T.
Peng S.
6-46-1
Molik A.
Dittmann M.
7-57-63
Mcquillan R.
Ellwood A.
7-626-2
Obata S.
Li N.
6-26-2
Foretz Gacon S.
Prakusya W.
4-66-36-1
Dechy N.
Li T.
6-17-66
Fujiwara R.
Weingartner M.
6-46-1
Pratt N.
Craybas J.
6-46-3
Gagliardi E.
Nola P.
6-26-3
Sugiyama A.
Gubacsi Z.
7-56-2
Lee J.
Srebotnik K.
6-27-5