Elena Vesnina vs Kate Makarova — St. Petersburg Round of 32

St. Petersburg · WTA · Round of 32
RUS5
Elena Vesnina
39 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 30 January 2017
hard
RUS
Kate Makarova
38 yrs · 178 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLWWL
Vesnina E.
6-3 6-1
Makarova K.
Vesnina E.
662
Makarova K.
310

Elena Vesnina defeated Kate Makarova 6-3 6-1 in the St. Petersburg round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kate Makarova came in leading the head-to-head 6–1. Elena Vesnina narrowed the head-to-head to 6–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–6
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-10-03BeijingR64hardKate Makarova6-2 6-1
2016-06-27WimbledonR16grassElena Vesnina5-7 6-1 9-7
2015-05-25Roland GarrosR32clayKate Makarova6-2 6-4
2015-03-09Indian WellsR64hardKate Makarova6-4 6-0
2014-08-04MontrealR32hardKate Makarova6-3 6-2
2012-08-27US OpenR64hardKate Makarova6-3 6-4
2008-10-06MoscowR32hardKate Makarova7-6(4) 7-6(1)

Serve vs return

This season
Vesnina E.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Makarova K.

Makarova K.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Vesnina E.

Even serve battle

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
Vesnina E.Makarova K.
1st serve in·Even
62%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
57%
Return points won·Even
43%
42%
Break points saved·Even
58%
55%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
2.8
Double faults / match·Even
3.8
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (76 vs 91). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Vesnina E.Makarova K.
Clutch Rating·Even
55
59
Break points saved·Even
77
78
Break points won·Slight edge
69
77
Deciding sets·Clear edge
79
60
Tiebreaks·Dominant
29
69

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Mladenovic K.
Putintseva Y.
6-26-736-4
Semi-finals
Putintseva Y.
Cibulkova D.[2]
3-66-46-4
Mladenovic K.
Vikhlyantseva N.
4-66-26-2
Quarter-finals
Vikhlyantseva N.
Halep S.[1]
W/O
Cibulkova D.[2]
Vesnina E.[5]
6-36-3
Putintseva Y.
Kuznetsova S.[3]
6-36-747-5
Mladenovic K.
Vinci R.[6]
6-16-4
R16
Cibulkova D.[2]
Vekic D.
6-26-2
Vesnina E.[5]
Cornet A.
2-66-36-3
Kuznetsova S.[3]
Saville D.
6-16-3
Putintseva Y.
Beck A.
6-46-0
Vinci R.[6]
Petkovic A.
6-46-4
Mladenovic K.
Williams V.[4]
6-36-1
Vikhlyantseva N.
Kasatkina D.[8]
7-646-2
Halep S.[1]
Konjuh A.
6-47-62
R32
Vesnina E.[5]
Makarova K.
6-36-1
Saville D.
Kalinskaya A.
6-47-5
Vekic D.
Ostapenko J.
6-06-4
Cornet A.
Flipkens K.
6-46-2
Beck A.
Bertens K.[7]
7-53-66-4
Vinci R.[6]
Babos T.
6-33-66-4
Petkovic A.
Begu I.
6-17-5
Mladenovic K.
Mertens E.
7-656-4
Kasatkina D.[8]
Bencic B.
6-27-5
Vikhlyantseva N.
Shvedova Y.
6-36-4
Konjuh A.
Niculescu M.
1-66-36-2
Putintseva Y.
Larsson J.
6-01-0