Yanina Wickmayer vs Alize Cornet — Guangzhou Quarter-final

Guangzhou · WTA · Quarter-final
BEL
Yanina Wickmayer
36 yrs · 182 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLLLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 18 September 2017
hard
FRA6
Alize Cornet
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
Wickmayer Y.
6-1 7-6
Cornet A.
Wickmayer Y.
6772
Cornet A.
1650

Yanina Wickmayer defeated Alize Cornet 6-1 7-6 in the Guangzhou quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Alize Cornet came in leading the head-to-head 4–1. Yanina Wickmayer narrowed the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

  • Match story: Yanina Wickmayer came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 6–1 7–6.

Head to head

1–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2024-02-05Cluj-NapocaR32hardAlize Cornet7-5 4-6 6-3
2015-07-20IstanbulR32clayAlize Cornet6-3 7-5
2013-07-29WashingtonR32hardAlize Cornet6-1 6-3
2012-06-11Bad GasteinFclayAlize Cornet7-5 7-6(1)
2009-10-19LuxembourgR16hardYanina Wickmayer7-5 7-6(6)

Serve vs return

This season
Wickmayer Y.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Cornet A.

Cornet A.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Wickmayer Y.

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
Wickmayer Y.Cornet A.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
44%
Service points won·Even
58%
55%
Return points won·Even
42%
45%
Break points saved·Even
56%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.8
1.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.2
4.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (171 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Wickmayer Y.Cornet A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
14
53
Break points saved·Even
57
57
Break points won·Clear edge
61
83
Deciding sets·Dominant
22
74
Tiebreaks·Dominant
13
47

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