Elena Vesnina vs Kaia Kanepi — Guangzhou Round of 32

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 32
RUS
Elena Vesnina
39 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 September 2006
hard
EST
Kaia Kanepi
41 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLWLW
Vesnina E.
6-1 3-6 6-1
Kanepi K.
Vesnina E.
6362
Kanepi K.
1611

Elena Vesnina defeated Kaia Kanepi 6-1 3-6 6-1 in the Guangzhou round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kaia Kanepi came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Elena Vesnina claimed a first win over Kaia Kanepi in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Elena Vesnina closed it out in three sets, 6–1 3–6 6–1.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2009-02-16DubaiQFhardKaia Kanepi6-3 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Vesnina E.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Kanepi K.

Kanepi K.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Vesnina E.

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
Vesnina E.Kanepi K.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
67%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
47%
Service points won·Even
57%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
58%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.5
3.6
Double faults / match·Even
3.7
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Vesnina E.Kanepi K.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
55
39
Break points saved·Slight edge
77
69
Break points won·Even
69
70
Deciding sets·Clear edge
79
57
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
29
15

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Chakvetadze A.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-16-4
Semi-finals
Chakvetadze A.
Jankovic J.
7-52-0
Medina Garrigues A.
Obziler T.
7-52-66-4
Quarter-finals
Obziler T.
Li N.
6-36-2
Chakvetadze A.
Puchkova O.
7-633-66-1
Jankovic J.
Molik A.
6-37-5
Medina Garrigues A.
Chen Y.
1-66-06-2
R16
Chakvetadze A.
Tamaela E.
6-26-766-3
Chen Y.
Yakimova A.
6-16-4
Medina Garrigues A.
Ren J.
6-06-1
Li N.
Sun T.
6-26-1
Obziler T.
Vesnina E.
4-66-36-3
Jankovic J.
Peng S.
6-26-3
Molik A.
Dominguez Lino L.
7-636-1
Puchkova O.
Kostanic Tosic J.
6-16-1
R32
Medina Garrigues A.
Jidkova A.
6-16-3
Vesnina E.
Kanepi K.
6-13-66-1
Obziler T.
Kapros A.
6-26-0
Sun T.
Li T.
6-06-3
Li N.
Voskoboeva G.
6-36-4
Dominguez Lino L.
Keothavong A.
6-36-4
Chakvetadze A.
Zhang S.
3-67-56-0
Tamaela E.
Hao J.
6-27-5
Puchkova O.
Yan Z.
2-66-36-3
Kostanic Tosic J.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-4
Yakimova A.
Sun S.
6-26-1
Jankovic J.
Yuan M.
6-06-2
Peng S.
Beygelzimer Y.
6-46-4
Molik A.
King V.
6-756-37-5
Chen Y.
Czink M.
6-16-2
Ren J.
Martinez Sanchez M.
6-36-4