Virginia Ruano Pascual vs Elena Likhovtseva — San Diego Round of 64

San Diego · WTA · Round of 64
ESP
Virginia Ruano Pascual
52 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 July 2006
hard
RUS
Elena Likhovtseva
50 yrs · 174 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLW
Ruano Pascual V.
6-4 6-3
Likhovtseva E.
Ruano Pascual V.
662
Likhovtseva E.
43–

Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated Elena Likhovtseva 6-4 6-3 in the San Diego round of 64 on hard. The result followed the form book — Virginia Ruano Pascual came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Virginia Ruano Pascual extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2006-01-16Australian OpenR64hardVirginia Ruano Pascual6-4 6-4
1999-01-18Australian OpenR64hardElena Likhovtseva6-2 6-3
1998-04-27HamburgR16clayVirginia Ruano Pascual6-0 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Ruano Pascual V.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Likhovtseva E.

Likhovtseva E.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Ruano Pascual V.

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
Ruano Pascual V.Likhovtseva E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
72%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
56%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
45%
Service points won·Even
53%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
48%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.5
1.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
1.9
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (66 vs 53). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Ruano Pascual V.Likhovtseva E.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
36
48
Break points saved·Slight edge
56
67
Break points won·Even
60
61
Deciding sets·Clear edge
51
63
Tiebreaks·
—
—

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.
Clijsters K.
7-57-5
Semi-finals
Sharapova M.
Schnyder P.
7-56-4
Clijsters K.
Vaidisova N.
6-27-60
Quarter-finals
Schnyder P.
Dementieva E.
6-46-3
Vaidisova N.
Chakvetadze A.
3-66-46-3
Clijsters K.
Hingis M.
7-56-2
Sharapova M.
Pierce M.
6-26-3
R16
Pierce M.
Laine E.
6-26-1
Schnyder P.
Suarez P.
6-33-66-1
Vaidisova N.
Hantuchova D.
6-46-2
Chakvetadze A.
Ivanovic A.
4-66-46-1
Hingis M.
Pennetta F.
6-23-66-1
Clijsters K.
Jankovic J.
6-43-66-3
Sharapova M.
Zvonareva V.
6-46-4
Dementieva E.
Mirza S.
6-23-66-3
R32
Zvonareva V.
Peng S.
3-67-650-0
Suarez P.
Bondarenko K.
7-642-6
Schnyder P.
Dulko G.
6-46-1
Vaidisova N.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-16-0
Hantuchova D.
Savchuk O.
6-26-4
Ivanovic A.
Frazier A.
6-36-2
Chakvetadze A.
Petrova N.
6-36-756-2
Hingis M.
Tu M.
6-26-3
Pennetta F.
Jackson J.
6-27-61
Jankovic J.
Bondarenko A.
6-17-64
Clijsters K.
Stosur S.
6-16-2
Laine E.
Vesnina E.
6-717-656-4
Sharapova M.
Bardina V.
6-46-1
Pierce M.
Bammer S.
6-16-777-64
Dementieva E.
Harkleroad A.
6-26-2
Mirza S.
Srebotnik K.
6-37-64
R64
Hantuchova D.
Peschke K.
6-14-0
Savchuk O.
Sromova H.
2-2
Chakvetadze A.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-46-3
Laine E.
King V.
6-46-2
Peng S.
Santangelo M.
6-16-4
Bardina V.
Yuan M.
6-26-4
Tu M.
Granville L.
6-41-66-2
Jackson J.
Diaz Oliva M.
4-66-26-4
Pennetta F.
Raymond L.
7-56-3
Jankovic J.
Kirilenko M.
6-16-4
Bondarenko A.
Lisjak I.
6-27-62
Stosur S.
Dechy N.
7-56-4
Frazier A.
Golovin T.
6-37-67
Ivanovic A.
Morigami A.
6-26-1
Ruano Pascual V.
Likhovtseva E.
6-46-3
Dulko G.
Peer S.
2-66-36-3
Bondarenko K.
Vandeweghe C.
6-46-2
Suarez P.
Safina D.
3-66-36-4
Srebotnik K.
Bartoli M.
6-36-0
Mirza S.
Shaughnessy M.
6-36-1
Harkleroad A.
Craybas J.
6-26-3
Bammer S.
Safarova L.
6-46-766-1
Vesnina E.
Groenefeld A.
3-66-36-3
Zvonareva V.
Sugiyama A.
6-17-5