Patricia Wartusch vs Saori Obata — Tokyo Round of 32

Tokyo · WTA · Round of 32
AUT
Patricia Wartusch
47 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 16 September 2002
hard
JPN
Saori Obata
48 yrs · 165 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLW
Wartusch P.
6-4 5-7 6-3
Obata S.
Wartusch P.
6562
Obata S.
4731

Patricia Wartusch defeated Saori Obata 6-4 5-7 6-3 in the Tokyo round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Saori Obata came in defending last year's round of 16, but Patricia Wartusch had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 4 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Wartusch P.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Obata S.

Obata S.serving66% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Wartusch 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
Wartusch P.Obata S.
1st serve in·Clear edge
52%
70%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
50%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Slight edge
47%
52%
Return points won·Slight edge
37%
45%
Break points saved·Even
50%
46%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.5
1.1
Double faults / match·Even
3.5
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (2 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
21°CDrizzle
Wind 13 km/hHumidity 78%

Draw

Final
Hingis M.
Seles M.
7-664-66-3
Williams S.
Clijsters K.
2-66-36-3
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Kournikova A.
6-33-66-3
Hingis M.
Farina Elia S.
6-06-4
Clijsters K.
Dokic J.
5-76-26-3
Williams S.
Frazier A.
7-606-3
Quarter-finals
Seles M.
Stevenson A.
7-697-69
Farina Elia S.
Testud S.
6-46-3
Hingis M.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-2
Kournikova A.
Kremer A.
6-46-2
Frazier A.
Panova T.
2-66-16-4
Williams S.
Pratt N.
6-16-0
Dokic J.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-1
Clijsters K.
Likhovtseva E.
6-26-2
R16
Kournikova A.
Dementieva E.
7-647-65
Tanasugarn T.
Maleeva M.
6-32-66-2
Kremer A.
Dokic J.
7-56-2
Seles M.
Callens E.
6-26-3
Stevenson A.
Coetzer A.
4-66-07-63
Farina Elia S.
Grande R.
7-56-4
Testud S.
Schett B.
4-67-57-5
Hingis M.
Weingartner M.
6-16-2
Panova T.
Molik A.
7-56-4
Likhovtseva E.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-26-716-4
Williams S.
Wartusch P.
6-06-2
Tanasugarn T.
Fernandez C.
6-46-4
Clijsters K.
Kuznetsova S.
6-40-67-5
Pratt N.
Sugiyama A.
6-34-66-3
Frazier A.
Smashnova A.
6-46-3
Dokic J.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-27-65
R32
Farina Elia S.
Panova T.
6-47-5
Stevenson A.
Srebotnik K.
6-16-4
Kremer A.
Likhovtseva E.
4-66-16-3
Schett B.
Serna M.
6-16-3
Weingartner M.
Fujiwara R.
6-17-65
Coetzer A.
Raymond L.
7-56-4
Tanasugarn T.
Salerni M.
6-33-66-2
Kournikova A.
Torrens Valero C.
6-36-0
Maleeva M.
Bedanova D.
6-46-4
Dementieva E.
Obata S.
6-36-3
Callens E.
Sugiyama A.
1-66-26-4
Grande R.
Tulyaganova I.
7-676-3
Kuznetsova S.
Pisnik T.
5-0
Fernandez C.
Mandula P.
7-56-2
Frazier A.
Gagliardi E.
4-66-46-2
Sugiyama A.
Asagoe S.
6-46-1
Likhovtseva E.
Martinez C.
6-24-66-2
Pratt N.
Leon Garcia G.
6-37-64
Tanasugarn T.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-27-63
Sanchez Vicario A.
Matevzic M.
6-26-0
Panova T.
Nagyova H.
6-21-66-4
Wartusch P.
Obata S.
6-45-76-3
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Talaja S.
6-36-4
Molik A.
Torrens Valero C.
6-46-2