Elena Dementieva vs Virginia Ruano Pascual — Indian Wells Round of 32

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Elena Dementieva
44 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Wednesday, 5 March 2003
hard
ESP
Virginia Ruano Pascual
52 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLW
Dementieva E.
6-3 6-7 6-3
Ruano Pascual V.
Dementieva E.
66162
Ruano Pascual V.
37731

Elena Dementieva defeated Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-3 6-7 6-3 in the Indian Wells round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Virginia Ruano Pascual came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 128. Elena Dementieva claimed a first win over Virginia Ruano Pascual in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-08-04Los AngelesR32hardVirginia Ruano Pascual6-3 5-7 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Dementieva E.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Ruano Pascual V.

Ruano Pascual V.serving47% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Dementieva 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
Dementieva E.Ruano Pascual V.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
71%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
64%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
57%
52%
Return points won·Slight edge
49%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
50%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.7
0.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.1
2.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 81). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Dementieva E.Ruano Pascual V.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
80
36
Break points saved·Dominant
86
56
Break points won·Dominant
92
60
Deciding sets·Dominant
87
51
Tiebreaks·
68
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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
17°CClear
Wind 8 km/hHumidity 34%

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Davenport L.
6-47-5
Semi-finals
Clijsters K.
Martinez C.
6-36-2
Davenport L.
Capriati J.
6-44-66-4
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Mauresmo A.
W/O
Martinez C.
Coetzer A.
6-26-1
Clijsters K.
Rubin C.
6-26-3
Capriati J.
Zvonareva V.
7-56-2
R16
Davenport L.
Bovina E.
6-46-3
Capriati J.
Dementieva E.
6-44-66-1
Clijsters K.
Dechy N.
6-33-66-1
Rubin C.
Sugiyama A.
0-66-46-4
Coetzer A.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-4
Mauresmo A.
Serna M.
6-26-3
Martinez C.
Gagliardi E.
6-16-2
Zvonareva V.
Shaughnessy M.
6-34-66-2
R32
Sugiyama A.
Maleeva M.
6-46-3
Dechy N.
Farina Elia S.
3-66-46-4
Dementieva E.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-36-716-3
Clijsters K.
Schiavone F.
7-56-4
Capriati J.
Chladkova D.
6-26-2
Martinez C.
Rittner B.
0-66-36-3
Gagliardi E.
Black C.
7-636-0
Mauresmo A.
Tanasugarn T.
6-35-76-2
Serna M.
Widjaja A.
7-56-2
Bovina E.
Reeves S.
6-16-0
Davenport L.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-0
Coetzer A.
Raymond L.
6-06-3
Hantuchova D.
Srebotnik K.
7-646-2
Zvonareva V.
Kuznetsova S.
3-67-656-4
Rubin C.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-16-3
Shaughnessy M.
Daniilidou E.
6-46-3
R64
Mauresmo A.
Casanova M.
6-46-0
Tanasugarn T.
Asagoe S.
6-26-0
Srebotnik K.
Callens E.
6-46-0
Raymond L.
Talaja S.
3-66-36-2
Coetzer A.
Koukalova K.
6-26-2
Black C.
Smashnova A.
7-636-3
Widjaja A.
Schnyder P.
6-46-2
Bovina E.
Cho Y.
6-45-76-1
Reeves S.
Suarez P.
4-66-36-4
Likhovtseva E.
Tu M.
6-26-2
Davenport L.
Bedanova D.
6-35-76-1
Kuznetsova S.
Myskina A.
6-46-776-3
Serna M.
Fernandez C.
3-66-46-1
Daniilidou E.
Foretz Gacon S.
7-56-4
Zvonareva V.
Majoli I.
6-13-66-2
Shaughnessy M.
Pennetta F.
6-36-766-3
Dementieva E.
Benesova I.
2-66-46-1
Capriati J.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-46-2
Chladkova D.
Granville L.
6-36-0
Ruano Pascual V.
Stevenson A.
6-46-4
Martinez C.
Razzano V.
5-77-656-3
Gagliardi E.
Panova T.
4-66-46-4
Clijsters K.
Zuluaga F.
6-37-5
Schiavone F.
Golovin T.
7-57-5
Farina Elia S.
Jidkova A.
6-46-0
Rubin C.
Bartoli M.
6-46-3
Hantuchova D.
Mandula P.
6-26-3
Rittner B.
Dokic J.
6-15-76-3
Kostanic Tosic J.
Husarova J.
6-36-746-2
Dechy N.
Kulikovskaya E.
6-26-1
Maleeva M.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-32-67-61
Sugiyama A.
Schaul C.
6-46-4
R128
Serna M.
Loit E.
6-46-3
Kostanic Tosic J.
Torrens Valero C.
4-66-46-2
Cho Y.
Sucha M.
6-16-3
Widjaja A.
Morigami A.
5-76-26-4
Bartoli M.
Nagyova H.
6-16-4
Asagoe S.
Tulyaganova I.
7-646-2
Mandula P.
Jankovic J.
6-46-2
Callens E.
Carlsson A.
2-66-46-4
Casanova M.
Muller M.
6-36-4
Rittner B.
Drake M.
3-66-47-65
Talaja S.
Kruger J.
6-23-66-2
Razzano V.
Cervanova L.
6-06-1
Koukalova K.
Marrero M.
6-46-3
Gagliardi E.
Lucic M.
7-56-3
Black C.
Taylor S.
6-06-4
Benesova I.
Pisnik T.
6-726-46-2
Foretz Gacon S.
Barna A.
7-52-67-5
Chladkova D.
Safina D.
0-67-647-62
Ruano Pascual V.
Irvin M.
6-36-0
Serra Zanetti A.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-736-36-3
Pennetta F.
Mattek Sands B.
6-04-66-1
Zuluaga F.
Craybas J.
2-66-36-2
Golovin T.
Dulko G.
6-26-3
Jidkova A.
Cacic S.
7-56-1
Kulikovskaya E.
Grande R.
6-46-1
Zvonareva V.
Poutchek T.
6-27-5
Cohen Aloro S.
Schett B.
4-66-16-3
Kuznetsova S.
Kirkland J.
6-36-0
Bedanova D.
Wartusch P.
6-36-2
Schaul C.
Peng S.
6-36-4
Reeves S.
Sharapova M.
6-31-66-0
Tu M.
Roesch A.
2-66-06-1