The usual pattern I follow on all battles is
Evade at first. Let them run their energy down.
When they are down on energy, pound them.
Have a couple of capacitor vampires, and when your ship is down and they are building back up, take their energy away from them.
Pound them some more.
Have hardened systems, so they cannot use vampires against you.
If you are low on energy and don't have any vampires, evade. You won't build up energy as fast as recharging, but you won't get hit as much, either.
The holo decoy is a great thing to have and pop off early in the fight. Let them wear themselves out fighting shadows.
I've had little problems with taking out the ship on Phaedra with those tactics and the Sidewinder.