Nathalie Dechy vs Sandrine Testud — Doha Round of 16

Doha · WTA · Round of 16
FRA
Nathalie Dechy
47 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 1 March 2004
hard
FRA
Sandrine Testud
54 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLLW
Dechy N.
6-2 5-7 6-3
Testud S.
Dechy N.
6562
Testud S.
2731

Nathalie Dechy defeated Sandrine Testud 6-2 5-7 6-3 in the Doha round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Nathalie Dechy came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Nathalie Dechy extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Nathalie Dechy closed it out in three sets, 6–2 5–7 6–3.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-01-14Australian OpenR128hardNathalie Dechy7-5 4-6 6-3
1999-02-22ParisR32carpetNathalie Dechy7-5 6-2
1998-10-20Kremlin CupR32carpetSandrine Testud6-2 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Dechy N.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Testud S.

Testud S.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Dechy N.

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
Dechy N.Testud S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
70%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
60%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
44%
28%
Service points won·Slight edge
55%
49%
Return points won·Even
43%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
55%
62%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.5
0.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.4
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (125 vs 1). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
26°CClear
Wind 18 km/hHumidity 33%

Draw

Final
Myskina A.
Kuznetsova S.
4-66-46-4
Semi-finals
Myskina A.
Capriati J.
6-26-2
Kuznetsova S.
Henin J.
6-24-66-3
Quarter-finals
Henin J.
Dechy N.
6-17-5
Kuznetsova S.
Shaughnessy M.
4-66-16-3
Myskina A.
Zheng J.
6-27-5
Capriati J.
Farina Elia S.
7-666-1
R16
Kuznetsova S.
Barna A.
6-26-3
Capriati J.
Li T.
7-646-1
Farina Elia S.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-36-3
Henin J.
Vento Kabchi M.
7-56-3
Dechy N.
Testud S.
6-25-76-3
Zheng J.
Dokic J.
6-46-1
Myskina A.
Likhovtseva E.
6-13-66-1
Shaughnessy M.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-2
R32
Barna A.
Martinez C.
4-66-46-2
Shaughnessy M.
Molik A.
6-46-3
Kuznetsova S.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-16-1
Li T.
Callens E.
1-66-36-4
Kostanic Tosic J.
Widjaja A.
2-66-26-4
Likhovtseva E.
Vinci R.
6-36-2
Farina Elia S.
Krasnoroutskaya L.
6-36-3
Zheng J.
Gehrlein S.
6-26-3
Dokic J.
Pratt N.
0-66-36-4
Vento Kabchi M.
Sun T.
7-56-2
Dechy N.
Dushevina V.
6-17-5
Testud S.
Serna M.
6-36-2