Lucie Safarova vs Daria Saville — Birmingham Quarter-final

Birmingham · WTA · Quarter-final
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 19 June 2017
grass
AUS9
Daria Saville
32 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
Safarova L.
6-7 6-3 7-6
Saville D.
Safarova L.
646772
Saville D.
773651

Lucie Safarova defeated Daria Saville 6-7 6-3 7-6 in the Birmingham quarter-final on grass. The result followed the form book — Lucie Safarova came in leading the head-to-head 4–2, defending last year's round of 32. Lucie Safarova extended the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

4–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-08-06MontrealR64hardLucie Safarova4-6 6-4 7-5
2017-03-20MiamiR64hardLucie Safarova6-2 6-2
2016-10-17MoscowR32hardDaria Saville6-2 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
Safarova L.serving85% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Saville D.

Saville D.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

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
Safarova L.Saville D.
1st serve in·Even
62%
65%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
70%
62%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
48%
42%
Service points won·Slight edge
62%
55%
Return points won·Even
42%
45%
Break points saved·Slight edge
62%
56%
Aces / match·Dominant
5.4
1.9
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.9
5.5

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Safarova L.Saville D.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
44
64
Break points saved·Slight edge
89
79
Break points won·Dominant
50
87
Deciding sets·Clear edge
47
70
Tiebreaks·Even
50
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
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