SF Los Angeles 2008

Flavia Pennetta #21 def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands #59

3-6 6-2 7-5

Flavia Pennetta defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 3-6 6-2 7-5 in the 2008 Los Angeles semifinal on hard courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatFlavia PennettaBethanie Mattek-Sands
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
52
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
58
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
49.1%71.2%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
66.7%66.2%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
46.4%26.7%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
69.2%62.5%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
56.4%54.8%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
37.5%30.8%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
45.2%43.6%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
50.9%49.1%
Match Serve+This match’s service points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+0.7-0.9
Match Return+This match’s return points won percentage minus the tour’s season average, in percentage points. Zero is average; +5 means five points above average. Match-weighted available stats; no opponent adjustment.
+0.9-0.7

* Match Serve+ and Match Return+ compare this match with the WTA 2008 average from available match stats. Zero is average; +5 means five percentage points above average. No opponent adjustment.

Player Comparison

FieldFlavia PennettaBethanie Mattek-Sands
Country ITA USA
Birth dateFeb 25, 1982Mar 23, 1985
Age2623
Height172 cm168 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)2159
Ranking points (entering)1,195535
Elo (entering)1,8181,709
Current career W-L420–275132–171
Current career earnings$14,197,886$8,913,872
Pre-match H2H

Path

Flavia Pennetta's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Sybille Bammer #307-6(3) 3-6 6-1WH2HMatch dataJul 26, 2008QF
Ai Sugiyama #337-6(5) 6-3WH2HMatch dataJul 25, 2008R16
Tamira Paszek 2-6 6-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataJul 24, 2008R32
Aleksandra Wozniak #456-1 6-0WH2HMatch dataJul 23, 2008R64

Flavia Pennetta's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Dinara Safina #94-6 2-6LH2HMatch dataJul 27, 2008F

Bethanie Mattek-Sands's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Meng Yuan #1226-2 7-5WH2HMatch dataJul 26, 2008QF
Olga Govortsova #437-5 6-2WH2HMatch dataJul 25, 2008R16
Nicole Vaidisova #226-4 6-0WH2HMatch dataJul 24, 2008R32
Abigail Spears #1756-2 6-4WH2HMatch dataJul 23, 2008R64