Shinobu Asagoe vs Maria Sharapova — Birmingham Semi-final

Birmingham · WTA · Semi-final
JPN
Shinobu Asagoe
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 June 2003
grass
RUS
Maria Sharapova
39 yrs · 188 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLLWL
Asagoe S.
6-2 2-6 7-6
Sharapova M.
Asagoe S.
62772
Sharapova M.
26631

Shinobu Asagoe defeated Maria Sharapova 6-2 2-6 7-6 in the Birmingham semi-final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Maria Sharapova came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Shinobu Asagoe claimed a first win over Maria Sharapova in five meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Shinobu Asagoe closed it out in three sets, 6–2 2–6 7–6.

Head to head

0–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-09-19BeijingQFhardMaria Sharapova6-4 6-1
2005-03-23MiamiR16hardMaria Sharapova6-1 6-2
2005-02-01TokyoSFhardMaria Sharapova6-4 7-6(3)
2004-03-24MiamiR64hardMaria Sharapova6-2 3-6 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Asagoe S.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Sharapova M.

Sharapova M.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Asagoe S.

Serve advantage — Sharapova M.

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
Asagoe S.Sharapova M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
68%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
59%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
54%
60%
Return points won·Even
44%
47%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
58%
Aces / match·Dominant
1.0
4.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.8
5.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (39 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Maleeva M.
Asagoe S.
6-16-4
Semi-finals
Maleeva M.
Daniilidou E.
6-35-76-4
Asagoe S.
Sharapova M.
6-22-67-63
Quarter-finals
Maleeva M.
Foretz Gacon S.
6-756-26-3
Sharapova M.
Dementieva E.
2-67-646-2
Asagoe S.
Vento Kabchi M.
4-66-27-63
Daniilidou E.
Tanasugarn T.
3-67-657-64
R16
Foretz Gacon S.
Perebiynis T.
6-37-64
Vento Kabchi M.
Razzano V.
6-36-3
Asagoe S.
Callens E.
7-676-1
Sharapova M.
Mikaelian M.
6-07-5
Dementieva E.
Bartoli M.
4-66-36-4
Daniilidou E.
Pisnik T.
6-41-66-2
Tanasugarn T.
Raymond L.
6-26-2
Maleeva M.
Cho Y.
6-15-76-1
R32
Foretz Gacon S.
Likhovtseva E.
6-36-4
Perebiynis T.
Granville L.
6-02-66-4
Mikaelian M.
Ondraskova Z.
6-16-2
Dementieva E.
Snyder T.
7-56-1
Razzano V.
Stevenson A.
3-67-56-3
Sharapova M.
Dechy N.
6-36-2
Daniilidou E.
Tu M.
7-56-1
Callens E.
Widjaja A.
6-13-66-2
Pisnik T.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-26-4
Asagoe S.
Bovina E.
6-36-3
Tanasugarn T.
Vinci R.
6-46-2
Raymond L.
Rodionova A.
6-36-3
Maleeva M.
Odonoghue J.
6-26-4
Cho Y.
Craybas J.
7-57-5
Vento Kabchi M.
Lee J.
2-67-56-2
Bartoli M.
Dominikovic E.
W/O
R64
Bartoli M.
Loit E.
6-16-3
Tu M.
Yoshida Y.
6-46-2
Serra Zanetti A.
Randriantefy D.
6-46-3
Pisnik T.
Obata S.
6-15-76-2
Tanasugarn T.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-46-2
Vinci R.
Molik A.
6-23-66-3
Rodionova A.
Talaja S.
6-36-1
Craybas J.
Webb V.
6-43-66-2
Cho Y.
Gagliardi E.
6-42-66-4
Granville L.
Cargill A.
6-26-2
Perebiynis T.
Black C.
7-56-1
Foretz Gacon S.
Dulko G.
6-36-2
Razzano V.
Lee Waters L.
2-66-26-3
Lee J.
Weingartner M.
7-56-2
Vento Kabchi M.
Bedanova D.
6-24-67-62
Callens E.
Pratt N.
6-36-2
Widjaja A.
Prakusya W.
6-36-757-5
Asagoe S.
Reeves S.
6-17-5
Sharapova M.
Kulikovskaya E.
6-16-1
Ondraskova Z.
Morigami A.
6-23-67-5
Mikaelian M.
Osterloh L.
6-47-5
Dominikovic E.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-726-17-63
Snyder T.
Morariu C.
6-27-65
Odonoghue J.
Baltacha E.
6-747-51-0