Vera Zvonareva vs Selima Sfar — Warsaw Quarter-final

Warsaw · WTA · Quarter-final
Vera Zvonareva
RUS
Vera Zvonareva
1693ELO
1614Clay ELO
41 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 May 2002
clay
TUN
Selima Sfar
49 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLL
Zvonareva V.
6-4 7-6
Sfar S.
Zvonareva V.
6772
Sfar S.
462–

Vera Zvonareva defeated Selima Sfar 6-4 7-6 in the Warsaw quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Selima Sfar came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Vera Zvonareva had been the form player, winning 4 of their last 5 on clay. Vera Zvonareva claimed a first win over Selima Sfar in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-02-20DubaiR32hardSelima Sfar2-6 7-5 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Zvonareva V.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Sfar S.

Sfar S.serving51% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Zvonareva V.

Serve advantage — Zvonareva V.

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
Zvonareva V.Sfar S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
63%
57%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
40%
Service points won·Slight edge
57%
50%
Return points won·Even
44%
40%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
49%
Aces / match·Even
1.5
1.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
1.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 14). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Bovina E.
Nagyova H.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Nagyova H.
Zvonareva V.
6-16-4
Bovina E.
Talaja S.
1-66-27-5
Quarter-finals
Zvonareva V.
Sfar S.
6-47-62
Talaja S.
Cervanova L.
2-66-37-5
Nagyova H.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-717-56-1
Bovina E.
Kuznetsova S.
6-36-2
R16
Cervanova L.
Foretz Gacon S.
6-26-3
Talaja S.
Bacheva L.
6-36-3
Nagyova H.
Voracova R.
7-56-2
Ruano Pascual V.
Beigbeder C.
6-36-2
Sfar S.
Garbin T.
6-36-2
Zvonareva V.
Loit E.
6-36-2
Bovina E.
Reeves S.
6-47-61
Kuznetsova S.
Noorlander S.
6-42-66-1
R32
Kuznetsova S.
Kournikova A.
4-66-45-2
Ruano Pascual V.
Dushevina V.
6-17-62
Talaja S.
Poutchek T.
6-46-2
Bacheva L.
Craybas J.
6-36-0
Noorlander S.
Nejedly J.
6-17-5
Bovina E.
Sakowicz Kostecka J.
1-66-46-3
Cervanova L.
Vinci R.
6-16-3
Reeves S.
Kandarr J.
7-646-2
Loit E.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-46-0
Zvonareva V.
Bes Ostariz E.
4-66-46-1
Garbin T.
Salerni M.
6-16-4
Sfar S.
Jidkova A.
6-06-3
Beigbeder C.
Domachowska M.
7-621-66-3
Voracova R.
Camerin M.
3-67-56-4
Nagyova H.
Selyutina I.
6-46-4
Foretz Gacon S.
Kulikovskaya E.
7-56-2