Lyudmyla Kichenok vs Ayumi Morita — Kuala Lumpur Round of 32

Kuala Lumpur · WTA · Round of 32
UKR
Lyudmyla Kichenok
33 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 14 April 2014
hard
JPN8
Ayumi Morita
36 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLLL
Kichenok L.
6-4 6-2
Morita A.
Kichenok L.
662
Morita A.
420

Lyudmyla Kichenok defeated Ayumi Morita 6-4 6-2 in the Kuala Lumpur round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Ayumi Morita came in defending last year's semi-final.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kichenok L.serving72% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Morita A.

Morita A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Kichenok L.

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
Kichenok L.Morita A.
1st serve in·Even
57%
60%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
64%
54%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
56%
49%
Return points won·Even
41%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
43%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.1
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.7
2.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (46 vs 12). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Vekic D.[7]
Cibulkova D.[1]
5-77-57-64
Semi-finals
Cibulkova D.[1]
Pliskova K.[3]
6-736-36-3
Vekic D.[7]
Zhang S.[2]
1-66-36-4
Quarter-finals
Vekic D.[7]
Mayr Achleitner P.[4]
6-47-5
Zhang S.[2]
Linette M.
6-22-66-1
Cibulkova D.[1]
Diyas Z.[6]
4-66-26-4
Pliskova K.[3]
Buyukakcay C.
6-46-4
R16
Cibulkova D.[1]
Hsieh S.
6-16-2
Diyas Z.[6]
Gatto Monticone G.
6-16-4
Buyukakcay C.
Majeric T.
6-46-4
Mayr Achleitner P.[4]
Kovinic D.
6-43-66-1
Zhang S.[2]
Zhang L.
6-34-66-0
Pliskova K.[3]
Duan Y.
6-16-3
Linette M.
Kichenok L.
6-16-2
Vekic D.[7]
Pliskova K.
1-66-37-5
R32
Gatto Monticone G.
Jabeur O.
3-66-46-2
Buyukakcay C.
Date Krumm K.[5]
5-3
Cibulkova D.[1]
Ozgen P.
6-16-3
Hsieh S.
Gajdosova J.
2-66-46-3
Diyas Z.[6]
Daniilidou E.
6-26-2
Majeric T.
Amanmuradova A.
4-66-26-0
Vekic D.[7]
Chan Y.
3-66-46-1
Pliskova K.
Babos T.
7-663-66-4
Kovinic D.
Mestach A.
6-46-2
Mayr Achleitner P.[4]
Hozumi E.
6-42-66-3
Kichenok L.
Morita A.[8]
6-46-2
Linette M.
Lim A.
6-36-0
Zhang L.
Savchuk O.
6-36-2
Zhang S.[2]
Zheng S.
2-66-26-2
Pliskova K.[3]
Krunic A.
6-26-2
Duan Y.
Vrljic A.
6-36-2