Paola Suarez vs Dinara Safina — Madrid Round of 16

Madrid · WTA · Round of 16
ARG
Paola Suarez
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 20 May 2002
clay
RUS
Dinara Safina
40 yrs · 185 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Suarez P.
7-5 6-1
Safina D.
Suarez P.
762
Safina D.
51–

Paola Suarez defeated Dinara Safina 7-5 6-1 in the Madrid round of 16 on clay. The result followed the form book — Paola Suarez came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Paola Suarez extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

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

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-07-31San DiegoR64hardPaola Suarez3-6 6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Suarez P.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Safina D.

Safina D.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Suarez P.

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
Suarez P.Safina D.
1st serve in·Even
64%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
43%
Service points won·Even
56%
58%
Return points won·Even
48%
47%
Break points saved·Even
59%
55%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.3
3.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
5.0
5.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (34 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
22°CClear
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 40%

Draw

Final
Seles M.
Rubin C.
6-46-2
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Suarez P.
4-66-16-3
Rubin C.
Zuluaga F.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Rubin C.
Serna M.
6-36-3
Seles M.
Smashnova A.
6-36-2
Zuluaga F.
Loit E.
4-66-07-5
Suarez P.
Fernandez C.
6-47-5
R16
Loit E.
Black C.
6-46-4
Rubin C.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-37-66
Suarez P.
Safina D.
7-56-1
Smashnova A.
Molik A.
7-56-2
Serna M.
Pratt N.
6-26-2
Seles M.
Marrero M.
7-56-2
Fernandez C.
Irvin M.
6-43-66-0
Zuluaga F.
Grande R.
7-57-5
R32
Irvin M.
Ruano Pascual V.
2-1
Serna M.
Majoli I.
4-66-16-4
Pratt N.
Fusai A.
7-56-2
Rubin C.
De Los Rios R.
6-27-65
Fernandez C.
Sugiyama A.
7-647-5
Marrero M.
Lamade B.
5-76-36-2
Molik A.
Frazier A.
6-46-3
Smashnova A.
Reeves S.
1-67-56-3
Suarez P.
Schnyder P.
6-46-4
Safina D.
Torrens Valero C.
6-36-756-0
Grande R.
Montolio A.
6-11-66-1
Zuluaga F.
Webb V.
6-46-3
Loit E.
Leon Garcia G.
4-66-16-2
Black C.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-3