Selima Sfar vs Vera Zvonareva — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · WTA · Round of 32
TUN
Selima Sfar
49 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 February 2006
hard
Vera Zvonareva
RUS
Vera Zvonareva
1693ELO
1659Hard ELO
41 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWWLWLW
Sfar S.
2-6 7-5 6-3
Zvonareva V.
Sfar S.
2762
Zvonareva V.
6531

Selima Sfar defeated Vera Zvonareva 2-6 7-5 6-3 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Vera Zvonareva came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Selima Sfar claimed a first win over Vera Zvonareva in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2002-05-06WarsawQFclayVera Zvonareva6-4 7-6(2)

Serve vs return

This season
Sfar S.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Zvonareva V.

Zvonareva V.serving74% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Sfar S.

Serve advantage — Zvonareva V.

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
Sfar S.Zvonareva V.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
55%
63%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
39%
46%
Service points won·Slight edge
49%
57%
Return points won·Even
42%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
48%
56%
Aces / match·Even
1.2
1.5
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.3
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (11 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
24°CMainly clear
Wind 17 km/hHumidity 48%

Draw

Final
Henin J.
Sharapova M.
7-56-2
Semi-finals
Sharapova M.
Davenport L.
3-66-16-3
Henin J.
Kuznetsova S.
6-27-5
Quarter-finals
Davenport L.
Kirilenko M.
4-66-26-3
Henin J.
Schiavone F.
6-47-65
Sharapova M.
Hingis M.
6-36-4
Kuznetsova S.
Mauresmo A.
7-6116-4
R16
Davenport L.
Likhovtseva E.
6-06-0
Henin J.
Bondarenko K.
6-47-5
Kuznetsova S.
Hantuchova D.
3-66-17-5
Schiavone F.
Sfar S.
6-26-3
Sharapova M.
Dushevina V.
6-16-0
Kirilenko M.
Safarova L.
6-46-3
Hingis M.
Myskina A.
6-46-3
Mauresmo A.
Nagyova H.
6-36-1
R32
Bondarenko K.
Peschke K.
6-746-37-62
Hantuchova D.
Li N.
3-66-47-64
Kuznetsova S.
Muller M.
6-26-0
Likhovtseva E.
Jankovic J.
7-57-5
Safarova L.
Sugiyama A.
6-26-3
Kirilenko M.
Petrova N.
6-46-1
Nagyova H.
Nagy K.
6-26-0
Dushevina V.
Bartoli M.
6-36-1
Hingis M.
Mirza S.
6-37-5
Myskina A.
Zheng J.
6-36-776-1
Schiavone F.
Razzano V.
6-46-4
Sfar S.
Zvonareva V.
2-67-56-3