Paola Suarez vs Fabiola Zuluaga — Madrid Round of 16

Madrid · WTA · Round of 16
ARG
Paola Suarez
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWLWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 May 2003
clay
COL
Fabiola Zuluaga
47 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLLWLLL
Suarez P.
6-3 7-6
Zuluaga F.
Suarez P.
6772
Zuluaga F.
362–

Paola Suarez defeated Fabiola Zuluaga 6-3 7-6 in the Madrid round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Fabiola Zuluaga came in leading the head-to-head 4–2, defending last year's semi-final. Paola Suarez narrowed the head-to-head to 4–3.

Key context

  • Match story: Paola Suarez closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–6.

Head to head

2–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-08-15OlympicsR32hardFabiola Zuluaga4-6 7-6(4) 6-1
2004-05-10RomeR64clayPaola Suarez5-7 6-1 RET
2003-05-05BerlinR64grassFabiola Zuluaga6-3 6-1
2003-02-17BogotaSFclayFabiola Zuluaga6-0 5-7 6-3
2002-02-18BogotaQFclayFabiola Zuluaga6-2 6-4
1998-02-16BogotaQFclayPaola Suarez5-7 6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Suarez P.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Zuluaga F.

Zuluaga F.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Suarez P.

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
Suarez P.Zuluaga F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
66%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
49%
Service points won·Even
56%
59%
Return points won·Even
48%
45%
Break points saved·Even
59%
57%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.3
2.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (34 vs 27). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
24°CClear
Wind 14 km/hHumidity 44%

Draw

Final
Rubin C.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-45-76-4
Semi-finals
Rubin C.
Tulyaganova I.
6-06-4
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Schett B.
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Schett B.
Fernandez C.
6-26-3
Tulyaganova I.
Black C.
7-56-4
Rubin C.
Suarez P.
6-26-4
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Gagliardi E.
6-13-66-4
R16
Black C.
Widjaja A.
6-03-67-5
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Serna M.
6-36-2
Schett B.
Koukalova K.
6-22-66-4
Rubin C.
Lisjak I.
7-656-1
Tulyaganova I.
Frazier A.
6-46-1
Gagliardi E.
Stevenson A.
6-46-2
Fernandez C.
Martinez Granados C.
6-16-3
Suarez P.
Zuluaga F.
6-37-62
R32
Zuluaga F.
Husarova J.
6-45-76-3
Lisjak I.
Craybas J.
6-746-46-3
Koukalova K.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-24-66-1
Fernandez C.
De Los Rios R.
6-46-3
Serna M.
Wartusch P.
6-26-2
Frazier A.
Morigami A.
7-623-66-1
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
Pratt N.
6-34-66-4
Gagliardi E.
Molik A.
6-26-4
Widjaja A.
Castano C.
6-43-66-2
Black C.
Martinez C.
6-26-3
Tulyaganova I.
Pennetta F.
6-46-2
Schett B.
Grande R.
6-36-2
Martinez Granados C.
Marrero M.
6-757-636-4
Suarez P.
Taylor S.
6-23-0