Alexandra Panova vs Olga Govortsova — Guangzhou Round of 16

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 16
RUS
Alexandra Panova
37 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 September 2009
hard
BLR
Olga Govortsova
37 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLWW
Panova A.
7-5 6-4
Govortsova O.
Panova A.
762
Govortsova O.
54–

Alexandra Panova defeated Olga Govortsova 7-5 6-4 in the Guangzhou round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Olga Govortsova came in defending last year's round of 16, but Alexandra Panova had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 7 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Panova A.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Govortsova O.

Govortsova O.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Panova 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
Panova A.Govortsova O.
1st serve in·Even
65%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
43%
Service points won·Even
57%
54%
Return points won·Even
41%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
57%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.0
1.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.1
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (109 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Panova A.Govortsova O.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
6
0
Break points saved·Dominant
44
16
Break points won·Dominant
24
52
Deciding sets·Even
25
25
Tiebreaks·Dominant
55
24

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Peer S.
Brianti A.
6-36-4
Semi-finals
Peer S.
Peng S.
6-41-0
Brianti A.
Morita A.
6-37-5
Quarter-finals
Brianti A.
Sevastova A.
6-46-2
Morita A.
Savchuk O.
6-36-4
Peng S.
Panova A.
6-26-3
Peer S.
Chan Y.
6-36-1
R16
Brianti A.
Wienerova L.
6-36-1
Sevastova A.
Medina Garrigues A.
3-66-36-1
Morita A.
Spears A.
1-66-16-0
Panova A.
Govortsova O.
7-56-4
Chan Y.
Camerin M.
6-33-67-62
Savchuk O.
Hsieh S.
6-46-4
Peer S.
Amanmuradova A.
6-36-3
Peng S.
Scheepers C.
6-36-2
R32
Peer S.
Woerle K.
6-16-4
Amanmuradova A.
Fujiwara R.
6-36-2
Chan Y.
Johansson M.
6-16-1
Camerin M.
Chen Y.
6-26-2
Scheepers C.
Parra Santonja A.
7-6125-76-3
Peng S.
Haynes A.
6-27-5
Govortsova O.
Han X.
3-66-47-5
Morita A.
Poutchek T.
6-36-3
Medina Garrigues A.
Date Krumm K.
6-14-66-4
Spears A.
Chang K.
6-37-63
Hsieh S.
Yan Z.
6-37-5
Sevastova A.
Lu J.
6-46-2
Savchuk O.
Srebotnik K.
3-67-56-2
Brianti A.
Ferguson S.
7-616-4
Wienerova L.
Zhang L.
7-654-66-4
Panova A.
Sema Y.
6-23-67-67