Meilen Tu vs Cara Black — San Diego Round of 64

San Diego · WTA · Round of 64
USA
Meilen Tu
48 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 July 2002
hard
ZIM
Cara Black
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWL
Tu M.
7-5 6-3
Black C.
Tu M.
762
Black C.
53–

Meilen Tu defeated Cara Black 7-5 6-3 in the San Diego round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Meilen Tu came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 64. Meilen Tu extended the head-to-head to 3–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Meilen Tu closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–3.

Head to head

2–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-01-06HobartR32hardMeilen Tu6-4 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
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Williams V.
Dokic J.
6-26-2
Semi-finals
Williams V.
Davenport L.
6-26-1
Dokic J.
Kournikova A.
6-767-626-0
Quarter-finals
Williams V.
Clijsters K.
6-35-76-4
Kournikova A.
Smashnova A.
1-66-36-4
Dokic J.
Capriati J.
2-66-26-4
Davenport L.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-1
R16
Davenport L.
Rubin C.
6-22-66-1
Sugiyama A.
Srebotnik K.
6-47-64
Smashnova A.
Dementieva E.
6-25-77-62
Kournikova A.
Martinez C.
1-66-26-1
Dokic J.
Myskina A.
6-46-3
Capriati J.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-1
Williams V.
Kremer A.
6-36-2
Clijsters K.
Maleeva M.
6-36-3
R32
Rubin C.
Coetzer A.
6-16-1
Kournikova A.
Hopkins J.
6-26-4
Martinez C.
Panova T.
5-76-27-64
Smashnova A.
Irvin M.
5-76-16-1
Dementieva E.
Suarez P.
6-46-2
Sugiyama A.
Hantuchova D.
6-41-67-5
Srebotnik K.
Bedanova D.
6-43-66-2
Davenport L.
Mikaelian M.
6-36-0
Clijsters K.
Daniilidou E.
6-36-1
Maleeva M.
Dechy N.
7-57-5
Kremer A.
Arn G.
5-76-36-0
Williams V.
Husarova J.
6-46-1
Capriati J.
Harkleroad A.
6-06-3
Shaughnessy M.
Tu M.
6-16-2
Myskina A.
Schiavone F.
1-66-36-4
Dokic J.
Leon Garcia G.
6-27-5
R64
Schiavone F.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-2
Leon Garcia G.
Molik A.
6-36-2
Kournikova A.
Stevenson A.
6-06-1
Martinez C.
Likhovtseva E.
6-26-726-2
Suarez P.
Prakusya W.
7-636-0
Sugiyama A.
Raymond L.
7-56-0
Mikaelian M.
Tulyaganova I.
6-46-3
Daniilidou E.
Gagliardi E.
6-26-1
Dechy N.
Pisnik T.
5-76-26-0
Arn G.
Pierce M.
3-66-36-4
Husarova J.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-36-1
Coetzer A.
Taylor S.
6-26-2
Irvin M.
Frazier A.
6-36-4
Srebotnik K.
Bradshaw A.
6-26-4
Harkleroad A.
Grande R.
6-17-64
Tu M.
Black C.
7-56-3