Nathalie Dechy vs Eugenia KulikovskayaIndian Wells Round of 64

Indian Wells · WTA · Round of 64
47 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Wednesday, 5 March 2003 ·
hard
47 yrs · 163 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Dechy N.
6-2 6-1
Kulikovskaya E.
Dechy N.
662
Kulikovskaya E.
210

Nathalie Dechy defeated Eugenia Kulikovskaya 6-2 6-1 in the Indian Wells round of 64 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Eugenia Kulikovskaya came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, but Nathalie Dechy had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 4 on hard. Nathalie Dechy claimed a first win over Eugenia Kulikovskaya in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

01
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
1997-10-15Southampton 50KR16carpetEugenia Kulikovskaya6-2 6-1

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Slight edge
70%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
41%
Service points won·Even
55%
53%
Return points won·Slight edge
43%
38%
Break points saved·Clear edge
54%
41%
Aces / match·Even
1.5
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.5
2.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (132 vs 3). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw