Lucie Safarova vs Patty Schnyder — Gold Coast Quarter-final

Gold Coast · WTA · Quarter-final
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 January 2006
hard
SUI
Patty Schnyder
47 yrs · 168 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLWWWW
Safarova L.
6-4 6-3
Schnyder P.
Safarova L.
662
Schnyder P.
43–

Lucie Safarova defeated Patty Schnyder 6-4 6-3 in the Gold Coast quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Patty Schnyder came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending the title. Lucie Safarova narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2011-03-21MiamiR64hardLucie Safarova6-2 6-4
2009-08-31US OpenR128hardPatty Schnyder4-6 6-3 7-6(6)
2009-03-23MiamiR64hardPatty Schnyder4-6 6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Safarova L.serving83% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Schnyder P.

Schnyder P.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Even serve battle

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
Safarova L.Schnyder P.
1st serve in·Even
63%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
70%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
50%
Service points won·Even
62%
58%
Return points won·Even
41%
43%
Break points saved·Even
61%
57%
Aces / match·Clear edge
5.1
2.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.8
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safarova L.Schnyder P.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
44
58
Break points saved·Slight edge
89
79
Break points won·Clear edge
50
67
Deciding sets·Dominant
47
75
Tiebreaks·Even
50
47

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