Alicia Molik vs Rita Grande — Luxembourg Round of 32

Luxembourg · WTA · Round of 32
AUS
Alicia Molik
45 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLLWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 20 October 2003
hard
ITA
Rita Grande
51 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWLLL
Molik A.
6-3 6-3
Grande R.
Molik A.
662
Grande R.
33–

Alicia Molik defeated Rita Grande 6-3 6-3 in the Luxembourg round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Rita Grande came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Alicia Molik claimed a first win over Rita Grande in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-08-04Los AngelesR64hardRita Grande6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Molik A.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Grande R.

Grande R.serving79% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Molik A.

Serve advantage — Grande R.

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
Molik A.Grande R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
69%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
42%
Service points won·Even
58%
56%
Return points won·Even
39%
43%
Break points saved·Even
57%
58%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.4
1.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.9
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (89 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Rubin C.
6-27-5
Semi-finals
Rubin C.
Weingartner M.
6-27-5
Clijsters K.
Sharapova M.
6-06-3
Quarter-finals
Rubin C.
Molik A.
5-75-4
Weingartner M.
Daniilidou E.
6-26-1
Sharapova M.
Barna A.
4-66-36-2
Clijsters K.
Loit E.
6-47-5
R16
Clijsters K.
Schaul C.
6-36-1
Rubin C.
Foretz Gacon S.
3-66-46-3
Molik A.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-46-1
Daniilidou E.
Black C.
6-46-1
Weingartner M.
Sequera M.
6-16-4
Sharapova M.
Arvidsson S.
6-17-64
Barna A.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-4
Loit E.
Granville L.
6-36-3
R32
Molik A.
Grande R.
6-36-3
Daniilidou E.
Cohen Aloro S.
7-656-2
Black C.
Vakulenko J.
6-16-4
Weingartner M.
Gagliardi E.
6-36-3
Sharapova M.
Flipkens K.
6-27-67
Sequera M.
Srebotnik K.
7-56-3
Arvidsson S.
Ashley T.
6-36-0
Foretz Gacon S.
Rittner B.
6-16-2
Medina Garrigues A.
Tatarkova E.
2-66-06-1
Barna A.
Pratt N.
6-36-4
Granville L.
Pennetta F.
5-77-56-3
Tanasugarn T.
Clijsters E.
6-26-3
Schaul C.
Ruano Pascual V.
7-666-4
Loit E.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-36-2