Meilen Tu vs Julia Vakulenko — Luxembourg Round of 32

Luxembourg · WTA · Round of 32
USA
Meilen Tu
48 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 September 2007
hard
UKR
Julia Vakulenko
43 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Tu M.
6-4 6-3
Vakulenko J.
Tu M.
662
Vakulenko J.
43–

Meilen Tu defeated Julia Vakulenko 6-4 6-3 in the Luxembourg round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Julia Vakulenko came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Meilen Tu claimed a first win over Julia Vakulenko in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Meilen Tu closed it out in two sets, 6–4 6–3.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-05-07BerlinR32grassJulia Vakulenko6-1 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Tu M.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Vakulenko J.

Vakulenko J.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Tu M.

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
Tu M.Vakulenko J.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
42%
41%
Service points won·Even
55%
55%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
54%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.0
3.2
Double faults / match·Clear edge
5.3
4.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (41 vs 47). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Ivanovic A.
Hantuchova D.
3-66-46-4
Semi-finals
Ivanovic A.
Zvonareva V.
6-46-2
Hantuchova D.
Bartoli M.
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Hantuchova D.
Schnyder P.
6-35-77-5
Ivanovic A.
Golovin T.
6-16-2
Zvonareva V.
Azarenka V.
6-17-65
Bartoli M.
Chakvetadze A.
6-44-66-4
R16
Chakvetadze A.
Tu M.
6-17-62
Bartoli M.
Bammer S.
6-27-5
Hantuchova D.
Ondraskova Z.
6-46-1
Schnyder P.
Koukalova K.
5-76-16-2
Zvonareva V.
Peer S.
4-66-16-4
Azarenka V.
Petrova N.
6-26-1
Golovin T.
Schiavone F.
6-36-1
Ivanovic A.
Kremer A.
7-56-4
R32
Bartoli M.
Bondarenko A.
6-36-2
Tu M.
Vakulenko J.
6-46-3
Bammer S.
Paszek T.
6-06-2
Koukalova K.
Loit E.
7-53-1
Ondraskova Z.
Shaughnessy M.
6-46-1
Schnyder P.
Bondarenko K.
6-16-3
Peer S.
Safarova L.
6-36-3
Zvonareva V.
Goerges J.
6-746-46-2
Azarenka V.
Radwanska A.
4-67-56-1
Golovin T.
Cirstea S.
6-36-1
Schiavone F.
Dechy N.
6-26-3
Kremer A.
Krajicek M.
6-37-63