Shinobu Asagoe vs Meilen Tu — Birmingham Round of 32

Birmingham · WTA · Round of 32
JPN
Shinobu Asagoe
50 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 6 June 2005
grass
USA
Meilen Tu
48 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLW
Asagoe S.
6-1 4-6 6-1
Tu M.
Asagoe S.
6462
Tu M.
1611

Shinobu Asagoe defeated Meilen Tu 6-1 4-6 6-1 in the Birmingham round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Meilen Tu came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Shinobu Asagoe claimed a first win over Meilen Tu in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Shinobu Asagoe came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 4–6 6–1.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1999-04-12TokyoR16hardMeilen Tu2-6 6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Asagoe S.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Tu M.

Tu M.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Asagoe S.

Serve advantage — Tu M.

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
Asagoe S.Tu M.
1st serve in·Even
64%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
41%
43%
Service points won·Even
53%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
53%
53%
Aces / match·Even
1.0
0.8
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.4
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (20 vs 56). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Jankovic J.
6-24-66-1
Semi-finals
Jankovic J.
Granville L.
6-26-2
Sharapova M.
Golovin T.
7-52-66-1
Quarter-finals
Golovin T.
Chakvetadze A.
6-47-63
Granville L.
Tanasugarn T.
6-46-3
Sharapova M.
Daniilidou E.
7-52-66-1
Jankovic J.
Washington M.
6-26-4
R16
Daniilidou E.
Sugiyama A.
6-36-3
Golovin T.
Fujiwara R.
6-46-4
Sharapova M.
Stosur S.
6-33-66-1
Granville L.
Jackson J.
7-656-4
Tanasugarn T.
Foretz Gacon S.
2-66-36-3
Jankovic J.
Sequera M.
6-16-4
Washington M.
Parra Santonja A.
6-26-4
Chakvetadze A.
Asagoe S.
6-46-4
R32
Stosur S.
Dominikovic E.
6-11-67-62
Daniilidou E.
Vaidisova N.
6-46-2
Sugiyama A.
Pratt N.
7-56-4
Chakvetadze A.
Linetskaya E.
4-66-46-4
Asagoe S.
Tu M.
6-14-66-1
Parra Santonja A.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-737-65
Sequera M.
Baltacha E.
6-46-2
Jankovic J.
Mirza S.
6-17-5
Jackson J.
Kirilenko M.
6-26-3
Sharapova M.
Kremer A.
6-36-0
Golovin T.
Grandin N.
6-47-5
Fujiwara R.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-26-2
Washington M.
Razzano V.
6-43-66-1
Tanasugarn T.
Bartoli M.
6-36-0
Foretz Gacon S.
Morigami A.
7-56-3
Granville L.
Molik A.
6-46-2
R64
Kremer A.
Perebiynis T.
7-56-2
Stosur S.
Serra Zanetti A.
6-736-26-2
Foretz Gacon S.
Groenefeld A.
6-46-3
Morigami A.
Keen A.
3-66-17-65
Tanasugarn T.
Vinci R.
6-16-2
Washington M.
Panova T.
6-36-3
Parra Santonja A.
Camerin M.
7-646-4
Fujiwara R.
Jidkova A.
4-66-36-3
Daniilidou E.
Cho Y.
6-11-66-4
Pratt N.
Castano C.
7-57-5
Grandin N.
Cervanova L.
6-16-4
Vento Kabchi M.
Obata S.
7-53-67-5
Linetskaya E.
Spears A.
6-27-64
Chakvetadze A.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
6-46-3
Tu M.
Weingartner M.
7-656-2
Granville L.
Keothavong A.
6-26-0
Jackson J.
Brandi K.
3-67-56-0
Dominikovic E.
Shaughnessy M.
6-47-65
Vaidisova N.
Cohen Aloro S.
6-36-2
Kirilenko M.
Fedak Y.
6-36-2
Mirza S.
Schaul C.
6-26-0
Baltacha E.
Bondarenko A.
7-696-1
Sequera M.
Raymond L.
6-16-0
Razzano V.
Gullickson C.
6-47-64