Samantha Stosur vs Lucie Safarova — Sydney Round of 32

Sydney · WTA · Round of 32
AUS
Samantha Stosur
42 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 12 January 2015
hard
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
Stosur S.
7-6 5-7 6-3
Safarova L.
Stosur S.
77562
Safarova L.
63731

Samantha Stosur defeated Lucie Safarova 7-6 5-7 6-3 in the Sydney round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lucie Safarova came in leading the head-to-head 10–3, defending last year's quarter-final. Samantha Stosur narrowed the head-to-head to 10–4.

Key context

  • Match story: Samantha Stosur closed it out in three sets, 7–6 5–7 6–3.

Head to head

3–10
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-05-23Roland GarrosR32claySamantha Stosur6-3 6-7(0) 7-5
2016-04-25PragueFclayLucie Safarova3-6 6-1 6-4
2015-02-23DohaR32hardLucie Safarova7-6(3) 6-4
2014-03-31CharlestonR16clayLucie Safarova3-6 6-4 6-4
2013-09-30BeijingR64hardLucie Safarova7-5 6-3
2013-09-23TokyoR16hardLucie Safarova6-4 6-4
2013-06-17EastbourneR16grassLucie Safarova7-6(5) 6-3
2012-08-06MontrealR16hardLucie Safarova7-6(9) 7-6(5)
2012-02-20DubaiR16hardSamantha Stosur6-1 6-7(5) 6-1
2011-03-21MiamiR32hardSamantha Stosur6-0 7-6(1)
2009-01-05BrisbaneR16hardLucie Safarova6-4 6-4
2006-08-28US OpenR128hardLucie Safarova6-2 7-6(5)
2006-04-10CharlestonR64clayLucie Safarova5-7 6-1 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Stosur S.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Safarova L.serving86% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Stosur S.

Serve advantage — Safarova L.

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
Stosur S.Safarova L.
1st serve in·Even
61%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
49%
Service points won·Even
58%
62%
Return points won·Even
41%
41%
Break points saved·Even
57%
60%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.0
5.2
Double faults / match·Even
4.0
3.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (197 vs 156). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Stosur S.Safarova L.
Clutch Rating·Even
45
44
Break points saved·Even
85
89
Break points won·Slight edge
61
50
Deciding sets·Even
45
47
Tiebreaks·Even
47
50

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
Kvitova P.[2]
Pliskova K.
7-657-66
Semi-finals
Pliskova K.
Kerber A.[5]
6-36-2
Kvitova P.[2]
Pironkova T.
7-56-1
Quarter-finals
Pliskova K.
Suarez Navarro C.
4-66-46-0
Pironkova T.
Strycova B.
6-46-1
Kvitova P.[2]
Gajdosova J.
4-66-36-4
Kerber A.[5]
Muguruza G.
0-66-16-4
R16
Kerber A.[5]
Saville D.
6-767-626-3
Pliskova K.
Gibbs N.
6-06-0
Suarez Navarro C.
Makarova K.[6]
4-66-16-4
Gajdosova J.
Cibulkova D.[7]
1-66-36-4
Kvitova P.[2]
Peng S.
6-17-5
Muguruza G.
Radwanska A.[3]
3-67-646-2
Strycova B.
Stosur S.
7-616-2
Pironkova T.
Keys M.
4-64-1
R32
Strycova B.
Wozniacki C.[4]
6-41-1
Radwanska A.[3]
Cornet A.
6-36-2
Keys M.
Kuznetsova S.
6-46-4
Makarova K.[6]
Svitolina E.
7-616-2
Saville D.
Bencic B.
6-36-0
Pironkova T.
Pennetta F.[8]
6-37-64
Cibulkova D.[7]
Mladenovic K.
6-26-2
Gajdosova J.
Petkovic A.
6-17-65
Peng S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
1-67-616-4
Kerber A.[5]
Tsurenko L.
1-66-46-3
Stosur S.
Safarova L.
7-635-76-3
Pliskova K.
Hercog P.
6-46-4
Suarez Navarro C.
Lisicki S.
6-33-67-64
Muguruza G.
Errani S.
6-07-5