Julia Vakulenko vs Mara Santangelo — Palermo Round of 32

Palermo · WTA · Round of 32
UKR
Julia Vakulenko
43 yrs · 183 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 7 July 2008
clay
ITA
Mara Santangelo
45 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Vakulenko J.
6-4 1-6 6-1
Santangelo M.
Vakulenko J.
6162
Santangelo M.
4611

Julia Vakulenko defeated Mara Santangelo 6-4 1-6 6-1 in the Palermo round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Mara Santangelo came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Julia Vakulenko claimed a first win over Mara Santangelo in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Julia Vakulenko came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–4 1–6 6–1.

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2007-06-11BirminghamR16grassMara Santangelo1-3 RET

Serve vs return

This season
Vakulenko J.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Santangelo M.

Santangelo M.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Vakulenko J.

Serve advantage — Santangelo M.

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
Vakulenko J.Santangelo M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
55%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
38%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
51%
56%
Return points won·Even
39%
37%
Break points saved·Even
52%
54%
Aces / match·Even
2.2
2.4
Double faults / match·Even
4.7
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (13 vs 18). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
36°CClear
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 25%

Draw

Final
Errani S.
Koryttseva M.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Koryttseva M.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-26-2
Errani S.
Pennetta F.
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Errani S.
Suarez Navarro C.
4-1
Pennetta F.
Chakhnashvili M.
6-16-1
Koryttseva M.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
7-646-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Garbin T.
6-03-66-0
R16
Pavlyuchenkova A.
De Los Rios R.
6-16-2
Garbin T.
Sanchez O.
7-56-4
Errani S.
Vakulenko J.
3-66-46-1
Chakhnashvili M.
Dentoni C.
2-66-16-1
Medina Garrigues A.
Llagostera Vives N.
6-06-4
Pennetta F.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-26-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Voskoboeva G.
1-66-36-1
Koryttseva M.
Han X.
6-43-66-3
R32
Voskoboeva G.
Loit E.
4-66-30-1
Sanchez O.
Bychkova E.
7-614-0
Errani S.
Hsieh S.
6-16-0
Dentoni C.
Brianti A.
4-67-637-5
Koryttseva M.
Voracova R.
6-43-66-3
Vakulenko J.
Santangelo M.
6-41-66-1
Suarez Navarro C.
Strycova B.
7-57-62
Dominguez Lino L.
Obrien K.
5-76-36-0
Pennetta F.
Kloesel S.
6-26-2
Medina Garrigues A.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-06-4
Llagostera Vives N.
Gajdosova J.
6-06-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Vinci R.
7-56-3
De Los Rios R.
Rezai A.
6-46-1
Garbin T.
Fedak Y.
6-27-5
Han X.
Kerber A.
6-46-0
Chakhnashvili M.
Wickmayer Y.
4-67-646-4