Magdalena Maleeva vs Elena Bovina — Luxembourg Quarter-final

Luxembourg · WTA · Quarter-final
BUL
Magdalena Maleeva
51 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 21 October 2002
hard
RUS
Elena Bovina
43 yrs · 189 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
Maleeva M.
6-3 4-6 6-3
Bovina E.
Maleeva M.
6462
Bovina E.
3631

Magdalena Maleeva defeated Elena Bovina 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the Luxembourg quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Bovina came in defending last year's round of 32, but Magdalena Maleeva had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 8 on hard. Magdalena Maleeva extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-01-13Australian OpenR32hardElena Bovina7-5 4-6 7-5
2001-06-25WimbledonR64grassMagdalena Maleeva7-5 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Maleeva M.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Bovina E.

Bovina E.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Maleeva 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
Maleeva M.Bovina E.
1st serve in·Even
65%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
40%
Service points won·Even
56%
54%
Return points won·Even
47%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
54%
49%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.0
2.6
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.6
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 41). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Maleeva M.
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Maleeva M.
Srebotnik K.
7-54-66-3
Clijsters K.
Razzano V.
6-36-0
Quarter-finals
Maleeva M.
Bovina E.
6-34-66-3
Srebotnik K.
Pisnik T.
6-46-3
Razzano V.
Husarova J.
7-666-1
Clijsters K.
Granville L.
6-06-4
R16
Srebotnik K.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-46-2
Clijsters K.
Serna M.
6-36-1
Granville L.
Kremer A.
6-27-62
Razzano V.
Coetzer A.
6-36-0
Husarova J.
Zvonareva V.
6-26-3
Pisnik T.
Raymond L.
7-646-2
Bovina E.
Frazier A.
7-657-5
Maleeva M.
Schaul C.
6-37-5
R32
Husarova J.
Loit E.
6-36-1
Raymond L.
Ostrovskaya N.
7-56-4
Pisnik T.
Nagyova H.
6-14-1
Srebotnik K.
Dechy N.
1-66-4
Schaul C.
Likhovtseva E.
5-2
Zvonareva V.
Grande R.
6-26-3
Bovina E.
Gagliardi E.
7-656-1
Serra Zanetti A.
Black C.
3-66-16-2
Razzano V.
Rittner B.
7-666-1
Coetzer A.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-47-64
Kremer A.
Salerni M.
7-56-3
Granville L.
Sanchez Vicario A.
6-36-1
Serna M.
Pelletier M.
6-34-66-4
Frazier A.
Serra Zanetti A.
3-66-36-1