Anastasia Myskina vs Elena Likhovtseva — Doha Final

Doha · WTA · Final
RUS
Anastasia Myskina
45 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 February 2003
hard
RUS
Elena Likhovtseva
50 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Myskina A.
6-3 6-1
Likhovtseva E.
Myskina A.
662
Likhovtseva E.
31–

Anastasia Myskina defeated Elena Likhovtseva 6-3 6-1 in the Doha final on hard. The result followed the form book — Anastasia Myskina came in leading the head-to-head 4–3, defending last year's quarter-final. Anastasia Myskina extended the head-to-head to 5–3.

Key context

Head to head

4–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-01-30TokyoQFhardAnastasia Myskina4-6 6-2 6-3
2005-08-29US OpenR32hardElena Likhovtseva0-6 6-3 7-6(6)
2004-10-11MoscowR16hardAnastasia Myskina2-6 6-1 6-0
2004-10-04FilderstadtQFhardAnastasia Myskina4-6 6-0 6-2
2004-08-02MontrealSFhardElena Likhovtseva6-3 5-7 6-4
2004-05-10RomeR32clayElena Likhovtseva7-5 1-6 6-3
2004-03-01DohaR16hardAnastasia Myskina6-1 3-6 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Myskina A.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Likhovtseva E.

Likhovtseva E.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Myskina A.

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
Myskina A.Likhovtseva E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
45%
Service points won·Even
55%
55%
Return points won·Even
48%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Even
1.9
2.0
Double faults / match·Even
3.6
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (75 vs 83). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Myskina A.Likhovtseva E.
Clutch Rating·Even
45
48
Break points saved·Even
66
67
Break points won·Even
63
61
Deciding sets·Slight edge
58
63
Tiebreaks·
57
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
23°COvercast
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 56%

Draw

Final
Myskina A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Myskina A.
Wartusch P.
6-36-3
Likhovtseva E.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-46-3
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