Alize Cornet vs Danka Kovinic — Guangzhou Round of 16

Guangzhou · WTA · Round of 16
FRA6
Alize Cornet
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 18 September 2017
hard
Danka Kovinic
MNE
Danka Kovinic
#1096WTA
31 yrs · 169 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWLLL
Cornet A.
7-6 2-6 6-3
Kovinic D.
Cornet A.
77262
Kovinic D.
64631

Alize Cornet defeated Danka Kovinic 7-6 2-6 6-3 in the Guangzhou round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Danka Kovinic came in defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

  • Match story: Alize Cornet closed it out in three sets, 7–6 2–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Cornet A.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Kovinic D.

Kovinic D.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Cornet A.

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
Cornet A.Kovinic D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
56%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
44%
Service points won·Even
55%
55%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
55%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.7
2.8
Double faults / match·Even
4.9
4.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Cornet A.Kovinic D.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
53
33
Break points saved·Dominant
57
28
Break points won·Slight edge
83
74
Deciding sets·Clear edge
74
88
Tiebreaks·Dominant
47
2

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
Zhang S.[2]
Krunic A.
6-23-66-2
Semi-finals
Zhang S.[2]
Rodina E.
7-676-3
Krunic A.
Wickmayer Y.
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Wickmayer Y.
Cornet A.[6]
6-17-65
Zhang S.[2]
Baindl K.
6-16-1
Rodina E.
Cabrera L.
6-17-64
Krunic A.
Peterson R.
6-16-1
R16
Baindl K.
Han X.
6-06-0
Rodina E.
Wang Y.
6-16-2
Krunic A.
Barthel M.
6-46-0
Cornet A.[6]
Kovinic D.
7-642-66-3
Wickmayer Y.
Peng S.[1]
6-46-4
Zhang S.[2]
Soylu I.
6-06-0
Cabrera L.
Kontaveit A.[3]
6-07-5
Peterson R.
Zhang K.
6-36-0
R32
Wickmayer Y.
Pattinama Kerkhove L.
7-617-64
Peterson R.
Riske Amritraj A.[8]
6-36-2
Kontaveit A.[3]
Paolini J.
6-06-2
Wang Y.
Mertens E.[5]
6-27-65
Kovinic D.
Tig P.
6-24-2
Barthel M.
Lu J.
6-04-66-3
Krunic A.
Tsurenko L.[4]
6-36-4
Han X.
Stosur S.[7]
6-766-37-5
Soylu I.
Sakkari M.
6-06-3
Rodina E.
Rodionova A.
7-633-66-0
Zhang K.
Fett J.
2-66-16-3
Baindl K.
Liu F.
7-56-0
Peng S.[1]
Jabeur O.
7-641-66-3
Cornet A.[6]
Pera B.
4-66-26-2
Zhang S.[2]
You X.
6-16-0
Cabrera L.
Gao X.
6-37-5