Timea Babos vs Lucie Safarova — Quebec City Semi-final

Quebec City · WTA · Semi-final
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Timea Babos
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 September 2017
hard
CZE1
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
Babos T.
7-6 6-4
Safarova L.
Babos T.
71062
Safarova L.
6840

Timea Babos defeated Lucie Safarova 7-6 6-4 in the Quebec City semi-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lucie Safarova came in leading the head-to-head 2–1. Timea Babos narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2017-02-20BudapestFclayTimea Babos6-7(4) 6-4 6-3
2014-08-25US OpenR128hardLucie Safarova6-4 7-5
2012-06-18EastbourneR32grassLucie Safarova3-6 6-3 7-6(6)

Serve vs return

This season
Babos T.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Safarova L.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Babos T.

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
Babos T.Safarova L.
1st serve in·Even
61%
62%
1st serve points won·Even
66%
70%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Even
57%
61%
Return points won·Even
41%
42%
Break points saved·Slight edge
56%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.1
5.4
Double faults / match·Even
4.0
3.8

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Babos T.Safarova L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
0
44
Break points saved·Dominant
51
89
Break points won·Even
48
50
Deciding sets·Dominant
6
47
Tiebreaks·Dominant
15
50

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
Van Uytvanck A.[7]
Babos T.[3]
5-76-46-1
Semi-finals
Van Uytvanck A.[7]
Maria T.[4]
6-16-2
Babos T.[3]
Safarova L.[1]
7-686-4
Quarter-finals
Safarova L.[1]
Hradecka L.
6-47-5
Babos T.[3]
Abanda F.
6-36-2
Maria T.[4]
Vickery S.
6-16-3
Van Uytvanck A.[7]
Dolehide C.
6-26-2
R16
Dolehide C.
Dodin O.[2]
W/O
Abanda F.
Lepchenko V.[5]
5-77-56-4
Safarova L.[1]
Kenin S.
6-46-3
Babos T.[3]
Broady N.
6-25-76-2
Hradecka L.
Andreescu B.
2-66-27-5
Maria T.[4]
Min G.
6-16-1
Van Uytvanck A.[7]
Erakovic M.
6-47-64
Vickery S.
Golubic V.[8]
2-66-36-4
R32
Golubic V.[8]
Krejcikova B.
1-67-56-4
Abanda F.
Muhammad A.
6-47-5
Vickery S.
Townsend T.
7-56-0
Dolehide C.
Robillard Millette C.
6-36-2
Van Uytvanck A.[7]
Zhao C.
4-66-27-61
Maria T.[4]
Stollar F.
6-27-64
Lepchenko V.[5]
Wozniak A.
6-12-66-1
Broady N.
Aiava D.
6-43-66-3
Erakovic M.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-46-1
Andreescu B.
Brady J.[6]
6-36-2
Safarova L.[1]
Tatishvili A.
6-06-1
Min G.
Pegula J.
4-66-46-0
Babos T.[3]
Loeb J.
7-645-76-2
Hradecka L.
Hlavackova A.
6-16-3
Dodin O.[2]
Dabrowski G.
5-77-56-4
Kenin S.
Martincova T.
5-76-46-3