Magdalena Maleeva vs Paola Suarez — Linz Round of 32

Linz · WTA · Round of 32
BUL
Magdalena Maleeva
51 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 October 2001
hard
ARG
Paola Suarez
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWLWW
Maleeva M.
7-5 6-1
Suarez P.
Maleeva M.
762
Suarez P.
51–

Magdalena Maleeva defeated Paola Suarez 7-5 6-1 in the Linz round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Paola Suarez came in defending last year's round of 16. Magdalena Maleeva extended the head-to-head to 3–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Magdalena Maleeva came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

2–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-08-02MontrealR16hardMagdalena Maleeva6-4 6-3
2003-06-23WimbledonR64grassPaola Suarez2-6 6-2 6-3
2001-05-07BerlinR32grassPaola Suarez6-4 6-1
2001-01-07CanberraR32hardMagdalena Maleeva4-6 6-3 2-0 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Maleeva M.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Suarez P.

Suarez P.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Maleeva 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. About

Statistics

This season
Maleeva M.Suarez P.
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
47%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
54%
59%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.0
1.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.6
5.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 34). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
12°CDrizzle
Wind 11 km/hHumidity 82%

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Dokic J.
6-46-1
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Maleeva M.
6-26-2
Dokic J.
Tulyaganova I.
6-24-66-0
Quarter-finals
Maleeva M.
Rubin C.
6-36-3
Davenport L.
Testud S.
6-17-67
Tulyaganova I.
Panova T.
6-26-4
Dokic J.
Stevenson A.
6-37-5
R16
Panova T.
Dementieva E.
6-26-4
Dokic J.
Majoli I.
7-636-766-3
Testud S.
Likhovtseva E.
6-46-2
Tulyaganova I.
Henin J.
6-716-06-3
Maleeva M.
Sugiyama A.
1-66-36-1
Stevenson A.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-33-66-0
Davenport L.
Bedanova D.
7-666-0
Rubin C.
Tauziat N.
3-67-56-3
R32
Stevenson A.
Torrens Valero C.
7-646-2
Tulyaganova I.
Myskina A.
6-26-2
Maleeva M.
Suarez P.
7-56-1
Sanchez Vicario A.
Serna M.
6-726-26-0
Majoli I.
Fauth E.
5-76-46-0
Dementieva E.
Schwartz B.
6-16-0
Panova T.
De Los Rios R.
6-26-3
Bedanova D.
Petrova N.
6-31-67-65
Likhovtseva E.
Chladkova D.
3-67-57-5
Testud S.
Montolio A.
7-626-4
Rubin C.
Nagyova H.
6-26-1
Sugiyama A.
Schett B.
3-67-616-3