Mirjana Lucic vs Christina Mchale — Brisbane Round of 32

Brisbane · WTA · Round of 32
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Mirjana Lucic
44 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 5 January 2015
hard
USA
Christina Mchale
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Lucic M.
6-3 6-0
Mchale C.
Lucic M.
662
Mchale C.
300

Mirjana Lucic defeated Christina Mchale 6-3 6-0 in the Brisbane round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Christina Mchale came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, but Mirjana Lucic had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 6 on hard. Mirjana Lucic claimed a first win over Christina Mchale in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-02-22AcapulcoQFhardChristina Mchale6-4 6-7(7) 6-2
2011-07-25StanfordR32hardChristina Mchale6-1 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Lucic M.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Mchale C.

Mchale C.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Lucic M.

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
Lucic M.Mchale C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
57%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
42%
Service points won·Even
55%
54%
Return points won·Even
45%
45%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.1
1.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.4
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (116 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Lucic M.Mchale C.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
28
0
Break points saved·Clear edge
45
28
Break points won·Clear edge
79
65
Deciding sets·Dominant
43
8
Tiebreaks·Even
27
29

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
Weather
26°CDrizzle
Wind 11 km/hHumidity 74%

Draw

Final
Sharapova M.[1]
Ivanovic A.[2]
6-746-36-3
Semi-finals
Ivanovic A.[2]
Lepchenko V.
7-626-4
Sharapova M.[1]
Svitolina E.
6-16-3
Quarter-finals
Svitolina E.
Kerber A.[3]
4-67-56-3
Ivanovic A.[2]
Kanepi K.
4-66-46-3
Lepchenko V.
Kudryavtseva A.
7-57-5
Sharapova M.[1]
Suarez Navarro C.[7]
6-16-3
R16
Kerber A.[3]
Saville D.
6-37-5
Sharapova M.[1]
Shvedova Y.
6-06-1
Kudryavtseva A.
Pliskova K.
4-66-36-3
Svitolina E.
Tomljanovic A.
6-36-2
Suarez Navarro C.[7]
Lucic M.
5-76-36-4
Ivanovic A.[2]
Gajdosova J.
6-46-1
Kanepi K.
Brengle M.
6-37-63
Lepchenko V.
Keys M.
6-46-4
R32
Gajdosova J.
Zhang S.
6-46-1
Lucic M.
Mchale C.
6-36-0
Shvedova Y.
Lisicki S.
0-67-56-4
Pliskova K.
Azarenka V.
4-67-676-4
Lepchenko V.
Stosur S.
4-66-47-5
Kanepi K.
Petkovic A.[5]
6-45-76-4
Keys M.
Cibulkova D.[4]
7-56-2
Saville D.
Riske Amritraj A.
7-56-3
Kudryavtseva A.
Mattek Sands B.
6-46-2
Suarez Navarro C.[7]
Pironkova T.
3-66-26-1
Kerber A.[3]
Garcia C.
6-46-3
Svitolina E.
Rybarikova M.
6-06-2
Tomljanovic A.
Jankovic J.[6]
7-666-0
Brengle M.
Tsurenko L.
7-666-3