Virginia Ruano Pascual vs Lucie Safarova — Seoul Round of 32

Seoul · WTA · Round of 32
ESP
Virginia Ruano Pascual
52 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 25 September 2006
hard
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
Ruano Pascual V.
7-5 6-4
Safarova L.
Ruano Pascual V.
762
Safarova L.
54–

Virginia Ruano Pascual defeated Lucie Safarova 7-5 6-4 in the Seoul round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lucie Safarova came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Virginia Ruano Pascual claimed a first win over Lucie Safarova in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2005-06-13s HertogenboschR16grassLucie Safarova6-1 6-1
2005-04-25EstorilR32clayLucie Safarova7-5 6-7(3) 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Ruano Pascual V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Safarova L.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Ruano Pascual V.

Serve advantage — Safarova L.

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.Safarova L.
1st serve in·Slight edge
72%
63%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
56%
70%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
44%
49%
Service points won·Slight edge
53%
62%
Return points won·Even
44%
41%
Break points saved·Clear edge
48%
61%
Aces / match·Dominant
0.5
5.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.9
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (66 vs 198). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Ruano Pascual V.Safarova L.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
36
44
Break points saved·Dominant
56
89
Break points won·Slight edge
60
50
Deciding sets·Even
51
48
Tiebreaks·
—
50

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Daniilidou E.
Sugiyama A.
6-32-67-63
Semi-finals
Sugiyama A.
Ruano Pascual V.
6-06-3
Daniilidou E.
Bartoli M.
6-16-0
Quarter-finals
Sugiyama A.
Suarez P.
6-26-3
Bartoli M.
Morigami A.
6-31-66-2
Daniilidou E.
Zvonareva V.
7-636-4
Ruano Pascual V.
Mirza S.
7-634-67-63
R16
Mirza S.
Hingis M.
4-66-06-4
Morigami A.
Nakamura A.
7-56-2
Bartoli M.
Beltrame S.
7-616-1
Zvonareva V.
Laine E.
6-46-0
Daniilidou E.
Dushevina V.
1-66-16-0
Ruano Pascual V.
Widjaja A.
6-46-3
Sugiyama A.
Rodionova A.
6-36-1
Suarez P.
Castano C.
6-46-3
R32
Suarez P.
Dulko G.
6-16-3
Zvonareva V.
Pin C.
6-16-2
Beltrame S.
Tu M.
6-46-756-1
Nakamura A.
Diaz Oliva M.
7-636-3
Morigami A.
Arvidsson S.
6-06-4
Laine E.
Kim S.
6-36-2
Bartoli M.
Craybas J.
6-46-1
Dushevina V.
Kirilenko M.
6-35-77-5
Daniilidou E.
Jackson J.
7-56-4
Hingis M.
Wozniacki C.
6-36-2
Mirza S.
Lee Y.
3-66-06-0
Widjaja A.
Grandin N.
4-66-37-65
Ruano Pascual V.
Safarova L.
7-56-4
Sugiyama A.
Olaru R.
1-66-26-4
Rodionova A.
Domachowska M.
6-46-3
Castano C.
Ancic S.
6-36-2