Lucie Safarova vs Dominika Cibulkova — Birmingham Round of 32
Birmingham · WTA · Round of 32
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 June 2017
grass
Safarova L.5-7 7-6 7-5
Cibulkova D.
Safarova L.
57972
Cibulkova D.
76751
Lucie Safarova defeated Dominika Cibulkova 5-7 7-6 7-5 in the Birmingham round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Dominika Cibulkova came in leading the head-to-head 5–4. Lucie Safarova narrowed the head-to-head to 5–5.
Key context
- Match story: Lucie Safarova dropped the opening set before beating Dominika Cibulkova 5–7 7–6 7–5.
Head to head
4–5| Date | Tournament | Round | Surface | Winner | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-07 | Toronto | R32 | hard | Lucie Safarova | 6-2 6-4 |
| 2017-03-20 | Miami | R16 | hard | Lucie Safarova | 7-6(5) 6-1 |
| 2016-09-19 | Tokyo | R32 | hard | Dominika Cibulkova | 4-6 6-1 7-5 |
| 2015-08-24 | New Haven | QF | hard | Lucie Safarova | 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 |
| 2015-06-22 | Eastbourne | R32 | grass | Dominika Cibulkova | 7-6(7) 6-4 |
| 2014-06-23 | Wimbledon | R32 | grass | Lucie Safarova | 6-4 6-2 |
| 2011-10-10 | Linz | SF | hard | Dominika Cibulkova | 6-1 6-4 |
| 2010-06-21 | Wimbledon | R128 | grass | Dominika Cibulkova | 7-6(5) 6-4 |
| 2008-02-18 | Doha | R64 | hard | Dominika Cibulkova | 6-4 6-3 |
Serve vs return
This seasonServe-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks
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 season1st serve in·Even
62%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
70%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
48%
Service points won·Even
61%
57%
Return points won·Even
42%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
57%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.3
0.9
Double faults / match·Even
3.8
3.5
Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (76 vs 107). ATP, WTA & Challenger.
Clutch
Under pressureClutch Rating·Dominant
44
71
Break points saved·Slight edge
89
78
Break points won·Dominant
50
87
Deciding sets·Dominant
47
72
Tiebreaks·Dominant
50
83
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
Quarter-finals
Barty A.
Giorgi C.
5-2
Kvitova P.[7]
Mladenovic K.[5]
6-47-65
Safarova L.
Saville D.[9]
6-746-37-65
Muguruza G.[6]
Vandeweghe C.
4-66-40-0
R16
Muguruza G.[6]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-16-4
Mladenovic K.[5]
Zhang S.
6-47-63
Giorgi C.
Svitolina E.[2]
6-44-66-2
Barty A.
Strycova B.[8]
6-33-66-1
Vandeweghe C.
Konta J.[4]
6-16-3
Kvitova P.[7]
Broady N.
6-26-2
Saville D.[9]
Siniakova K.
7-52-66-4
Safarova L.
Osaka N.
6-26-4
R32
Svitolina E.[2]
Watson H.
6-25-76-3
Giorgi C.
Vikhlyantseva N.
6-37-64
Barty A.
Vondrousova M.
7-57-61
Strycova B.[8]
Putintseva Y.
6-36-3
Konta J.[4]
Tsurenko L.
6-37-66
Vandeweghe C.
Mchale C.
6-46-2
Riske Amritraj A.
Vekic D.
6-27-62
Muguruza G.[6]
Kulichkova E.
6-33-66-4
Kvitova P.[7]
Smitkova T.
6-26-3
Zhang S.
Linette M.
7-57-5
Mladenovic K.[5]
Duan Y.
6-37-62
Saville D.[9]
Hsieh S.
6-46-4
Siniakova K.
Hibino N.
7-57-5
Osaka N.
Davis L.
6-12-67-64
Safarova L.
Cibulkova D.[3]
5-77-677-5
Broady N.
Cornet A.
7-636-0