Cara Black vs Rita Grande — New Haven Round of 32

New Haven · WTA · Round of 32
ZIM
Cara Black
47 yrs · 167 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 August 2003
hard
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLL
Black C.
6-2 6-1
Grande R.
Black C.
662
Grande R.
21–

Cara Black defeated Rita Grande 6-2 6-1 in the New Haven round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Cara Black came in leading the head-to-head 4–0. Cara Black extended the head-to-head to 5–0.

Key context

Head to head

4–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-06-07BirminghamR64grassCara Black6-7(6) 6-2 7-6(4)
2003-08-11TorontoR64hardCara Black6-2 2-6 6-3
2003-05-12RomeR64clayCara Black6-3 7-5
2001-03-08Indian WellsR64hardCara Black6-2 4-6 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Black C.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Grande R.

Grande R.serving70% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Black C.

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
Black C.Grande R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
69%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
42%
Service points won·Even
53%
56%
Return points won·Even
43%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
58%
Aces / match·Even
1.5
1.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.0
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (15 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Capriati J.
Davenport L.
6-24-0
Semi-finals
Capriati J.
Mauresmo A.
6-33-1
Davenport L.
Dementieva E.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Serna M.
6-07-5
Mauresmo A.
Sugiyama A.
6-46-4
Capriati J.
Smashnova A.
6-25-76-1
Dementieva E.
Black C.
6-16-1
R16
Black C.
Hantuchova D.
6-36-2
Serna M.
Maleeva M.
7-646-3
Davenport L.
Dokic J.
6-26-1
Mauresmo A.
Casanova M.
7-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Perebiynis T.
6-47-65
Capriati J.
Bovina E.
4-67-56-4
Smashnova A.
Zvonareva V.
0-67-656-2
Dementieva E.
Martinez C.
4-66-26-0
R32
Zvonareva V.
Taylor S.
6-26-0
Smashnova A.
Myskina A.
6-36-726-4
Martinez C.
Obata S.
6-26-2
Dementieva E.
Farina Elia S.
6-26-4
Black C.
Grande R.
6-26-1
Maleeva M.
Tanasugarn T.
5-76-46-4
Serna M.
Pisnik T.
0-66-46-2
Dokic J.
Shaughnessy M.
6-26-4
Casanova M.
Granville L.
6-16-1
Perebiynis T.
Harkleroad A.
6-17-63
Sugiyama A.
Raymond L.
3-66-27-5
Bovina E.
Molik A.
6-37-64