Justine Henin vs Jennifer Capriati — Dubai Semi-final

Dubai · WTA · Semi-final
BEL
Justine Henin
44 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWWWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 February 2003
hard
USA
Jennifer Capriati
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWWWLW
Henin J.
7-5 4-6 6-4
Capriati J.
Henin J.
7462
Capriati J.
5641

Justine Henin defeated Jennifer Capriati 7-5 4-6 6-4 in the Dubai semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Justine Henin came in leading the head-to-head 4–2. Justine Henin extended the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

4–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-11-05WTA Tour ChampionshipsRRcarpetJustine Henin6-2 6-1
2003-08-25US OpenSFhardJustine Henin4-6 7-5 7-6(4)
2002-08-12MontrealQFhardJennifer Capriati4-6 6-0 6-2
2002-05-06BerlinSFgrassJustine Henin5-7 6-2 6-1
2001-06-25WimbledonSFgrassJustine Henin2-6 6-4 6-2
2001-05-07BerlinSFgrassJennifer Capriati6-2 4-6 2-1 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Henin J.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Capriati J.

Capriati J.serving68% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Henin J.

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
Henin J.Capriati J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
54%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
51%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
49%
49%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
54%
Aces / match·Even
3.0
2.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.5
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 31). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 49 km/hHumidity 32%

Draw

Final
Henin J.
Seles M.
4-67-647-5
Semi-finals
Seles M.
Mauresmo A.
6-32-2
Henin J.
Capriati J.
7-54-66-4
Quarter-finals
Mauresmo A.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-26-4
Seles M.
Tulyaganova I.
6-17-5
Capriati J.
Martinez C.
6-26-3
Henin J.
Myskina A.
6-16-4
R16
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Schnyder P.
6-1
Tulyaganova I.
Maleeva M.
7-627-5
Mauresmo A.
Mandula P.
6-22-67-65
Capriati J.
Kuznetsova S.
6-26-1
Myskina A.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-2
Martinez C.
Daniilidou E.
6-46-776-2
Seles M.
Schiavone F.
6-36-2
Henin J.
Barna A.
1-66-26-4
R32
Mandula P.
Black C.
6-07-5
Kuznetsova S.
Majoli I.
7-626-2
Daniilidou E.
Sfar S.
7-626-2
Schnyder P.
Pratt N.
6-47-5
Tulyaganova I.
Leon Garcia G.
6-34-67-64
Maleeva M.
Gagliardi E.
7-56-2
Martinez C.
Grande R.
6-36-2
Tanasugarn T.
Widjaja A.
5-77-56-4
Schiavone F.
Panova T.
6-46-0
Myskina A.
Safina D.
6-46-3
Krasnoroutskaya L.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-36-0
Barna A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-0