Lucie Safarova vs Naomi Osaka — Birmingham Round of 16

Birmingham · WTA · Round of 16
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 June 2017
grass
Naomi Osaka
JPN
Naomi Osaka
#13WTA
1987ELO
1793Grass ELO
$1.1MYTD
$26MCAREER
28 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Safarova L.
6-2 6-4
Osaka N.
Safarova L.
662
Osaka N.
240

Lucie Safarova defeated Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4 in the Birmingham round of 16 on grass. The result followed the form book — Lucie Safarova came in defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Safarova L.serving88% hold

wins 69% of points on serve vs Osaka N.

Osaka N.serving91% hold

wins 71% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Serve-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 season
Safarova L.Osaka N.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
74%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
49%
Service points won·Even
61%
63%
Return points won·Even
42%
42%
Break points saved·Even
62%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
5.4
6.7
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.9
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (76 vs 196). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Safarova L.Osaka N.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
44
91
Break points saved·Slight edge
89
96
Break points won·Dominant
50
97
Deciding sets·Dominant
48
99
Tiebreaks·Dominant
50
95

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

Freshness

Recent load
Safarova L.Osaka N.
Freshness·
—
88

Osaka N.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 23 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.[7]
Barty A.
4-66-36-2
Semi-finals
Barty A.
Muguruza G.[6]
3-66-46-3
Kvitova P.[7]
Safarova L.
6-11-0
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