Sloane Stephens vs Lucie Safarova — Toronto Quarter-final

Toronto · WTA · Quarter-final
Sloane Stephens
USA
Sloane Stephens
#315WTA
1683ELO
1630Hard ELO
33 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 7 August 2017
hard
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
Stephens S.
6-2 1-6 7-5
Safarova L.
Stephens S.
6172
Safarova L.
2651

Sloane Stephens defeated Lucie Safarova 6-2 1-6 7-5 in the Toronto quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lucie Safarova came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Sloane Stephens narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Sloane Stephens closed it out in three sets, 6–2 1–6 7–5.

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-08-14CincinnatiR64hardSloane Stephens6-4 7-6(5)
2015-06-29WimbledonR32grassLucie Safarova3-6 6-3 6-1
2014-02-17DubaiR32hardLucie Safarova6-3 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Stephens S.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Safarova L.serving82% hold

wins 65% of points on serve vs Stephens S.

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
Stephens S.Safarova L.
1st serve in·Slight edge
70%
63%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
60%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
56%
62%
Return points won·Even
43%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
54%
62%
Aces / match·Dominant
1.2
5.4
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.9
3.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Stephens S.Safarova L.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
63
44
Break points saved·Slight edge
78
89
Break points won·Dominant
90
50
Deciding sets·Slight edge
55
47
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
74
50

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
22°CDrizzle
Wind 3 km/hHumidity 70%

Draw

Final
Svitolina E.[5]
Wozniacki C.[6]
6-46-0
Semi-finals
Svitolina E.[5]
Halep S.[2]
6-16-1
Wozniacki C.[6]
Stephens S.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Halep S.[2]
Garcia C.
6-46-2
Svitolina E.[5]
Muguruza G.[4]
4-66-46-3
Stephens S.
Safarova L.
6-21-67-5
Wozniacki C.[6]
Pliskova K.[1]
7-56-736-4
R16
Halep S.[2]
Strycova B.
6-16-0
Garcia C.
Bellis C.
6-46-2
Muguruza G.[4]
Barty A.
6-03-66-2
Svitolina E.[5]
Williams V.[9]
6-26-1
Safarova L.
Makarova K.
6-36-736-2
Stephens S.
Kerber A.[3]
6-26-2
Wozniacki C.[6]
Radwanska A.[10]
6-36-1
Pliskova K.[1]
Osaka N.
6-26-741-0
R32
Halep S.[2]
Rybarikova M.
6-36-4
Bellis C.
Kuznetsova S.[8]
6-47-5
Muguruza G.[4]
Flipkens K.
7-56-2
Barty A.
Vesnina E.[16]
6-35-76-4
Makarova K.
Konta J.[7]
5-77-646-3
Safarova L.
Cibulkova D.[11]
6-26-4
Stephens S.
Kvitova P.[14]
7-643-66-2
Wozniacki C.[6]
Alexandrova E.
6-36-0
Radwanska A.[10]
Babos T.
6-06-1
Pliskova K.[1]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-36-3
Garcia C.
Lepchenko V.
6-16-4
Osaka N.
Sevastova A.[15]
6-36-4
Svitolina E.[5]
Kasatkina D.
7-646-4
Kerber A.[3]
Vekic D.
6-47-65
Strycova B.
Saville D.
4-67-656-3
Williams V.[9]
Siniakova K.
7-57-5
R64
Barty A.
Dodin O.
5-0
Osaka N.
Watson H.
6-14-1
Lepchenko V.
Ostapenko J.[12]
1-67-627-65
Bellis C.
Goerges J.
4-66-36-2
Vesnina E.[16]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-36-3
Williams V.[9]
Begu I.
6-13-66-3
Siniakova K.
Duque Marino M.
4-66-06-4
Makarova K.
Peng S.
6-16-3
Safarova L.
Abanda F.
6-46-4
Cibulkova D.[11]
Tsurenko L.
7-636-4
Kvitova P.[14]
Suarez Navarro C.
6-17-65
Stephens S.
Putintseva Y.
6-746-06-4
Vekic D.
Bouchard E.
6-36-4
Alexandrova E.
Vickery S.
6-17-63
Babos T.
Andreescu B.
6-46-1
Radwanska A.[10]
Vandeweghe C.
6-36-2
Sevastova A.[15]
Davis L.
6-14-66-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Cornet A.
6-06-1
Rybarikova M.
Lucic M.
7-56-0
Saville D.
Arruabarrena L.
6-36-3
Strycova B.
Mladenovic K.[13]
6-26-3
Flipkens K.
Konjuh A.
6-20-0
Kasatkina D.
Vinci R.
7-637-61
Garcia C.
Cirstea S.
6-26-746-4