Daria Saville vs Lucie Safarova — Moscow Round of 32

Moscow · WTA · Round of 32
AUS
Daria Saville
32 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 October 2016
hard
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
Saville D.
6-2 6-2
Safarova L.
Saville D.
662
Safarova L.
220

Daria Saville defeated Lucie Safarova 6-2 6-2 in the Moscow round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lucie Safarova came in leading the head-to-head 5–1, defending last year's round of 16. Daria Saville narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-08-06MontrealR64hardLucie Safarova4-6 6-4 7-5
2017-06-19BirminghamQFgrassLucie Safarova6-7(4) 6-3 7-6(5)
2017-03-20MiamiR64hardLucie Safarova6-2 6-2
2016-08-29US OpenR128hardLucie Safarova6-4 6-4
2015-08-24New HavenR32hardLucie Safarova6-3 6-4
2015-08-10TorontoR32hardDaria Saville4-6 7-5 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Saville D.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Safarova L.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Saville D.

Serve advantage — Safarova L.

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
Saville D.Safarova L.
1st serve in·Even
65%
62%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
62%
70%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
42%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
55%
62%
Return points won·Even
45%
41%
Break points saved·Even
56%
60%
Aces / match·Dominant
1.9
5.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.6
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 109). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Saville D.Safarova L.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
64
44
Break points saved·Slight edge
79
89
Break points won·Dominant
87
50
Deciding sets·Clear edge
70
48
Tiebreaks·Even
51
50

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kuznetsova S.[1]
Saville D.
6-26-1
Semi-finals
Kuznetsova S.[1]
Svitolina E.[4]
6-16-726-4
Saville D.
Goerges J.
7-56-1
Quarter-finals
Saville D.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[7]
7-54-66-3
Svitolina E.[4]
Konjuh A.
6-16-1
Goerges J.
Kasatkina D.[8]
7-56-1
Kuznetsova S.[1]
Babos T.[9]
7-56-726-2
R16
Saville D.
Suarez Navarro C.[3]
6-43-0
Goerges J.
Vesnina E.[5]
7-56-0
Kasatkina D.[8]
Makarova K.
6-46-1
Svitolina E.[4]
Putintseva Y.
6-26-2
Babos T.[9]
Mladenovic K.
6-16-4
Kuznetsova S.[1]
Cornet A.
6-47-5
Konjuh A.
Blinkova A.
W/O
Pavlyuchenkova A.[7]
Jankovic J.
6-16-4
R32
Cornet A.
Rogers S.
7-666-3
Kasatkina D.[8]
Bencic B.
6-46-1
Konjuh A.
Strycova B.[6]
6-41-66-2
Blinkova A.
Sevastova A.
4-66-17-610
Babos T.[9]
Begu I.
6-26-727-5
Mladenovic K.
Kalinskaya A.
6-46-2
Putintseva Y.
Tsurenko L.
6-30-0
Saville D.
Safarova L.
6-26-2
Jankovic J.
Ostapenko J.
6-36-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.[7]
Siniakova K.
7-625-77-5
Goerges J.
Kovinic D.
7-636-3
Makarova K.
Gibbs N.
7-56-1