Virginia Ruano Pascual vs Saori Obata — Tashkent Final

Tashkent · WTA · Final
ESP
Virginia Ruano Pascual
52 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 6 October 2003
hard
JPN
Saori Obata
48 yrs · 165 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLW
Ruano Pascual V.
6-2 7-6
Obata S.
Ruano Pascual V.
6772
Obata S.
262–

Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated Saori Obata 6-2 7-6 in the Tashkent final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Saori Obata came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Virginia Ruano Pascual claimed a first win over Saori Obata in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-01-06CanberraR32hardSaori Obata6-1 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Ruano Pascual V.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Obata S.

Obata S.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Ruano Pascual V.

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
Ruano Pascual V.Obata S.
1st serve in·Even
71%
70%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
56%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
41%
Service points won·Even
52%
52%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
50%
46%
Aces / match·Even
0.6
1.1
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.1
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (81 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Ruano Pascual V.
Obata S.
6-27-62
Semi-finals
Ruano Pascual V.
Parra Santonja A.
6-34-67-63
Obata S.
Gagliardi E.
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Gagliardi E.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-26-4
Obata S.
Kostanic Tosic J.
5-76-06-4
Ruano Pascual V.
Craybas J.
6-26-1
Parra Santonja A.
Skavronskaia L.
6-36-4
R16
Serra Zanetti A.
Pennetta F.
6-47-5
Parra Santonja A.
Mandula P.
7-56-1
Skavronskaia L.
Widjaja A.
7-636-1
Ruano Pascual V.
Foretz Gacon S.
6-36-1
Gagliardi E.
Wartusch P.
6-17-64
Craybas J.
Beygelzimer Y.
4-67-656-3
Kostanic Tosic J.
Kirilenko M.
6-47-5
Obata S.
Zheng J.
6-16-1
R32
Gagliardi E.
Rodionova A.
6-26-4
Wartusch P.
Barabanschikova O.
7-56-1
Serra Zanetti A.
Okamoto S.
6-36-0
Pennetta F.
Garbin T.
6-33-66-2
Obata S.
Poutchek T.
6-36-2
Mandula P.
Amanmuradova A.
6-47-63
Foretz Gacon S.
Voracova R.
6-44-0
Kostanic Tosic J.
Fislova E.
6-16-2
Kirilenko M.
Obziler T.
3-67-616-4
Widjaja A.
Schaul C.
6-756-47-65
Skavronskaia L.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-16-2
Parra Santonja A.
Sucha M.
6-46-4
Zheng J.
Israilova I.
6-47-5
Ruano Pascual V.
Barna A.
6-26-3
Beygelzimer Y.
Goloviznina M.
6-36-3
Craybas J.
Kulikovskaya E.
6-16-1