Varvara Lepchenko vs Tamira Paszek — Seoul Quarter-final

Seoul · WTA · Quarter-final
Varvara Lepchenko
USA
Varvara Lepchenko
#172WTA
1578ELO
1559Hard ELO
40 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 September 2012
hard
AUT
Tamira Paszek
35 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLLLL
Lepchenko V.
4-6 7-6 6-4
Paszek T.
Lepchenko V.
47762
Paszek T.
66341

Varvara Lepchenko defeated Tamira Paszek 4-6 7-6 6-4 in the Seoul quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Tamira Paszek came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Varvara Lepchenko narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2013-07-22StanfordR16hardVarvara Lepchenko6-4 6-4
2011-09-12Quebec CityR16hardTamira Paszek6-7(2) 6-3 7-6(4)
2009-04-06Ponte Vedra BeachR16clayTamira Paszek3-6 6-3 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Lepchenko V.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Paszek T.

Paszek T.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Lepchenko V.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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
Lepchenko V.Paszek T.
1st serve in·Even
66%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
59%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
48%
43%
Service points won·Even
57%
53%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Even
56%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.8
2.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.4
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 135). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Lepchenko V.Paszek T.
Clutch Rating·Even
48
49
Break points saved·Dominant
64
39
Break points won·Slight edge
65
73
Deciding sets·Even
74
75
Tiebreaks·Dominant
39
78

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

Freshness

Recent load
Lepchenko V.Paszek T.
Freshness·
44
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Lepchenko V.: 1 day rest · 6 matches, 149 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Wozniacki C.
Kanepi K.
6-16-0
Semi-finals
Wozniacki C.
Makarova K.
6-15-76-4
Kanepi K.
Lepchenko V.
6-42-66-4
Quarter-finals
Kanepi K.
Bertens K.
6-46-4
Wozniacki C.
Koukalova K.
6-26-3
Makarova K.
Martinez Sanchez M.
6-16-1
Lepchenko V.
Paszek T.
4-67-636-4
R16
Martinez Sanchez M.
Petrova N.
W/O
Koukalova K.
Rybarikova M.
6-17-66
Makarova K.
Hampton J.
6-37-5
Bertens K.
Soler Espinosa S.
1-67-636-2
Kanepi K.
Voskoboeva G.
6-26-2
Lepchenko V.
Medina Garrigues A.
6-46-1
Paszek T.
Lee S.
6-26-0
Wozniacki C.
Garcia C.
6-26-3
R32
Petrova N.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-26-4
Makarova K.
Hercog P.
6-46-1
Lee S.
Kirilenko M.
1-1
Voskoboeva G.
Hong H.
6-16-2
Wozniacki C.
Rus A.
6-16-2
Garcia C.
Cadantu Ignatik A.
6-26-3
Rybarikova M.
Date Krumm K.
6-46-3
Koukalova K.
Muguruza G.
6-44-67-61
Martinez Sanchez M.
Daniilidou E.
6-26-3
Hampton J.
Oprandi R.
5-76-36-2
Soler Espinosa S.
Goerges J.
1-67-656-2
Bertens K.
King V.
6-36-1
Kanepi K.
Han S.
6-16-0
Lepchenko V.
Giorgi C.
6-27-61
Medina Garrigues A.
Karatantcheva S.
6-46-4
Paszek T.
Suarez Navarro C.
7-686-3