Elena Likhovtseva vs Cara Black — Doha Round of 32
Doha · WTA · Round of 32
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 February 2003
hard
Likhovtseva E.6-2 6-4
Black C.
Likhovtseva E.
662
Black C.
24–
Elena Likhovtseva defeated Cara Black 6-2 6-4 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Cara Black came in leading the head-to-head 4–3. Elena Likhovtseva narrowed the head-to-head to 4–4.
Key context
- Match story: Elena Likhovtseva dropped just 6 games past Cara Black.
Head to head
3–4| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-09-10 | Waikoloa | QF | hard | Cara Black | 6-4 6-0 |
| 2002-06-10 | Birmingham | R32 | grass | Elena Likhovtseva | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2002-05-13 | Rome | R64 | clay | Elena Likhovtseva | 7-5 4-6 6-4 |
| 2001-01-07 | Hobart | QF | hard | Cara Black | 1-6 6-4 6-4 |
| 2000-01-03 | Auckland | QF | hard | Cara Black | 6-3 7-5 |
| 1998-08-10 | Boston | QF | hard | Cara Black | 1-6 6-1 6-2 |
| 1998-05-25 | Roland Garros | R64 | clay | Elena Likhovtseva | 7-5 7-5 |
Serve vs return
This seasonBaseline 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 season1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
45%
Service points won·Even
55%
53%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Even
54%
53%
Aces / match·Even
2.0
1.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.6
3.0
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (83 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Conditions
Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
23°COvercast
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 56%
Draw
Quarter-finals
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Martinez C.
7-654-0
Myskina A.
Safina D.
6-27-5
Likhovtseva E.
Maleeva M.
6-46-2
Wartusch P.
Pratt N.
0-66-26-4
R16
Maleeva M.
Sucha M.
6-46-2
Pratt N.
Widjaja A.
4-66-46-1
Myskina A.
Pierce M.
7-56-4
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Seles M.
7-57-5
Martinez C.
Ahl L.
6-06-2
Likhovtseva E.
Tulyaganova I.
6-16-4
Wartusch P.
Vento Kabchi M.
0-66-36-4
Safina D.
Kuznetsova S.
6-46-3
R32
Maleeva M.
De Los Rios R.
6-26-1
Martinez C.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-26-2
Wartusch P.
Parra Santonja A.
6-36-1
Tulyaganova I.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-37-63
Ahl L.
Muller M.
7-654-66-3
Kuznetsova S.
Schiavone F.
6-26-3
Safina D.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-27-66
Pratt N.
Sun T.
6-32-66-3
Pierce M.
Barna A.
6-22-66-3
Vento Kabchi M.
Tanasugarn T.
6-26-2
Widjaja A.
Talaja S.
7-646-4
Sucha M.
Gagliardi E.
6-46-786-4
Likhovtseva E.
Black C.
6-26-4
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Zheng J.
6-36-2