Daria Saville vs Kirsten Flipkens — New Haven Quarter-final

New Haven · WTA · Quarter-final
AUS
Daria Saville
32 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 21 August 2017
hard
BEL
Kirsten Flipkens
40 yrs · 165 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWLWW
Saville D.
6-2 6-4
Flipkens K.
Saville D.
662
Flipkens K.
240

Daria Saville defeated Kirsten Flipkens 6-2 6-4 in the New Haven quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Kirsten Flipkens came in leading the head-to-head 1–0, defending last year's quarter-final. Daria Saville claimed a first win over Kirsten Flipkens in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2012-06-18's HertogenboschR16grassKirsten Flipkens7-5 7-6(4)

Serve vs return

This season
Saville D.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Flipkens K.

Flipkens K.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Saville D.

Baseline battle — serve is shaky, expect plenty of breaks

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
Saville D.Flipkens K.
1st serve in·Even
65%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
63%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
42%
47%
Service points won·Even
55%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Even
1.9
2.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.6
2.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 199). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Saville D.Flipkens K.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
64
52
Break points saved·Dominant
79
44
Break points won·Clear edge
87
65
Deciding sets·Clear edge
70
84
Tiebreaks·Dominant
51
78

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
Saville D.
Cibulkova D.[2]
4-66-36-4
Semi-finals
Cibulkova D.[2]
Mertens E.
6-16-3
Saville D.
Radwanska A.[1]
6-46-4
Quarter-finals
Mertens E.
Zhang S.
W/O
Radwanska A.[1]
Peng S.[8]
7-56-3
Cibulkova D.[2]
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
7-56-4
Saville D.
Flipkens K.
6-26-4
R16
Cibulkova D.[2]
Cornet A.
2-66-26-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Suarez Navarro C.
7-636-0
Zhang S.
Linette M.
6-36-746-3
Mertens E.
Kasatkina D.
6-27-5
Flipkens K.
Bogdan A.
6-17-61
Saville D.
Babos T.
7-57-66
Peng S.[8]
Lucic M.
6-26-3
Radwanska A.[1]
Bouchard E.
6-37-5
R32
Suarez Navarro C.
Cepelova J.
6-44-0
Zhang S.
Kvitova P.[3]
6-26-1
Linette M.
Vinci R.
6-36-1
Mertens E.
Bertens K.
4-66-46-2
Kasatkina D.
Strycova B.[7]
7-56-3
Cornet A.
Putintseva Y.
6-06-0
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Mchale C.
3-66-26-4
Bogdan A.
Vesnina E.[5]
7-57-5
Flipkens K.
Tsurenko L.
6-26-3
Saville D.
Pliskova K.
7-54-67-5
Babos T.
Mladenovic K.[4]
7-57-5
Peng S.[8]
Siniakova K.
1-66-37-63
Lucic M.
Kontaveit A.
6-46-736-3
Bouchard E.
Davis L.
6-16-3