Yuka Yoshida vs Saori Obata — Hyderabad Round of 32

Hyderabad · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Yuka Yoshida
50 yrs · 161 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 February 2004
hard
JPN
Saori Obata
48 yrs · 165 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLW
Yoshida Y.
6-4 6-2
Obata S.
Yoshida Y.
662
Obata S.
42–

Yuka Yoshida defeated Saori Obata 6-4 6-2 in the Hyderabad round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Saori Obata came in defending last year's round of 16. Yuka Yoshida extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-09-27SeoulR32hardYuka Yoshida5-7 6-3 2-0 RET
2000-10-14ShanghaiR16hardSaori Obata7-6(7) 5-7 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Yoshida Y.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Obata S.

Obata S.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Yoshida Y.

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. Small sample — read as indicative. About

Statistics

This season
Yoshida Y.Obata S.
1st serve in·Clear edge
51%
70%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
45%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
41%
39%
Service points won·Slight edge
43%
52%
Return points won·Slight edge
38%
45%
Break points saved·Clear edge
67%
45%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
1.3
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
3.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (1 vs 10). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw

Final
Pratt N.
Kirilenko M.
7-636-1
Semi-finals
Pratt N.
Bartoli M.
4-67-636-2
Kirilenko M.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-2
Quarter-finals
Tanasugarn T.
Zheng J.
6-36-1
Pratt N.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-47-5
Bartoli M.
Jugic Salkic M.
7-56-2
Kirilenko M.
Widjaja A.
6-16-2
R16
Tanasugarn T.
Peer S.
6-36-2
Kirilenko M.
Yoshida Y.
6-26-3
Zheng J.
Poutchek T.
6-36-2
Bartoli M.
Fokina G.
6-26-4
Jugic Salkic M.
Kurhajcova L.
7-674-66-3
Pratt N.
Serra Zanetti A.
7-646-2
Kostanic Tosic J.
Dushevina V.
6-16-3
Widjaja A.
Camerin M.
6-36-4
R32
Tanasugarn T.
Kulikovskaya E.
6-46-0
Camerin M.
Rodionova A.
6-35-76-2
Widjaja A.
Schwartz B.
7-656-2
Poutchek T.
Dragomir Ilie R.
7-656-4
Peer S.
Sun T.
6-46-4
Fokina G.
Ehritt Vanc A.
6-26-746-1
Bartoli M.
Bhambri A.
6-16-1
Jugic Salkic M.
Yan Z.
3-66-46-1
Kurhajcova L.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-36-3
Pratt N.
Mirza S.
4-66-36-2
Serra Zanetti A.
Schruff J.
6-36-2
Dushevina V.
Groenefeld A.
6-36-2
Kostanic Tosic J.
Lakhani I.
6-34-66-2
Zheng J.
Beygelzimer Y.
6-47-65
Kirilenko M.
Uberoi N.
6-37-5
Yoshida Y.
Obata S.
6-46-2