Tamarine Tanasugarn vs Cara Black — Birmingham Semi-final
Birmingham · WTA · Semi-final
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 12 June 2000 ·
grass
Tanasugarn T.7-6 6-1
Black C.
Tanasugarn T.
762
Black C.
610
Tamarine Tanasugarn defeated Cara Black 7-6 6-1 in the Birmingham semi-final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Cara Black came in leading the head-to-head 3–2, defending last year's semi-final. Tamarine Tanasugarn narrowed the head-to-head to 3–3.
Key context
- Match story: Tamarine Tanasugarn came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 6–1.
Head to head
2–3| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-05-20 | Madrid | R32 | clay | Cara Black | 6-3 6-3 |
| 2002-03-06 | Indian Wells | R32 | hard | Cara Black | 3-6 7-5 6-1 |
| 2001-06-25 | Wimbledon | R128 | grass | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 7-5 6-7 6-3 |
| 2000-06-19 | s Hertogenbosch | R16 | grass | Cara Black | 7-6 6-2 |
| 1998-06-22 | Wimbledon | R32 | grass | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 6-4 6-0 |
Statistics
This season1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
59%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
45%
Service points won·Even
54%
53%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
53%
53%
Aces / match·Even
1.2
1.5
Double faults / match·Even
3.3
3.0
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (146 vs 15). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Conditions
Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast