Born2Run - I have some questions re: your analysis above. Not arguing with you - as I mentioned earlier in the thread, I am new to this.
But for the sake of my understanding your analysis further, I'd like to ask some questions which I hope you or one of the other experts wouldn't mind responding to:
Suppose I was analyzing the HH/Mauresmo matchup prior to the event which just took place:
I see that HH is 2-0 lifetime vs. Vaidisova, and specifically
2004-08-30 US Open Hardcourt R128 Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6-1 6-4
2005-08-15 Toronto Hardcourt QF Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 7-5 7-6(4)
Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) leads 2:0
Clearly HH in the 1st meeting in 04 won 12-5 overall.
In the 2nd meeting in 05 it was a much closer 14-11 .
Since these games were before I was paying attention -
is is safe to assume that HH would probably struggle now with Vaidisova, which makes Mauresmo's Aussie Open 06 win over Vaidisova that much more impressive,
or -
is it unrealistic for me to assume that, because it might have simply been
uncharacteristic, and I'm basing my assumption on a tiny sample size?
Next:
Mauresmo " Quarters vs Schnyder(7) : 6-3, 6-0" in 06 Aussie open.
Now, to look at how HH has done vs Schnyder:
When I look at a much larger sample size of data of HH vs Schnyder lifetime, I see that :
Looking at the lifetime record of their mups, and their 05 meetings.
2005-04-25 Warsaw Clay QF Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6-1 6-2
2005-05-02 Berlin Clay SF Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) 6-0 6-1
Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) leads 6:0
Hard: Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) leads 2:0
Clay: Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) leads 4:0
Grass: Tied 0:0
Indoor: Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL) leads 1:0
I see that HH dispatched Schnyder easily in those meetings.
However, those matches were both on clay (in 05).
Does that mean that I can't realistically judge how HH would have done against Schnyder on Hard courts in 05/06, or can I judge that it's essentially even in my evaluation of the HH/Mauresmo match with regards to Schnyder - ie, that both of those players have handled Schnyder with ease?
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