Anna Smashnova vs Silvia Farina Elia — Luxembourg Round of 32

Luxembourg · WTA · Round of 32
ISR
Anna Smashnova
49 yrs · 157 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 26 September 2005
hard
ITA
Silvia Farina Elia
54 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
Smashnova A.
6-2 6-0
Farina Elia S.
Smashnova A.
662
Farina Elia S.
20–

Anna Smashnova defeated Silvia Farina Elia 6-2 6-0 in the Luxembourg round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Silvia Farina Elia came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's semi-final, but Anna Smashnova had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 7 on hard. Anna Smashnova narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2003-10-13ZurichR32hardAnna Smashnova6-2 7-5
2001-05-21StrasbourgR16claySilvia Farina Elia6-1 6-4
1998-08-31US OpenR128hardSilvia Farina Elia6-4 3-6 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Smashnova A.serving43% hold

wins 47% of points on serve vs Farina Elia S.

Farina Elia S.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Smashnova 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
Smashnova A.Farina Elia S.
1st serve in·Even
68%
69%
1st serve points won·Even
54%
58%
2nd serve points won·Even
41%
43%
Service points won·Even
50%
53%
Return points won·Slight edge
44%
50%
Break points saved·Even
44%
47%
Aces / match·Even
0.2
0.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.4
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (20 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Clijsters K.
Groenefeld A.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Clijsters K.
Dechy N.
6-36-1
Groenefeld A.
Safina D.
6-45-76-4
Quarter-finals
Dechy N.
Hantuchova D.
6-16-4
Clijsters K.
Schiavone F.
6-47-5
Groenefeld A.
Petrova N.
2-66-36-2
Safina D.
Vinci R.
5-76-36-4
R16
Safina D.
Gajdosova J.
6-36-1
Schiavone F.
Razzano V.
6-2
Clijsters K.
Koukalova K.
6-36-0
Groenefeld A.
Smashnova A.
6-16-2
Vinci R.
Schnyder P.
7-625-76-4
Dechy N.
Randriantefy D.
6-16-2
Hantuchova D.
Chakvetadze A.
6-46-1
Petrova N.
Peschke K.
6-36-1
R32
Gajdosova J.
Srebotnik K.
7-646-4
Groenefeld A.
Daniilidou E.
6-46-4
Smashnova A.
Farina Elia S.
6-26-0
Chakvetadze A.
Maleeva M.
7-52-66-4
Koukalova K.
Benesova I.
7-54-66-3
Razzano V.
Kloesel S.
3-67-56-4
Peschke K.
Stosur S.
6-717-56-1
Vinci R.
Krajicek M.
7-666-4
Schiavone F.
Raymond L.
6-46-3
Randriantefy D.
Tu M.
6-16-2
Hantuchova D.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-727-626-0
Safina D.
Kremer A.
7-56-2