Danka Kovinic vs Silvia Soler Espinosa — Rio de Janeiro Round of 16

Rio de Janeiro · WTA · Round of 16
Danka Kovinic
MNE3
Danka Kovinic
#1096WTA
31 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WLLLLLLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 February 2016
clay
ESP
Silvia Soler Espinosa
38 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWWLLWL
Kovinic D.
6-2 6-3
Soler Espinosa S.
Kovinic D.
662
Soler Espinosa S.
230

Danka Kovinic defeated Silvia Soler Espinosa 6-2 6-3 in the Rio de Janeiro round of 16 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Silvia Soler Espinosa came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Danka Kovinic claimed a first win over Silvia Soler Espinosa in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2014-07-21BakuR32hardSilvia Soler Espinosa6-2 6-4

Serve vs return

This season
Kovinic D.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Soler Espinosa S.

Soler Espinosa S.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Kovinic D.

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
Kovinic D.Soler Espinosa S.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
55%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
54%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.8
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.7
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 91). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kovinic D.Soler Espinosa S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
33
7
Break points saved·Slight edge
28
21
Break points won·Dominant
74
39
Deciding sets·Dominant
88
49
Tiebreaks·Dominant
2
33

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
Schiavone F.
Rogers S.
2-66-26-2
Semi-finals
Rogers S.
Cirstea S.
6-46-4
Schiavone F.
Martic P.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Rogers S.
Goncalves P.
6-25-76-3
Schiavone F.
Burger C.
3-67-666-3
Martic P.
Arruabarrena L.[6]
6-45-77-5
Cirstea S.
Kovinic D.[3]
6-16-2
R16
Rogers S.
Cepede Royg V.
7-56-4
Kovinic D.[3]
Soler Espinosa S.
6-26-3
Cirstea S.
Hercog P.[5]
7-57-63
Schiavone F.
Duque Marino M.
6-44-67-5
Arruabarrena L.[6]
Bogdan A.
7-55-76-3
Martic P.
Erakovic M.
7-625-76-2
Goncalves P.
Larsson J.[2]
6-46-4
Burger C.
Kostova E.
6-36-0
R32
Goncalves P.
Glushko J.
6-36-1
Cepede Royg V.
Tatishvili A.
6-746-16-3
Rogers S.
Mitu C.[8]
6-26-2
Kovinic D.[3]
Vickery S.
6-35-76-4
Soler Espinosa S.
Oprandi R.
6-16-2
Hercog P.[5]
Brady J.
6-46-2
Duque Marino M.
Parmentier P.
7-56-756-3
Kostova E.
Irigoyen M.
7-57-5
Burger C.
Mchale C.[4]
7-652-66-1
Arruabarrena L.[6]
Peterson R.
6-06-3
Bogdan A.
Ce G.
6-26-3
Erakovic M.
Torro Flor M.
7-686-756-2
Martic P.
Pereira T.[1]
6-37-5
Larsson J.[2]
Dominguez Lino L.
7-56-4
Cirstea S.
Haddad Maia B.
6-26-1
Schiavone F.
Maria T.[7]
6-16-1