Meilen Tu vs Cara Black — Hobart Round of 32

Hobart · WTA · Round of 32
USA
Meilen Tu
48 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Sunday, 6 January 2002
hard
ZIM
Cara Black
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWL
Tu M.
6-4 6-3
Black C.
Tu M.
662
Black C.
43–

Meilen Tu defeated Cara Black 6-4 6-3 in the Hobart round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Meilen Tu came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Meilen Tu extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Meilen Tu closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-07-29San DiegoR64hardMeilen Tu7-5 6-3
2001-10-15BratislavaR32hardMeilen Tu6-4 6-7(6) 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Tu M.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Black C.

Black C.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Tu 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
Tu M.Black C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
45%
Service points won·Even
55%
53%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Even
53%
53%
Aces / match·Even
0.9
1.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (58 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
20°COvercast
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 51%

Draw

Final
Sucha M.
Medina Garrigues A.
7-676-1
Semi-finals
Medina Garrigues A.
Frazier A.
6-23-66-4
Sucha M.
Pratt N.
1-66-46-4
Quarter-finals
Pratt N.
Tu M.
6-47-63
Sucha M.
Jidkova A.
1-67-56-4
Medina Garrigues A.
Grande R.
6-26-2
Frazier A.
Husarova J.
6-25-76-2
R16
Sucha M.
Muller M.
7-56-4
Tu M.
Foretz Gacon S.
7-56-0
Pratt N.
Hopkins J.
6-16-3
Frazier A.
Gagliardi E.
7-656-4
Husarova J.
Marrero M.
6-26-0
Medina Garrigues A.
Pierce M.
7-56-4
Grande R.
Schwartz B.
6-45-76-4
Jidkova A.
Suarez P.
1-66-16-2
R32
Frazier A.
Beigbeder C.
6-36-2
Gagliardi E.
Irvin M.
6-26-4
Grande R.
Kuti Kis R.
6-46-3
Schwartz B.
Wheeler C.
6-15-76-3
Pierce M.
Brandi K.
6-06-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Diaz Oliva M.
6-26-2
Marrero M.
Leon Garcia G.
7-637-5
Husarova J.
Roesch A.
6-26-4
Suarez P.
Tatarkova E.
6-36-3
Jidkova A.
Poutchek T.
7-56-2
Sucha M.
Ruano Pascual V.
4-67-696-2
Muller M.
Kruger J.
6-37-63
Tu M.
Black C.
6-46-3
Foretz Gacon S.
Dlhopolcova L.
6-37-66
Hopkins J.
Lamade B.
6-16-1
Pratt N.
Razzano V.
6-26-3