Alicia Molik vs Vania King — Guangzhou Round of 32

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 32
AUS
Alicia Molik
45 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLLLWLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 25 September 2006
hard
USA
Vania King
37 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLLLL
Molik A.
6-7 6-3 7-5
King V.
Molik A.
65672
King V.
77351

Alicia Molik defeated Vania King 6-7 6-3 7-5 in the Guangzhou round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Vania King came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Alicia Molik claimed a first win over Vania King in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-06-11BirminghamR32grassVania King7-6(10) 6-4
2006-10-09BangkokR32hardVania King6-1 7-5
2006-08-28US OpenR128hardVania King6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Molik A.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs King V.

King V.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Molik A.

Serve advantage — King 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
Molik A.King V.
1st serve in·Even
62%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
45%
Service points won·Even
57%
55%
Return points won·Slight edge
38%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.1
0.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.0
2.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (67 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Molik A.King V.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
41
28
Break points saved·Clear edge
69
54
Break points won·Even
56
54
Deciding sets·Clear edge
57
37
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
48
64

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