Evgenia Linetskaya vs Flavia PennettaRome Round of 32

Rome · WTA · Round of 32
39 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 May 2005
clay
44 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Linetskaya E.
6-2 4-6 7-6
Pennetta F.
Linetskaya E.
64772
Pennetta F.
26651

Evgenia Linetskaya defeated Flavia Pennetta 6-2 4-6 7-6 in the Rome round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Flavia Pennetta came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Linetskaya E.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Pennetta F.

Pennetta F.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Linetskaya 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
1st serve in·Even
57%
54%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
47%
45%
Break points saved·Even
59%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.6
3.2
Double faults / match·Even
3.2
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (15 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
19°CMainly clear
Wind 17 km/hHumidity 63%

Draw