Silvia Soler Espinosa vs Sloane Stephens — Guangzhou Round of 32

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 32
ESP
Silvia Soler Espinosa
38 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWWLLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 15 September 2014
hard
Sloane Stephens
USA3
Sloane Stephens
#315WTA
1683ELO
1630Hard ELO
33 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLWL
Soler Espinosa S.
6-3 4-6 6-4
Stephens S.
Soler Espinosa S.
6462
Stephens S.
3641

Silvia Soler Espinosa defeated Sloane Stephens 6-3 4-6 6-4 in the Guangzhou round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sloane Stephens came in leading the head-to-head 3–0. Silvia Soler Espinosa claimed a first win over Sloane Stephens in four meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–3
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-05-07MadridR64claySloane Stephens6-3 6-2
2015-01-05AucklandR32hardSloane Stephens6-3 6-1
2012-01-16Australian OpenR128hardSloane Stephens6-4 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Soler Espinosa S.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Stephens S.

Stephens S.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Soler Espinosa S.

Even serve battle

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
Soler Espinosa S.Stephens S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
64%
70%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
42%
43%
Break points saved·Even
53%
54%
Aces / match·Even
1.3
1.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.6
1.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (159 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Soler Espinosa S.Stephens S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
7
63
Break points saved·Dominant
21
78
Break points won·Dominant
39
90
Deciding sets·Slight edge
49
55
Tiebreaks·Dominant
33
74

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