Anastasia Myskina vs Anna Smashnova — Moscow Semi-final

Moscow · WTA · Semi-final
RUS
Anastasia Myskina
45 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 September 2003
hard
ISR
Anna Smashnova
49 yrs · 157 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Myskina A.
6-2 6-0
Smashnova A.
Myskina A.
662
Smashnova A.
20–

Anastasia Myskina defeated Anna Smashnova 6-2 6-0 in the Moscow semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Anna Smashnova came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Anastasia Myskina claimed a first win over Anna Smashnova in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-08-18New HavenR32hardAnna Smashnova6-3 6-7(2) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Myskina A.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Smashnova A.

Smashnova A.serving46% hold

wins 48% of points on serve vs Myskina 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
Myskina A.Smashnova A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
58%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
61%
54%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
46%
41%
Service points won·Slight edge
55%
50%
Return points won·Even
48%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
48%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.9
0.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.6
4.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (75 vs 26). 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