Elena Bovina vs Anna Smashnova — Tokyo Round of 32

Tokyo · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Elena Bovina
43 yrs · 189 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 27 January 2003
hard
ISR
Anna Smashnova
49 yrs · 157 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Bovina E.
6-2 3-6 6-3
Smashnova A.
Bovina E.
6362
Smashnova A.
2631

Elena Bovina defeated Anna Smashnova 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the Tokyo round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Anna Smashnova came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 16. Elena Bovina claimed a first win over Anna Smashnova in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Elena Bovina closed it out in three sets, 6–2 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-09-29MoscowQFhardAnna Smashnova6-4 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Bovina E.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Smashnova A.

Smashnova A.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Bovina 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. About

Statistics

This season
Bovina E.Smashnova A.
1st serve in·Even
67%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
61%
54%
2nd serve points won·Even
40%
41%
Service points won·Even
54%
50%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
49%
48%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.6
0.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.9
4.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (41 vs 26). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
5°CDrizzle
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 86%

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Seles M.
6-766-16-2
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Rubin C.
4-66-46-2
Davenport L.
Raymond L.
3-66-16-4
Quarter-finals
Raymond L.
Dokic J.
6-46-2
Davenport L.
Tanasugarn T.
7-57-63
Rubin C.
Dementieva E.
3-66-16-3
Seles M.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-46-4
R16
Seles M.
Sugiyama A.
7-55-76-1
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Bovina E.
6-7107-676-2
Tanasugarn T.
Farina Elia S.
6-747-56-1
Rubin C.
Srebotnik K.
6-46-0
Dementieva E.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-26-2
Dokic J.
Widjaja A.
7-646-4
Raymond L.
Maleeva M.
2-67-676-2
Davenport L.
Majoli I.
6-46-4
R32
Raymond L.
Suarez P.
6-14-67-5
Srebotnik K.
Coetzer A.
6-47-5
Cohen Aloro S.
Panova T.
6-06-3
Sugiyama A.
Grande R.
6-14-66-2
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Petrova N.
3-66-36-3
Dementieva E.
Shaughnessy M.
7-56-2
Farina Elia S.
Pierce M.
3-66-16-0
Tanasugarn T.
Fernandez C.
7-616-2
Widjaja A.
Jeon M.
6-36-3
Bovina E.
Smashnova A.
6-23-66-3
Majoli I.
Stevenson A.
6-36-3
Maleeva M.
Obata S.
6-36-3