Anna Smashnova vs Yoon Jeong Cho — Shanghai Round of 16

Shanghai · WTA · Round of 16
ISR
Anna Smashnova
49 yrs · 157 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 September 2002
hard
KOR
Yoon Jeong Cho
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Smashnova A.
6-0 6-3
Cho Y.
Smashnova A.
662
Cho Y.
03–

Anna Smashnova defeated Yoon Jeong Cho 6-0 6-3 in the Shanghai round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Yoon Jeong Cho came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's quarter-final, but Anna Smashnova had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 7 on hard. Anna Smashnova claimed a first win over Yoon Jeong Cho in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-12-30AucklandSFhardYoon Jeong Cho7-6(2) 2-2 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Smashnova A.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Cho Y.

Cho Y.serving56% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Smashnova A.

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
Smashnova A.Cho Y.
1st serve in·Even
68%
68%
1st serve points won·Even
54%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
41%
39%
Service points won·Even
50%
50%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
48%
47%
Aces / match·Even
0.2
0.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.3
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (26 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Smashnova A.
Kournikova A.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Smashnova A.
Widjaja A.
6-16-1
Kournikova A.
Sugiyama A.
6-47-5
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-16-3
Smashnova A.
Saeki M.
6-36-2
Widjaja A.
Fernandez C.
7-626-3
Kournikova A.
Kostanic Tosic J.
7-56-4
R16
Saeki M.
Mandula P.
6-756-46-3
Fernandez C.
Morigami A.
6-26-3
Widjaja A.
Takase A.
7-616-4
Kostanic Tosic J.
Talaja S.
2-66-06-4
Kournikova A.
Zheng J.
6-47-64
Serra Zanetti A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-16-0
Smashnova A.
Cho Y.
6-06-3
Sugiyama A.
Webb V.
2-66-37-5
R32
Webb V.
Fujiwara R.
6-13-5
Sugiyama A.
Obata S.
6-46-2
Smashnova A.
Sun T.
1-66-06-1
Cho Y.
Asagoe S.
7-657-5
Mandula P.
Musgrave T.
7-56-1
Saeki M.
Wartusch P.
6-36-3
Fernandez C.
Lee J.
6-36-4
Morigami A.
Grahame A.
2-66-26-4
Takase A.
Jeon M.
6-47-5
Widjaja A.
Yan Z.
6-46-3
Talaja S.
Hao J.
6-06-1
Kostanic Tosic J.
Marrero M.
6-46-4
Zheng J.
Liu N.
2-67-646-3
Kournikova A.
Dittmann M.
6-16-4
Serra Zanetti A.
Xie Y.
6-26-1
Serra Zanetti A.
Yu Y.
6-26-1