SF Birmingham 2008

Yanina Wickmayer #85 def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands #81

7-5 7-6(2)

Yanina Wickmayer defeated Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-5 7-6(2) in the 2008 Birmingham semifinal on grass courts.

Match Information

Match Statistics

StatYanina WickmayerBethanie Mattek-Sands
Serving
AcesServes that land in and are not touched by the returner.
21
Double faultsService points lost by missing both first and second serve.
14
First serve %Percentage of service points where the first serve landed in.
60.0%64.8%
First serve points won %Percentage of points won after making a first serve.
57.8%57.6%
Second serve points won %Percentage of second-serve points won, including points lost through double faults.
60.0%40.6%
Break points saved %Percentage of break points won by the server.
44.4%53.8%
Service points won %Percentage of all points won while serving.
58.7%51.6%
Returning
Break points converted %Percentage of break-point chances won by the returner.
46.2%55.6%
Return points won %Percentage of all points won while returning.
48.4%41.3%
Overall
Total points won %Percentage of all completed points won.
53.0%47.0%
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.
+3.0-4.0
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.
+4.0-3.0

* 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

FieldYanina WickmayerBethanie Mattek-Sands
Country BEL USA
Birth dateOct 20, 1989Mar 23, 1985
Age1823
Height182 cm168 cm
HandednessRight-HandedRight-Handed
Backhand styleTwo-Handed BackhandTwo-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)8581
Ranking points (entering)383410
Elo (entering)1,5691,626
Current career W-L223–217132–171
Current career earnings$6,211,775$8,913,872
Pre-match H2H

Path

Yanina Wickmayer's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Melanie South #1546-4 6-3WH2HMatch dataJun 14, 2008QF
Michaella Krajicek #536-3 6-4WH2HMatch dataJun 13, 2008R16
Casey Dellacqua #416-2 3-6 6-3WH2HMatch dataJun 12, 2008R32
Yulia Fedossova #2066-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataJun 11, 2008R64

Yanina Wickmayer's next match

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Kateryna Volodko #696-7(7) 6-3 6-7(4)LH2HMatch dataJun 15, 2008F

Bethanie Mattek-Sands's path

OpponentScoreW-LH2HMatch DataDateRound
Nicole Vaidisova #196-3 6-0WH2HMatch dataJun 14, 2008QF
Tamarine Tanasugarn #896-4 6-2WH2HMatch dataJun 13, 2008R16
Aravane Rezai #596-1 6-4WH2HMatch dataJun 12, 2008R32
Jarmila Wolfe #1737-6(1) 6-2WH2HMatch dataJun 11, 2008R64