Laura Granville vs Cara Black — Auckland Round of 16

Auckland · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Laura Granville
45 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 December 2002
hard
ZIM
Cara Black
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWL
Granville L.
6-3 6-2
Black C.
Granville L.
662
Black C.
32–

Laura Granville defeated Cara Black 6-3 6-2 in the Auckland round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Cara Black came in defending last year's round of 32. Laura Granville extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-05-12RomeR32clayCara Black7-5 1-6 6-4
2002-10-14BratislavaR32hardLaura Granville4-6 7-5 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Granville L.serving70% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Black C.

Black C.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Granville L.

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
Granville L.Black C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
45%
Service points won·Even
56%
53%
Return points won·Even
42%
43%
Break points saved·Even
57%
53%
Aces / match·Even
1.6
1.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.3
3.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (71 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
21°CPartly cloudy
Wind 10 km/hHumidity 53%

Draw

Final
Daniilidou E.
Cho Y.
6-44-67-62
Semi-finals
Cho Y.
Smashnova A.
7-622-2
Daniilidou E.
Gagliardi E.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Cho Y.
Zvonareva V.
7-631-66-3
Smashnova A.
Craybas J.
6-36-1
Daniilidou E.
Suarez P.
1-66-17-64
Gagliardi E.
Granville L.
3-66-36-4
R16
Daniilidou E.
Muller M.
6-36-0
Smashnova A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-37-63
Cho Y.
Fernandez C.
7-56-2
Gagliardi E.
Harkleroad A.
6-21-67-65
Suarez P.
Pierce M.
4-66-46-4
Zvonareva V.
Barna A.
6-36-4
Granville L.
Black C.
6-36-2
Craybas J.
Tu M.
6-46-4
R32
Zvonareva V.
Panova T.
6-46-1
Harkleroad A.
Kremer A.
6-36-0
Daniilidou E.
Asagoe S.
6-36-2
Muller M.
Baker L.
7-54-66-2
Pierce M.
Roesch A.
6-47-5
Suarez P.
Camerin M.
6-16-0
Barna A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-37-68
Cho Y.
Wartusch P.
6-786-26-0
Tu M.
Sucha M.
7-53-66-2
Likhovtseva E.
Nagyova H.
6-46-2
Smashnova A.
Obziler T.
6-46-3
Fernandez C.
Voracova R.
7-615-76-4
Black C.
Husarova J.
6-16-2
Granville L.
Stephens S.
6-26-1
Gagliardi E.
Grande R.
7-626-1
Craybas J.
Srebotnik K.
7-626-4