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Nathalie Dechy #28 def. Saori Obata #55

7-5 6-1

Match Information

Date	Jan 25, 2004*
Tournament	Australian Open
Category	Grand Slam
Surface	Hard
Round	R32
Winner	Nathalie Dechy
Score	7-5 6-1
Loser	Saori Obata

Stat	Nathalie Dechy	Saori Obata
Aces	5	0
Double faults	4	3
First serve %	66	72
First serve points won %	59	46
Second serve points won %	54	53
Break points saved %	90	38
Break points converted %	62	10
Service points won %	57	48
Return points won %	52	43
Total points won %	55	45

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Nathalie Dechy	Saori Obata
Country	FRA	JPN
Birth date	Feb 21, 1979	Apr 23, 1978
Age	24	25
Height	178	165
Handedness	Right-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	—
Ranking (entering)	28	55
Ranking points (entering)	1,077	685
Elo (entering)	1,859	1,662
Career W-L	291–270	42–76
Career earnings	$4,281,064	$652,031

Pre-match H2H

Nathalie Dechy 0 – 0 Saori Obata

Path

Nathalie Dechy's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Tzipora Obziler	6-3 6-0	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Jelena Kostanic Tosic	7-5 6-4	W	H2H	Match data

Nathalie Dechy's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 28, 2004	R16	Patty Schnyder	2-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Saori Obata's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
Jan 23, 2004	R64	Ai Sugiyama	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data
Jan 21, 2004	R128	Myriam Casanova	6-3 4-6 6-4	W	H2H	Match data