Timea Babos vs Belinda BencicCincinnati Round of 32

Cincinnati · WTA · Round of 32
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 15 August 2016
hard
#14WTA
1989ELO
1952Hard ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Babos T.
7-5 6-2
Bencic B.
Babos T.
762
Bencic B.
520

Timea Babos defeated Belinda Bencic 7-5 6-2 in the Cincinnati round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Belinda Bencic came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's round of 16. Timea Babos claimed a first win over Belinda Bencic in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Timea Babos closed it out in two sets, 7–5 6–2.

Head to head

02
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-03-05Indian WellsR128hardBelinda Bencic1-6 6-1 7-6(4)
2016-01-18Australian OpenR64hardBelinda Bencic6-3 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Babos T.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

Bencic B.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Babos T.

Serve advantage — Bencic B.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Babos T.Bencic B.
Serve
57
Return
55

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
69%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
43%
48%
Service points won·Even
57%
61%
Return points won·Even
41%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.2
2.9
Double faults / match·Even
4.0
3.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
0
88
Break points saved·Dominant
51
95
Break points won·Dominant
48
94
Deciding sets·Dominant
6
98
Tiebreaks·Dominant
15
98

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

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·
85

Bencic B.: 8 days rest · 4 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
25°CDrizzle
Wind 7 km/hHumidity 82%

Draw