Teliana Pereira vs Kristina Kucova — Bucharest Round of 32

Bucharest · WTA · Round of 32
BRA
Teliana Pereira
37 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 13 July 2015
clay
SVK
Kristina Kucova
36 yrs · 163 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Pereira T.
6-3 6-7 7-6
Kucova K.
Pereira T.
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Kucova K.
377661

Teliana Pereira defeated Kristina Kucova 6-3 6-7 7-6 in the Bucharest round of 32 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Kristina Kucova came in defending last year's semi-final, but Teliana Pereira had been the form player, winning 1 of their last 4 on clay.

Key context

  • Match story: Teliana Pereira closed it out in three sets, 6–3 6–7 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Pereira T.serving55% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Kucova K.

Kucova K.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Pereira T.

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
Pereira T.Kucova K.
1st serve in·Slight edge
72%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
57%
59%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
43%
Service points won·Even
53%
54%
Return points won·Even
43%
45%
Break points saved·Even
50%
52%
Aces / match·Even
0.8
0.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.1
3.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (60 vs 183). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Pereira T.Kucova K.
Clutch Rating·Even
10
6
Break points saved·Clear edge
29
13
Break points won·Clear edge
47
64
Deciding sets·Slight edge
40
46
Tiebreaks·
—
8

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Schmiedlova A.[7]
Errani S.[1]
7-636-3
Semi-finals
Schmiedlova A.[7]
Hercog P.
6-46-3
Errani S.[1]
Niculescu M.[3]
5-76-16-2
Quarter-finals
Schmiedlova A.[7]
Kovinic D.
6-26-2
Hercog P.
Krunic A.
6-36-3
Niculescu M.[3]
Mitu C.
4-66-06-2
Errani S.[1]
Tatishvili A.
6-26-3
R16
Errani S.[1]
Peer S.
7-656-2
Mitu C.
Cirstea S.
5-76-26-4
Schmiedlova A.[7]
Allertova D.
6-16-2
Kovinic D.
Goerges J.[4]
6-46-786-2
Tatishvili A.
Dulgheru A.[5]
5-2
Niculescu M.[3]
Pereira T.
6-26-3
Hercog P.
Tig P.
6-06-2
Krunic A.
Vinci R.[2]
6-16-1
R32
Tig P.
Soler Espinosa S.
6-43-1
Tatishvili A.
Voegele S.
6-47-5
Dulgheru A.[5]
Zhang S.
3-66-46-4
Niculescu M.[3]
Bogdan A.
6-25-76-2
Pereira T.
Kucova K.
6-36-747-66
Mitu C.
Beck A.[8]
1-66-36-3
Schmiedlova A.[7]
Jani R.
6-16-2
Kovinic D.
Martic P.
6-36-4
Goerges J.[4]
Kasatkina D.
7-646-4
Hercog P.
Smitkova T.[6]
6-27-5
Krunic A.
Kulichkova E.
6-26-4
Vinci R.[2]
Babos T.
6-26-1
Peer S.
Bondarenko K.
2-66-46-4
Cirstea S.
Karatantcheva S.
6-26-2
Errani S.[1]
Buyukakcay C.
6-27-62
Allertova D.
Dinu C.
6-43-66-3