Anabel Medina Garrigues vs Nathalie Dechy — Strasbourg Semi-final

Strasbourg · WTA · Semi-final
ESP
Anabel Medina Garrigues
43 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 May 2005
clay
FRA
Nathalie Dechy
47 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Medina Garrigues A.
6-4 6-1
Dechy N.
Medina Garrigues A.
662
Dechy N.
41–

Anabel Medina Garrigues defeated Nathalie Dechy 6-4 6-1 in the Strasbourg semi-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Nathalie Dechy came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Anabel Medina Garrigues narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2004-11-24Fed Cup WG SF: FRA vs ESPRRcarpetNathalie Dechy6-3 6-1
2004-06-21WimbledonR128grassNathalie Dechy6-3 6-4
2002-01-14Australian OpenR32hardAnabel Medina Garrigues6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Medina Garrigues A.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Dechy N.

Dechy N.serving57% hold

wins 53% of points on serve vs Medina Garrigues A.

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
Medina Garrigues A.Dechy N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
65%
70%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
43%
Service points won·Even
55%
55%
Return points won·Even
46%
43%
Break points saved·Even
52%
54%
Aces / match·Even
1.2
1.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.5
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 117). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Medina Garrigues A.Dechy N.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
26
42
Break points saved·Clear edge
48
66
Break points won·Slight edge
75
64
Deciding sets·Dominant
22
57
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
60
47

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Medina Garrigues A.
Domachowska M.
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Domachowska M.
Randriantefy D.
6-36-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Dechy N.
6-46-1
Quarter-finals
Randriantefy D.
Sprem K.
6-44-66-4
Dechy N.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-33-66-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Dushevina V.
6-727-56-1
Domachowska M.
Peng S.
4-67-56-2
R16
Cohen Aloro S.
Suarez P.
W/O
Peng S.
Golovin T.
6-43-67-5
Dechy N.
Benesova I.
6-36-2
Sprem K.
Zheng J.
6-46-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Frazier A.
4-66-36-2
Dushevina V.
Loit E.
6-36-1
Randriantefy D.
Vakulenko J.
6-36-4
Domachowska M.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-727-5
R32
Frazier A.
Schaul C.
6-36-3
Randriantefy D.
Farina Elia S.
6-27-5
Sugiyama A.
Sromova H.
6-36-2
Suarez P.
Razzano V.
6-17-61
Loit E.
Weingartner M.
3-67-56-2
Sprem K.
Sucha M.
7-55-77-5
Zheng J.
Rubin C.
6-46-2
Vakulenko J.
Srebotnik K.
7-56-4
Cohen Aloro S.
Kachlikova K.
6-37-61
Benesova I.
Rao S.
6-16-4
Domachowska M.
Gussoni N.
6-14-66-3
Dushevina V.
Asagoe S.
6-26-4
Medina Garrigues A.
Stosur S.
7-636-1
Peng S.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-0