Timea Babos vs Lucie Safarova — Budapest Final

Budapest · WTA · Final
HUN1
Timea Babos
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 20 February 2017
clay
CZE2
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
Babos T.
6-7 6-4 6-3
Safarova L.
Babos T.
64662
Safarova L.
77431

Timea Babos defeated Lucie Safarova 6-7 6-4 6-3 in the Budapest final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Lucie Safarova came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Timea Babos narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-09-11Quebec CitySFhardTimea Babos7-6(8) 6-4
2014-08-25US OpenR128hardLucie Safarova6-4 7-5
2012-06-18EastbourneR32grassLucie Safarova3-6 6-3 7-6(6)

Serve vs return

This season
Babos T.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Safarova L.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Babos T.

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
Babos T.Safarova L.
1st serve in·Even
61%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
70%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
43%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
57%
62%
Return points won·Even
41%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
62%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.2
5.4
Double faults / match·Even
4.0
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 76). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Babos T.Safarova L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
0
44
Break points saved·Dominant
51
89
Break points won·Even
48
50
Deciding sets·Dominant
6
47
Tiebreaks·Dominant
15
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
Babos T.[1]
Safarova L.[2]
6-746-46-3
Semi-finals
Safarova L.[2]
Witthoeft C.
6-46-3
Babos T.[1]
Goerges J.[3]
7-56-1
Quarter-finals
Safarova L.[2]
Sasnovich A.
6-37-5
Witthoeft C.
Beck A.[8]
6-16-1
Goerges J.[3]
Wickmayer Y.[5]
6-17-5
Babos T.[1]
Dodin O.[7]
6-42-66-1
R16
Babos T.[1]
Blinkova A.
6-36-2
Safarova L.[2]
Hsieh S.
6-26-1
Sasnovich A.
Parmentier P.[6]
7-636-4
Witthoeft C.
Falconi I.
7-636-3
Beck A.[8]
Stollar F.
6-26-0
Wickmayer Y.[5]
Khromacheva I.
6-46-2
Goerges J.[3]
Vekic D.
6-26-2
Dodin O.[7]
Korpatsch T.
6-26-1
R32
Parmentier P.[6]
Baindl K.
7-637-62
Beck A.[8]
Cepelova J.
6-26-2
Wickmayer Y.[5]
Shinikova I.
6-34-67-5
Khromacheva I.
Allertova D.
6-766-36-4
Vekic D.
Alexandrova E.
6-37-5
Goerges J.[3]
Kontaveit A.
6-736-36-4
Dodin O.[7]
Galfi D.
6-46-4
Korpatsch T.
Rodina E.
6-36-3
Blinkova A.
Broady N.
3-66-46-3
Babos T.[1]
Soylu I.
6-36-2
Safarova L.[2]
Linette M.
6-05-77-64
Hsieh S.
Sorribes Tormo S.
2-66-36-1
Sasnovich A.
Flipkens K.
4-66-46-1
Witthoeft C.
Cirstea S.[4]
6-36-2
Falconi I.
Stefkova B.
4-67-56-4
Stollar F.
Kovinic D.
6-27-64