Jelena Kostanic Tosic vs Saori Obata — Japan Open Round of 32

Japan Open · WTA · Round of 32
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Jelena Kostanic Tosic
45 yrs · 168 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 September 2002
hard
JPN
Saori Obata
48 yrs · 165 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLW
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-4 7-6
Obata S.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6772
Obata S.
463–

Jelena Kostanic Tosic defeated Saori Obata 6-4 7-6 in the Japan Open round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Saori Obata came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Jelena Kostanic Tosic claimed a first win over Saori Obata in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-10-06TashkentQFhardSaori Obata5-7 6-0 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Kostanic Tosic J.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Obata S.

Obata S.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Kostanic Tosic J.

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
Kostanic Tosic J.Obata S.
1st serve in·Even
67%
70%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
41%
Service points won·Even
54%
52%
Return points won·Slight edge
39%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
46%
Aces / match·Even
1.3
1.1
Double faults / match·Even
3.1
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (47 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Craybas J.
Talaja S.
2-66-46-4
Semi-finals
Talaja S.
Taylor S.
6-36-4
Craybas J.
Tanasugarn T.
6-44-66-4
Quarter-finals
Tanasugarn T.
Molik A.
6-41-66-1
Craybas J.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-26-1
Taylor S.
Yoshida Y.
6-46-2
Talaja S.
Sugiyama A.
3-67-656-3
R16
Tanasugarn T.
Liggan K.
6-21-67-61
Sugiyama A.
Morigami A.
6-37-5
Taylor S.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-37-63
Yoshida Y.
Cargill A.
6-757-56-4
Kostanic Tosic J.
Marrero M.
5-76-06-2
Craybas J.
Gagliardi E.
6-34-66-3
Molik A.
Kuznetsova S.
7-636-2
Talaja S.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-26-3
R32
Kostanic Tosic J.
Obata S.
6-47-63
Marrero M.
Okamoto S.
6-36-3
Craybas J.
Saeki M.
7-676-0
Morigami A.
De Los Rios R.
6-46-2
Ruano Pascual V.
Kim J.
6-06-1
Sanchez Vicario A.
Kirilenko M.
6-36-2
Taylor S.
Dominikovic E.
6-26-2
Cargill A.
Chang K.
6-37-62
Yoshida Y.
Black C.
6-26-1
Gagliardi E.
Sharapova M.
2-67-646-4
Kuznetsova S.
Razzano V.
7-56-2
Molik A.
Webb V.
6-07-5
Liggan K.
Fujiwara R.
6-34-66-2
Talaja S.
Asagoe S.
6-43-66-0