Elena Bovina vs Shinobu Asagoe — Doha Round of 32

Doha · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Elena Bovina
43 yrs · 189 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLLLLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 February 2005
hard
JPN
Shinobu Asagoe
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLW
Bovina E.
7-5 7-6
Asagoe S.
Bovina E.
7782
Asagoe S.
566–

Elena Bovina defeated Shinobu Asagoe 7-5 7-6 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Shinobu Asagoe came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Elena Bovina claimed a first win over Shinobu Asagoe in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-06-09BirminghamR32grassShinobu Asagoe6-3 6-3
2001-08-13TorontoR64hardShinobu Asagoe6-7(2) 6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Bovina E.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Asagoe S.

Asagoe S.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Bovina 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
Bovina E.Asagoe S.
1st serve in·Even
65%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
39%
41%
Service points won·Even
53%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
48%
53%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.8
1.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.4
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 21). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
24°CClear
Wind 24 km/hHumidity 47%

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Molik A.
4-66-16-4
Semi-finals
Molik A.
Mauresmo A.
7-6116-1
Sharapova M.
Hantuchova D.
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Hantuchova D.
Martinez C.
6-46-1
Molik A.
Schiavone F.
6-23-67-62
Mauresmo A.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-2
Sharapova M.
Bartoli M.
6-36-2
R16
Molik A.
Pratt N.
6-36-2
Sharapova M.
Dulko G.
6-16-1
Kirilenko M.
Schnyder P.
6-01-66-2
Martinez C.
Myskina A.
6-47-5
Bartoli M.
Kostanic Tosic J.
7-56-2
Schiavone F.
Sugiyama A.
6-22-66-2
Mauresmo A.
Ivanovic A.
2-66-26-4
Hantuchova D.
Bovina E.
6-03-66-3
R32
Kostanic Tosic J.
Camerin M.
3-67-56-3
Bartoli M.
Suarez P.
6-16-1
Ivanovic A.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-16-0
Schnyder P.
Li N.
7-53-67-5
Sugiyama A.
Stosur S.
6-26-3
Bovina E.
Asagoe S.
7-57-66
Martinez C.
Vinci R.
5-76-06-2
Kirilenko M.
Safarova L.
6-36-1
Hantuchova D.
Maleeva M.
4-66-46-3
Schiavone F.
Farina Elia S.
6-16-3
Pratt N.
Sfar S.
7-56-2
Dulko G.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-11-66-4