Saori Obata vs Julia Vakulenko — Tokyo Round of 32

Tokyo · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Saori Obata
48 yrs · 165 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLW
0 — 0
Sets
Tuesday, 3 February 2004
hard
UKR
Julia Vakulenko
43 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLW
Obata S.
7-5 6-3
Vakulenko J.
Obata S.
762
Vakulenko J.
53–

Saori Obata defeated Julia Vakulenko 7-5 6-3 in the Tokyo round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Saori Obata came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 32. Saori Obata extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

  • Match story: Saori Obata closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–3.

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-11-03PattayaR32hardSaori Obata6-4 2-6 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Obata S.serving61% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Vakulenko J.

Vakulenko J.serving64% hold

wins 56% 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.Vakulenko J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
70%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
57%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
39%
42%
Service points won·Even
52%
55%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
45%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.3
3.1
Double faults / match·Even
3.7
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (10 vs 66). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
9°COvercast
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 79%

Draw

Final
Davenport L.
Maleeva M.
6-46-1
Semi-finals
Davenport L.
Dokic J.
6-16-0
Maleeva M.
Rubin C.
W/O
Quarter-finals
Dokic J.
Panova T.
6-16-1
Davenport L.
Hantuchova D.
6-26-2
Maleeva M.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-1
Rubin C.
Williams V.
W/O
R16
Panova T.
Dementieva E.
7-656-3
Hantuchova D.
Sharapova M.
7-666-1
Davenport L.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-26-1
Dokic J.
Husarova J.
7-676-726-1
Maleeva M.
Granville L.
6-16-3
Sugiyama A.
Callens E.
6-36-3
Rubin C.
Morigami A.
7-56-736-3
Williams V.
Obata S.
6-36-4
R32
Morigami A.
Asagoe S.
6-47-65
Rubin C.
Grande R.
6-36-0
Callens E.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-36-4
Maleeva M.
Raymond L.
4-66-26-3
Hantuchova D.
Molik A.
6-16-777-5
Sharapova M.
Yoshida Y.
6-16-1
Granville L.
Jidkova A.
7-56-2
Panova T.
Zheng J.
6-46-3
Husarova J.
Tanasugarn T.
7-686-3
Dokic J.
Black C.
3-67-656-1
Vento Kabchi M.
Likhovtseva E.
6-37-65
Obata S.
Vakulenko J.
7-56-3