Alize Cornet vs Timea Bacsinszky — Guangzhou Semi-final

Guangzhou · WTA · Semi-final
FRA2
Alize Cornet
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2014
hard
SUI
Timea Bacsinszky
37 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWWLW
Cornet A.
6-1 7-6
Bacsinszky T.
Cornet A.
6772
Bacsinszky T.
1650

Alize Cornet defeated Timea Bacsinszky 6-1 7-6 in the Guangzhou semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Timea Bacsinszky came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Alize Cornet narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Alize Cornet came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 7–6.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-02-11Fed Cup WG R1: SUI vs FRARRhardTimea Bacsinszky7-5 6-4
2010-07-05BudapestR16clayAlize Cornet6-0 6-4
2010-04-12BarcelonaR32clayTimea Bacsinszky7-5 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Cornet A.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Bacsinszky T.

Bacsinszky T.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Cornet A.

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
Cornet A.Bacsinszky T.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Even
55%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
46%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Even
1.7
1.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.9
2.5

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Cornet A.Bacsinszky T.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
53
35
Break points saved·Slight edge
57
46
Break points won·Slight edge
83
76
Deciding sets·Slight edge
74
66
Tiebreaks·Dominant
47
17

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Niculescu M.
Cornet A.[2]
6-46-0
Semi-finals
Niculescu M.
Wang Y.
6-06-2
Cornet A.[2]
Bacsinszky T.
6-17-65
Quarter-finals
Wang Y.
Zhang K.
3-66-26-2
Niculescu M.
Puig M.
6-26-2
Bacsinszky T.
Torro Flor M.
6-26-3
Cornet A.[2]
Hsieh S.
7-656-1
R16
Wang Y.
Martic P.
7-656-3
Zhang K.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-27-5
Niculescu M.
Doi M.
6-26-1
Puig M.
Zhang L.
6-46-4
Torro Flor M.
Xu Y.
6-757-56-2
Bacsinszky T.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-26-2
Hsieh S.
Zhu L.
6-46-2
Cornet A.[2]
Peer S.
3-67-56-1
R32
Wang Y.
Stosur S.[1]
2-66-26-2
Martic P.
Cirstea S.
7-636-1
Riske Amritraj A.
Larsson J.
6-47-65
Zhang K.
Cepelova J.[7]
6-16-4
Niculescu M.
Jovanovski B.[4]
6-26-2
Doi M.
Piter K.
5-76-46-3
Puig M.
Knapp K.
6-14-66-2
Zhang L.
Diyas Z.[5]
6-46-1
Torro Flor M.
Beck A.[8]
6-47-65
Bacsinszky T.
Linette M.
6-24-66-4
Soler Espinosa S.
Stephens S.[3]
6-34-66-4
Zhu L.
Vinci R.[6]
6-37-67
Hsieh S.
Van Uytvanck A.
7-622-66-4
Peer S.
Parmentier P.
7-686-3
Cornet A.[2]
Putintseva Y.
6-16-1
Xu Y.
Mayr Achleitner P.
6-26-3