Meilen Tu vs Selima Sfar — Portoroz Round of 32

Portoroz · WTA · Round of 32
USA
Meilen Tu
48 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 September 2005
hard
TUN
Selima Sfar
49 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLL
Tu M.
7-6 6-4
Sfar S.
Tu M.
7762
Sfar S.
624–

Meilen Tu defeated Selima Sfar 7-6 6-4 in the Portoroz round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Selima Sfar came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Meilen Tu had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 5 on hard. Meilen Tu claimed a first win over Selima Sfar in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2001-12-31AucklandR32hardSelima Sfar6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Tu M.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Sfar S.

Sfar S.serving54% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Tu M.

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
Tu M.Sfar S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
58%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
41%
Service points won·Slight edge
55%
50%
Return points won·Even
45%
41%
Break points saved·Even
53%
50%
Aces / match·Even
0.9
1.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
1.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (57 vs 13). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Koukalova K.
Srebotnik K.
6-24-66-3
Semi-finals
Koukalova K.
Henke V.
6-33-66-1
Srebotnik K.
Daniilidou E.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Srebotnik K.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-36-1
Koukalova K.
Vinci R.
7-57-61
Henke V.
Tu M.
6-26-0
Daniilidou E.
Beltrame S.
6-46-1
R16
Henke V.
Bychkova E.
6-47-5
Koukalova K.
Kloesel S.
0-67-56-2
Tu M.
Benesova I.
6-42-66-4
Daniilidou E.
Ani M.
3-66-27-5
Medina Garrigues A.
Zec Peskiric M.
6-16-2
Srebotnik K.
Bachmann A.
7-56-3
Beltrame S.
Peschke K.
6-06-4
Vinci R.
Ondraskova Z.
6-46-4
R32
Bychkova E.
Schaul C.
7-56-3
Henke V.
Farina Elia S.
6-16-736-4
Tu M.
Sfar S.
7-626-4
Srebotnik K.
Nagyova H.
2-67-646-3
Koukalova K.
Sanchez Lorenzo M.
7-626-0
Kloesel S.
Kurhajcova L.
4-66-26-2
Ondraskova Z.
Klepac A.
6-12-66-3
Vinci R.
Mamic S.
6-26-3
Peschke K.
Sucha M.
7-56-0
Daniilidou E.
Pin C.
6-25-76-4
Ani M.
Bartoli M.
7-56-1
Bachmann A.
Szavay A.
6-36-1
Medina Garrigues A.
Pironkova T.
6-16-1
Beltrame S.
Kostanic Tosic J.
7-667-64
Zec Peskiric M.
Prusova L.
6-36-3
Benesova I.
Vrljic A.
6-27-5