Angelique Kerber vs Tamarine Tanasugarn — Osaka Quarter-final

Osaka · WTA · Quarter-final
GER
Angelique Kerber
38 yrs · 173 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLLW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 October 2011
hard
THA
Tamarine Tanasugarn
49 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWLLLW
Kerber A.
6-3 6-4
Tanasugarn T.
Kerber A.
662
Tanasugarn T.
34–

Angelique Kerber defeated Tamarine Tanasugarn 6-3 6-4 in the Osaka quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tamarine Tanasugarn came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending the title. Angelique Kerber claimed a first win over Tamarine Tanasugarn in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2008-02-18DohaR64hardTamarine Tanasugarn7-6(3) 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Kerber A.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Tanasugarn T.

Tanasugarn T.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Kerber A.

Serve advantage — Kerber A.

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
Kerber A.Tanasugarn T.
1st serve in·Even
65%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
62%
57%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
45%
Service points won·Even
57%
53%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Clear edge
57%
43%
Aces / match·Even
1.4
1.0
Double faults / match·Even
3.3
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 31). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kerber A.Tanasugarn T.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
87
39
Break points saved·Dominant
91
55
Break points won·Dominant
95
64
Deciding sets·Dominant
86
54
Tiebreaks·
90
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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
Bartoli M.
Stosur S.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Bartoli M.
Kerber A.
6-17-65
Stosur S.
Zheng J.
7-653-66-3
Quarter-finals
Stosur S.
Scheepers C.
6-26-3
Zheng J.
Cetkovska P.
0-67-56-3
Kerber A.
Tanasugarn T.
6-36-4
Bartoli M.
Morita A.
6-26-1
R16
Tanasugarn T.
Johansson M.
6-26-4
Bartoli M.
King V.
6-16-2
Morita A.
Daniilidou E.
6-26-3
Kerber A.
Govortsova O.
6-16-3
Zheng J.
Gajdosova J.
7-56-3
Cetkovska P.
Sema E.
6-06-3
Scheepers C.
Shvedova Y.
4-66-37-65
Stosur S.
Doi M.
6-26-4
R32
Govortsova O.
Chan Y.
6-12-66-4
King V.
Craybas J.
6-13-66-1
Bartoli M.
Czink M.
6-26-2
Gajdosova J.
Nakamura A.
6-06-1
Zheng J.
Kucova Z.
6-16-1
Tanasugarn T.
Mchale C.
6-37-5
Sema E.
Minella M.
6-36-3
Cetkovska P.
Date Krumm K.
6-27-62
Scheepers C.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-26-2
Shvedova Y.
Aoyama S.
6-26-0
Doi M.
Vandeweghe C.
6-46-4
Stosur S.
Lertcheewakarn N.
6-33-67-5
Johansson M.
Falconi I.
6-36-2
Kerber A.
Nara K.
6-26-1
Morita A.
Zhang S.
7-636-2
Daniilidou E.
Pivovarova A.
6-26-2