Saori Obata vs Jelena Kostanic Tosic — Tashkent Quarter-final

Tashkent · WTA · Quarter-final
JPN
Saori Obata
48 yrs · 165 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 October 2003
hard
CRO
Jelena Kostanic Tosic
45 yrs · 168 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Obata S.
5-7 6-0 6-4
Kostanic Tosic J.
Obata S.
5662
Kostanic Tosic J.
7041

Saori Obata defeated Jelena Kostanic Tosic 5-7 6-0 6-4 in the Tashkent quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Jelena Kostanic Tosic came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Saori Obata had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 5 on hard. Saori Obata claimed a first win over Jelena Kostanic Tosic in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-09-30Japan OpenR32hardJelena Kostanic Tosic6-4 7-6(3)

Serve vs return

This season
Obata S.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Kostanic Tosic J.

Kostanic Tosic J.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Obata S.

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
Obata S.Kostanic Tosic J.
1st serve in·Even
70%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
41%
45%
Service points won·Even
52%
54%
Return points won·Slight edge
45%
39%
Break points saved·Slight edge
46%
53%
Aces / match·Even
1.1
1.3
Double faults / match·Even
3.4
3.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (15 vs 47). 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