Flavia Pennetta vs Tatiana Golovin — Gold Coast Quarter-final

Gold Coast · WTA · Quarter-final
ITA
Flavia Pennetta
44 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLWLLWWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2006
hard
FRA
Tatiana Golovin
38 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLW
Pennetta F.
6-2 5-7 6-3
Golovin T.
Pennetta F.
6562
Golovin T.
2731

Flavia Pennetta defeated Tatiana Golovin 6-2 5-7 6-3 in the Gold Coast quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tatiana Golovin came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's semi-final. Flavia Pennetta claimed a first win over Tatiana Golovin in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Flavia Pennetta closed it out in three sets, 6–2 5–7 6–3.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-01-03Gold CoastQFhardTatiana Golovin6-7(5) 6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Pennetta F.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Golovin T.

Golovin T.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Pennetta F.

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
Pennetta F.Golovin T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
54%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Even
57%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
47%
Break points saved·Even
57%
58%
Aces / match·Even
3.2
2.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.5
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 86). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Pennetta F.Golovin T.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
71
49
Break points saved·Slight edge
83
74
Break points won·Clear edge
89
66
Deciding sets·Clear edge
69
56
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
78
61

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

Draw

Final
Safarova L.
Pennetta F.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Pennetta F.
Hingis M.
1-67-626-2
Safarova L.
Safina D.
6-46-2
Quarter-finals
Safina D.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-16-3
Hingis M.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-24-66-0
Pennetta F.
Golovin T.
6-25-76-3
Safarova L.
Schnyder P.
6-46-3
R16
Schnyder P.
Haynes A.
6-36-0
Safarova L.
Gajdosova J.
4-67-56-4
Llagostera Vives N.
Schiavone F.
6-36-1
Hingis M.
Koukalova K.
6-36-2
Safina D.
Benesova I.
6-06-1
Medina Garrigues A.
Nakamura A.
6-46-4
Golovin T.
Bammer S.
6-16-3
Pennetta F.
Li N.
6-26-2
R32
Li N.
Vinci R.
6-46-0
Hingis M.
Vento Kabchi M.
6-26-1
Schiavone F.
Yuan M.
6-26-3
Haynes A.
Sprem K.
2-66-07-5
Gajdosova J.
Garbin T.
5-76-46-2
Safarova L.
Sugiyama A.
6-16-2
Safina D.
Linetskaya E.
7-606-0
Benesova I.
Ferguson S.
7-56-2
Nakamura A.
Serra Zanetti A.
2-66-46-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Rolle A.
6-36-3
Golovin T.
Pratt N.
7-56-2
Bammer S.
Bohmova K.
6-36-1
Pennetta F.
Bychkova E.
6-26-4
Schnyder P.
Razzano V.
6-37-62
Koukalova K.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-4
Llagostera Vives N.
Sun T.
2-66-26-4