Christina Mchale vs Magda Linette — Birmingham Qualifying Final

Birmingham · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Final
USA
Christina Mchale
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 13 June 2016
grass
Magda Linette
POL
Magda Linette
#51WTA
1831ELO
1669Grass ELO
$732kYTD
$8.8MCAREER
34 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Mchale C.
6-4 6-3
Linette M.
Mchale C.
662
Linette M.
43–

Christina Mchale defeated Magda Linette 6-4 6-3 in the Birmingham qualifying final on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Magda Linette came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Christina Mchale narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-10-07TianjinR32hardMagda Linette6-3 6-1
2016-06-06NottinghamR32grassChristina Mchale6-1 6-4
2015-09-14TokyoSFhardMagda Linette3-6 6-4 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Mchale C.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Linette M.

Linette M.serving62% hold

wins 55% 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.Linette M.
1st serve in·Even
63%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
64%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
42%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
58%
Return points won·Even
45%
42%
Break points saved·Even
54%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.7
3.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.9
2.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Mchale C.Linette M.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
0
79
Break points saved·Dominant
28
86
Break points won·Slight edge
65
75
Deciding sets·Dominant
8
89
Tiebreaks·Dominant
29
88

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

Freshness

Recent load
Mchale C.Linette M.
Freshness·
—
98

Linette M.: 14 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q3
Pironkova T.
Bondarenko K.
7-56-4
Mchale C.
Linette M.
6-46-3
Paszek T.
Tatishvili A.
6-36-2
Siniakova K.
Krunic A.
6-36-3
Q2
Pironkova T.
Pliskova K.
6-37-68
Linette M.
King V.
6-46-4
Siniakova K.
Robson L.
6-16-3
Paszek T.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-46-2
Tatishvili A.
Savchuk O.
6-47-5
Mchale C.
Osaka N.
6-00-0
Bondarenko K.
Koukalova K.
6-44-66-1
Krunic A.
Shinikova I.
6-16-2
Q1
Kudryavtseva A.
Lucic M.
6-26-4
Siniakova K.
Vekic D.
6-36-0
Robson L.
Lepchenko V.
6-46-1
Pironkova T.
Boulter K.
6-16-2
Pliskova K.
Taylor G.
6-36-4
Koukalova K.
Xu Y.
1-67-6126-2
Bondarenko K.
Dodin O.
6-37-63
Savchuk O.
Chirico L.
4-67-697-65
Tatishvili A.
Dart H.
6-44-66-1
Paszek T.
Duval V.
6-26-736-1
King V.
Burrage J.
7-56-4
Linette M.
Kucova K.
6-26-3
Osaka N.
Nara K.
6-26-3
Mchale C.
Davis L.
6-26-3
Shinikova I.
Klepac A.
6-26-4
Krunic A.
Buyukakcay C.
7-56-3