Virginia Ruano Pascual vs Arantxa Parra Santonja — Tashkent Semi-final

Tashkent · WTA · Semi-final
ESP
Virginia Ruano Pascual
52 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 October 2003
hard
ESP
Arantxa Parra Santonja
43 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLW
Ruano Pascual V.
6-3 4-6 7-6
Parra Santonja A.
Ruano Pascual V.
64772
Parra Santonja A.
36631

Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-3 4-6 7-6 in the Tashkent semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Arantxa Parra Santonja came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Virginia Ruano Pascual claimed a first win over Arantxa Parra Santonja in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2010-05-10MadridR64clayArantxa Parra Santonja6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Ruano Pascual V.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Parra Santonja A.

Parra Santonja A.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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.Parra Santonja A.
1st serve in·Clear edge
71%
49%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
56%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
44%
Service points won·Even
52%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
42%
Break points saved·Even
50%
53%
Aces / match·Dominant
0.6
3.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.1
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (81 vs 92). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Ruano Pascual V.Parra Santonja A.
Clutch Rating·Even
36
35
Break points saved·Slight edge
56
63
Break points won·Slight edge
60
49
Deciding sets·Even
51
51
Tiebreaks·
—
—

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

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