Kristina Mladenovic vs Daria Saville — Hong Kong Semi-final

Hong Kong · WTA · Semi-final
Kristina Mladenovic
FRA
Kristina Mladenovic
#835WTA
1422ELO
1408Hard ELO
33 yrs · 184 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 10 October 2016
hard
AUS8
Daria Saville
32 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
Mladenovic K.
7-5 6-3
Saville D.
Mladenovic K.
762
Saville D.
530

Kristina Mladenovic defeated Daria Saville 7-5 6-3 in the Hong Kong semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Daria Saville came in leading the head-to-head 2–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Kristina Mladenovic claimed a first win over Daria Saville in three meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-08-14CincinnatiR64hardDaria Saville6-0 7-6(6)
2016-01-18Australian OpenR32hardDaria Saville6-4 4-6 11-9

Serve vs return

This season
Mladenovic K.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Saville D.

Saville D.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Mladenovic 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
Mladenovic K.Saville D.
1st serve in·Even
61%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
39%
42%
Service points won·Even
53%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
49%
56%
Aces / match·Even
2.0
1.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
6.6
5.6

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Mladenovic K.Saville D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
27
64
Break points saved·Dominant
26
79
Break points won·Clear edge
69
87
Deciding sets·Clear edge
48
70
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
65
51

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Wozniacki C.[5]
Mladenovic K.
6-16-746-2
Semi-finals
Wozniacki C.[5]
Jankovic J.[7]
6-36-4
Mladenovic K.
Saville D.[8]
7-56-3
Quarter-finals
Wozniacki C.[5]
Wang Q.
6-37-5
Jankovic J.[7]
Cornet A.
3-66-46-2
Mladenovic K.
Mattek Sands B.
3-66-37-63
Saville D.[8]
Kerber A.[1]
6-36-1
R16
Wang Q.
Konta J.[3]
W/O
Mattek Sands B.
Garcia C.[6]
4-66-26-4
Mladenovic K.
Hibino N.
7-656-2
Saville D.[8]
Siniakova K.
6-27-5
Kerber A.[1]
Chirico L.
6-23-66-2
Jankovic J.[7]
Krunic A.
6-46-3
Cornet A.
Williams V.[2]
6-23-66-2
Wozniacki C.[5]
Watson H.
6-36-3
R32
Hibino N.
Stosur S.[4]
6-36-4
Saville D.[8]
Zhu L.
6-06-2
Siniakova K.
Gibbs N.
6-34-66-2
Chirico L.
Lee Y.
6-26-1
Kerber A.[1]
Sakkari M.
6-46-4
Jankovic J.[7]
Crawford S.
6-36-1
Konta J.[3]
Broady N.
6-26-2
Wang Q.
Zhang L.
6-26-2
Wozniacki C.[5]
Zheng S.
6-16-4
Mladenovic K.
Jakupovic D.
7-666-1
Cornet A.
Lepchenko V.
6-36-2
Garcia C.[6]
Martincova T.
6-36-0
Mattek Sands B.
Eraydin B.
6-16-2
Williams V.[2]
Ozaki R.
6-46-1
Watson H.
Erakovic M.
7-57-69
Krunic A.
Kumkhum L.
6-16-0