Eleni Daniilidou vs Monica Seles — Bahia Semi-final

Bahia · WTA · Semi-final
GRE
Eleni Daniilidou
43 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 September 2002
hard
USA
Monica Seles
52 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLWWW
Daniilidou E.
6-1 7-5
Seles M.
Daniilidou E.
672
Seles M.
15–

Eleni Daniilidou defeated Monica Seles 6-1 7-5 in the Bahia semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Monica Seles came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending the title. Eleni Daniilidou claimed a first win over Monica Seles in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

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

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-08-27US OpenR32hardMonica Seles6-2 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Daniilidou E.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Seles M.

Seles M.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Daniilidou E.

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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Daniilidou E.Seles M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
67%
54%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
50%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
39%
26%
Service points won·Clear edge
53%
39%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
51%
40%
Aces / match·Even
1.1
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.8
12.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (175 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Myskina A.
Daniilidou E.
6-30-66-2
Semi-finals
Myskina A.
Dokic J.
6-26-4
Daniilidou E.
Seles M.
6-17-5
Quarter-finals
Daniilidou E.
Schnyder P.
2-66-26-4
Myskina A.
Matevzic M.
7-56-1
Dokic J.
Coetzer A.
6-25-76-4
Seles M.
Nagyova H.
6-06-4
R16
Schnyder P.
Srebotnik K.
6-26-3
Nagyova H.
Majoli I.
6-26-3
Daniilidou E.
Loit E.
4-66-27-5
Matevzic M.
Torrens Valero C.
4-66-46-1
Seles M.
Pisnik T.
7-56-1
Dokic J.
Casanova M.
7-636-4
Coetzer A.
Dechy N.
6-23-66-3
Myskina A.
Rao S.
6-26-2
R32
Majoli I.
Tiene C.
6-26-1
Nagyova H.
Carlsson A.
6-44-66-1
Pisnik T.
Suarez P.
6-26-2
Casanova M.
Poutchek T.
6-44-67-61
Coetzer A.
Husarova J.
6-16-1
Dechy N.
Shaughnessy M.
6-40-66-4
Rao S.
Henke V.
6-26-3
Torrens Valero C.
Alves M.
6-26-1
Matevzic M.
Panova T.
6-41-66-0
Daniilidou E.
Zuluaga F.
4-66-36-1
Srebotnik K.
Sucha M.
6-16-4
Loit E.
Tulyaganova I.
4-67-56-2