Anna Smashnova vs Elena Bovina — Moscow Quarter-final

Moscow · WTA · Quarter-final
ISR
Anna Smashnova
49 yrs · 157 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2003
hard
RUS
Elena Bovina
43 yrs · 189 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
Smashnova A.
6-4 6-4
Bovina E.
Smashnova A.
662
Bovina E.
44–

Anna Smashnova defeated Elena Bovina 6-4 6-4 in the Moscow quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elena Bovina came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's quarter-final, but Anna Smashnova had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 7 on hard. Anna Smashnova claimed a first win over Elena Bovina in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Anna Smashnova edged a tight contest from start to finish — 6–4 6–4.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-01-27TokyoR32hardElena Bovina6-2 3-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Smashnova A.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Bovina E.

Bovina E.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Smashnova A.

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
Smashnova A.Bovina E.
1st serve in·Even
68%
67%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
54%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
41%
40%
Service points won·Even
50%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
48%
49%
Aces / match·Clear edge
0.2
2.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.3
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (26 vs 41). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Myskina A.
Mauresmo A.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Mauresmo A.
Dementieva E.
6-46-1
Myskina A.
Smashnova A.
6-26-0
Quarter-finals
Myskina A.
Daniilidou E.
6-36-0
Smashnova A.
Bovina E.
6-46-4
Dementieva E.
Schiavone F.
6-12-1
Mauresmo A.
Zvonareva V.
6-43-66-2
R16
Daniilidou E.
Pisnik T.
6-33-66-4
Mauresmo A.
Stevenson A.
3-66-46-3
Bovina E.
Capriati J.
4-66-47-63
Zvonareva V.
Dushevina V.
6-26-1
Dementieva E.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-26-3
Schiavone F.
Safina D.
7-57-63
Myskina A.
Serna M.
6-36-1
Smashnova A.
Kuznetsova S.
7-656-0
R32
Pisnik T.
Likhovtseva E.
6-46-3
Daniilidou E.
Shaughnessy M.
7-56-3
Kuznetsova S.
Weingartner M.
6-26-4
Bovina E.
Schnyder P.
6-46-2
Stevenson A.
Dokic J.
6-36-1
Dushevina V.
Raymond L.
6-27-64
Zvonareva V.
Coetzer A.
4-66-16-2
Kostanic Tosic J.
Perebiynis T.
6-26-2
Schiavone F.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
2-66-06-4
Safina D.
Maleeva M.
6-43-67-5
Smashnova A.
Petrova N.
6-36-3
Serna M.
Farina Elia S.
2-66-36-2