Kirsten Flipkens vs Mirjana LucicAustralian Open Round of 128

Australian Open · WTA · Round of 128
40 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 18 January 2016
hard
44 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWLWL
Flipkens K.
5-7 6-2 7-5
Lucic M.
Flipkens K.
5672
Lucic M.
7251

Kirsten Flipkens defeated Mirjana Lucic 5-7 6-2 7-5 in the Australian Open round of 128 on hard. The result followed the form book — Kirsten Flipkens came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's round of 128. Kirsten Flipkens extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

10
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-09-10Quebec CityR16hardKirsten Flipkens6-7(2) 6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Flipkens K.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Lucic M.

Lucic M.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Flipkens K.

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
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
65%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
47%
42%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
43%
46%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.3
3.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.2
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (199 vs 87). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
52
28
Break points saved·Even
44
45
Break points won·Clear edge
65
79
Deciding sets·Dominant
84
43
Tiebreaks·Dominant
78
27

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
33°COvercast
Wind 20 km/hHumidity 20%

Draw

R128
Williams S.[1]
Giorgi C.
6-47-5
Hsieh S.
Ostapenko J.
3-67-56-1
Kasatkina D.
Schmiedlova A.[27]
6-36-3
Nara K.
Dodin O.
7-66-2
Han X.
Duque Marino M.
6-22-1
Putintseva Y.
Wozniacki C.[16]
1-67-66-4
Babos T.
Watson H.
6-77-57-5
Kuznetsova S.[23]
Hantuchova D.
6-06-2
Davis L.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[26]
1-66-36-4
Radwanska A.[4]
Mchale C.
6-26-3
Puig M.
Linette M.
6-36-0
Pliskova K.
Stosur S.[25]
6-47-6
Wang Q.
Stephens S.[24]
6-36-3
Suarez Navarro C.[10]
Golubic V.
7-56-4
Sakkari M.
Wang Y.
6-41-66-3
Niculescu M.
Pereira T.
6-26-1
Kulichkova E.
Petkovic A.[22]
7-56-4
Mladenovic K.[28]
Cibulkova D.
6-36-4
Gibbs N.
Koukalova K.
6-22-66-1
Kvitova P.[6]
Kumkhum L.
6-36-1
Kerber A.[7]
Doi M.
6-77-66-3
Dulgheru A.
Hunter S.
6-46-2
Brengle M.
Vandeweghe C.
6-36-4
Larsson J.
Begu I.[29]
6-36-2
Jankovic J.[19]
Hercog P.
6-36-3
Siegemund L.
Bertens K.
6-47-5
Beck A.
Hon P.
6-06-3
Bacsinszky T.[11]
Siniakova K.
6-37-5
Azarenka V.[14]
Van Uytvanck A.
6-06-0
Kovinic D.
Crawford S.
6-26-4
Svitolina E.[18]
Duval V.
6-26-3
Flipkens K.
Lucic M.
5-76-27-5
Muguruza G.[3]
Kontaveit A.
6-06-4
Konta J.
Williams V.[8]
6-46-2
Zheng S.
Witthoeft C.
6-16-2
Lisicki S.[30]
Cetkovska P.
6-46-4
Makarova K.[21]
Inglis M.
6-36-0
Maria T.
Govortsova O.
6-46-3
Goerges J.
Mitu C.
6-36-4
Pliskova K.[9]
Birrell K.
6-46-4
Keys M.[15]
Diyas Z.
7-66-1
Sevastova A.
Gajdosova J.
6-04-2
Ivanovic A.[20]
Patterson T.
6-26-3
Lepchenko V.
Tsurenko L.[31]
6-76-26-3
Arruabarrena L.
Zanevska M.
6-76-36-3
Cornet A.
Jovanovski B.
6-16-0
Zhang S.
Halep S.[2]
6-46-3
Bencic B.[12]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-46-3
King V.
Barthel M.
3-67-56-4
Strycova B.
Garcia C.[32]
6-26-4
Vinci R.[13]
Paszek T.
6-46-2
Shvedova Y.
Pironkova T.
6-46-4
Konjuh A.
Radwanska U.
0-66-46-3
Sasnovich A.
Rodina E.
6-37-6
Saville D.
Hradecka L.
7-66-4
Allertova D.
Mattek Sands B.
6-46-76-3
Bouchard E.
Krunic A.
6-36-4
Rybarikova M.
Wickmayer Y.
3-66-37-5
Gasparyan M.
Errani S.[17]
1-67-56-1
Bondarenko K.
Tomljanovic A.
7-66-3
Osaka N.
Vekic D.
6-36-2
Sharapova M.[5]
Hibino N.
6-16-3
Friedsam A.
Dominguez Lino L.
7-62-66-1
Falconi I.
Tatishvili A.
6-43-68-6