Lucie Safarova vs Timea BabosEastbourne Round of 32

Eastbourne · WTA · Round of 32
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 18 June 2012
grass
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Safarova L.
3-6 6-3 7-6
Babos T.
Safarova L.
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Babos T.
63661

Lucie Safarova defeated Timea Babos 3-6 6-3 7-6 in the Eastbourne round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Timea Babos came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Lucie Safarova narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

12
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-09-11Quebec CitySFhardTimea Babos7-6(8) 6-4
2017-02-20BudapestFclayTimea Babos6-7(4) 6-4 6-3
2014-08-25US OpenR128hardLucie Safarova6-4 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Safarova L.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Babos T.

Babos T.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
63%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
66%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
49%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
62%
57%
Return points won·Even
41%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
5.1
4.2
Double faults / match·Even
3.8
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
44
0
Break points saved·Dominant
89
51
Break points won·Even
50
48
Deciding sets·Dominant
47
6
Tiebreaks·Dominant
50
15

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
15°CDrizzle
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 71%