Elena Likhovtseva vs Roberta Vinci — Doha Round of 32

Doha · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Elena Likhovtseva
50 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 March 2004
hard
ITA
Roberta Vinci
43 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLWWWLW
Likhovtseva E.
6-3 6-2
Vinci R.
Likhovtseva E.
662
Vinci R.
32–

Elena Likhovtseva defeated Roberta Vinci 6-3 6-2 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The result followed the form book — Elena Likhovtseva came in defending last year's final. Elena Likhovtseva extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-02-27DohaR32hardRoberta Vinci6-4 6-4
2002-06-24WimbledonR128grassElena Likhovtseva6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Likhovtseva E.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Vinci R.

Vinci R.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Likhovtseva E.

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
Likhovtseva E.Vinci R.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
55%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Even
53%
55%
Aces / match·Even
1.9
2.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.5
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (76 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Likhovtseva E.Vinci R.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
48
56
Break points saved·Even
67
64
Break points won·Slight edge
61
72
Deciding sets·Clear edge
63
75
Tiebreaks·
—
63

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

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