Christina Mchale vs Mirjana Lucic — Acapulco Quarter-final

Acapulco · WTA · Quarter-final
USA
Christina Mchale
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 22 February 2016
hard
CRO
Mirjana Lucic
44 yrs · 181 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLWLWLWL
Mchale C.
6-4 6-7 6-2
Lucic M.
Mchale C.
66762
Lucic M.
47921

Christina Mchale defeated Mirjana Lucic 6-4 6-7 6-2 in the Acapulco quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Mirjana Lucic came in defending last year's quarter-final. Christina Mchale extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-01-05BrisbaneR32hardMirjana Lucic6-3 6-0
2011-07-25StanfordR32hardChristina Mchale6-1 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Mchale C.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Lucic M.

Lucic M.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Mchale C.

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
Mchale C.Lucic M.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
43%
42%
Service points won·Even
54%
55%
Return points won·Even
45%
46%
Break points saved·Even
54%
53%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.7
3.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.9
6.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 87). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

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

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
Stephens S.[2]
Cibulkova D.
6-44-67-65
Semi-finals
Cibulkova D.
Mchale C.
6-36-3
Stephens S.[2]
Wickmayer Y.[8]
6-26-0
Quarter-finals
Wickmayer Y.[8]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[3]
6-37-63
Cibulkova D.
Larsson J.[6]
3-66-26-3
Mchale C.
Lucic M.
6-46-776-2
Stephens S.[2]
Osaka N.
6-37-5
R16
Cibulkova D.
Azarenka V.[1]
W/O
Stephens S.[2]
Govortsova O.
6-46-1
Osaka N.
Duque Marino M.
6-37-65
Pavlyuchenkova A.[3]
Glushko J.
6-26-1
Wickmayer Y.[8]
Puig M.
3-66-36-3
Mchale C.
Kovinic D.[7]
3-66-36-2
Lucic M.
Konta J.[4]
4-66-27-5
Larsson J.[6]
Rogers S.
6-16-727-5
R32
Pavlyuchenkova A.[3]
Radwanska U.
6-02-3
Stephens S.[2]
Chirico L.
1-66-36-3
Govortsova O.
Arruabarrena L.
6-16-2
Glushko J.
Sanchez A.
6-46-1
Kovinic D.[7]
Maria T.
7-666-2
Lucic M.
Falconi I.
6-26-3
Konta J.[4]
Kontaveit A.
6-33-66-4
Larsson J.[6]
Sakkari M.
6-26-3
Rogers S.
Tatishvili A.
7-666-0
Cibulkova D.
Dominguez Lino L.
6-06-0
Azarenka V.[1]
Hercog P.
4-66-36-1
Osaka N.
Bertens K.
6-46-2
Duque Marino M.
Van Uytvanck A.[5]
4-66-46-4
Wickmayer Y.[8]
Rodriguez V.
6-756-07-62
Puig M.
Crawford S.
6-46-4
Mchale C.
Watson H.
4-66-07-61