Kaia Kanepi vs Vera Dushevina | Kaia Kanepi Wins 4-6 7-6 6-1

UMPIRY

TokyoQuarter-finalQualifyingHardMon 15 SeptFinal

Kaia KanepiEST

Vera DushevinaRUS

SetsGames2

47⁷6

66⁴1

Kaia Kanepi defeated Vera Dushevina 4-6 7-6 6-1 in the Tokyo qualifying round on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Vera Dushevina came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Kaia Kanepi claimed a first win over Vera Dushevina in two meetings, levelling the head-to-head at 1–1.

Key context

Match story: Kaia Kanepi dropped the opening set before beating Vera Dushevina 4–6 7–6 6–1.

How the match was decided

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Kanepi K. came through in three sets.

Match statistics

Match statistics are not available for this match. They appear once the official scoring feed publishes them.

Common opponents

4 shared · last 12 months

Kanepi K. and Dushevina V. faced 4 of the same opponents in the last 12 months. Kanepi K. went 2–2 (50%) against them, Dushevina V. 3–1 (75%). Results against comparable opponents are close (0 : 1 better-results split).

2–250%Kanepi K. · better vs 0Record vs common opponents3–175%Dushevina V. · better vs 1

Vs common opponents · derived from scorelines

5–4Sets6–2

42–32Games40–29

0–1Deciding sets0–0

Only 4 common opponents — small sample, treat as indicative.

vs Kirilenko M.L2-6 6-2 3-6Auckland · hardW6-3 6-3Wimbledon · grass
vs Schnyder P.W6-0 6-1Miami · hardW6-2 6-3Berlin · grass
vs Shvedova Y.W6-2 6-2Rome · clayW6-3 6-3Tokyo · hard

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vs Kuznetsova S.Hard to compareL5-7 2-6Roland Garros · clayL2-6 2-6Moscow · hard

Head-to-head

2 meetings · level 1–1

Kanepi K.September 2008TokyoThis matchHard4-6 7-6(4) 6-1
Dushevina V.March 2007MiamiHard6-1 6-1

Draw

Closing odds

Player context

Before the match

Kanepi K.Dushevina V.1 745ELO1 7061 723Hard ELO1 6612–8Last 103–723Age21181 cmHeight180 cmRightPlaysRight

Cite this

Kaia Kanepi beat Vera Dushevina 4-6 7-6(4) 6-1. Umpiry, "Kaia Kanepi vs Vera Dushevina — Tokyo Qualifying Round", https://umpiry.com/match/2008-09-15/dushevina-vs-kanepi-tokyo-qf?utm_source=cite (as of 15 September 2008).