Ashley Harkleroad vs Meilen Tu — Hobart Round of 16

Hobart · WTA · Round of 16
USA
Ashley Harkleroad
41 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 7 January 2008
hard
USA
Meilen Tu
48 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Harkleroad A.
7-6 2-6 6-1
Tu M.
Harkleroad A.
711262
Tu M.
69611

Ashley Harkleroad defeated Meilen Tu 7-6 2-6 6-1 in the Hobart round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Meilen Tu came in leading the head-to-head 2–0. Ashley Harkleroad claimed a first win over Meilen Tu in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Ashley Harkleroad came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 2–6 6–1.

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-02-19MemphisR32hardMeilen Tu6-4 6-3
2001-08-27US OpenR128hardMeilen Tu6-4 2-6 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Harkleroad A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Tu M.

Tu M.serving63% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Harkleroad A.

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
Harkleroad A.Tu M.
1st serve in·Even
68%
72%
1st serve points won·Even
58%
56%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
38%
46%
Service points won·Even
52%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
48%
54%
Aces / match·Even
0.7
0.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.6
4.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (19 vs 4). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 34%

Draw

Final
Daniilidou E.
Zvonareva V.
W/O
Semi-finals
Zvonareva V.
Harkleroad A.
6-26-1
Daniilidou E.
Pennetta F.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Pennetta F.
Mirza S.
7-51-66-3
Harkleroad A.
Gallovits Hall E.
6-46-4
Daniilidou E.
Dellacqua C.
6-47-5
Zvonareva V.
Vesnina E.
6-36-3
R16
Pennetta F.
Dokic J.
5-0
Harkleroad A.
Tu M.
7-692-66-1
Gallovits Hall E.
Govortsova O.
6-36-2
Vesnina E.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-36-2
Zvonareva V.
Olaru R.
6-36-2
Mirza S.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-36-4
Dellacqua C.
Lapushchenkova A.
6-44-66-1
Daniilidou E.
Bondarenko A.
6-36-3
R32
Govortsova O.
Azarenka V.
1-3
Dellacqua C.
Medina Garrigues A.
5-4
Llagostera Vives N.
Dulko G.
6-32-1
Tu M.
Loit E.
4-66-16-4
Gallovits Hall E.
Brianti A.
6-26-3
Mirza S.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-46-0
Kudryavtseva A.
Adamczak M.
6-36-2
Lapushchenkova A.
Bondarenko K.
6-36-4
Daniilidou E.
Parmentier P.
6-36-4
Bondarenko A.
Moore J.
7-56-2
Dokic J.
Muller M.
6-40-66-2
Pennetta F.
Radwanska A.
6-41-66-2
Harkleroad A.
Shvedova Y.
6-46-3
Zvonareva V.
Puchkova O.
6-36-0
Olaru R.
Peng S.
3-66-47-5
Vesnina E.
Morigami A.
6-47-5