Sorana Cirstea vs Christina MchaleBeijing Round of 32

Beijing · WTA · Round of 32
#18WTA
1957ELO
1914Hard ELO
$1.5MYTD
$12MCAREER
36 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 October 2017
hard
34 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLLLLW
Cirstea S.
7-6 6-0
Mchale C.
Cirstea S.
7762
Mchale C.
6400

Sorana Cirstea defeated Christina Mchale 7-6 6-0 in the Beijing round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Christina Mchale came in leading the head-to-head 2–1, defending last year's round of 64. Sorana Cirstea narrowed the head-to-head to 2–2.

Key context

Head to head

12
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2020-08-31US OpenR128hardSorana Cirstea6-4 7-5
2015-03-23MiamiR128hardChristina Mchale7-5 6-4
2014-05-12RomeR64clayChristina Mchale6-3 4-6 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Cirstea S.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Mchale C.

Mchale C.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Cirstea S.

Serve advantage — Cirstea S.

Each player's serve crossed against the other's return, converted to expected hold of serve. Recent completed matches, ATP, WTA & Challenger. About

Serve & return on hard

Cirstea S.Mchale C.
67
Serve
70
Return

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
1st serve in·Even
61%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
61%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
48%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
59%
54%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
56%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
1.7
Double faults / match·Dominant
2.3
3.9

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Dominant
85
0
Break points saved·Dominant
86
28
Break points won·Dominant
92
65
Deciding sets·Dominant
85
8
Tiebreaks·Dominant
96
29

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

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·
81

Cirstea S.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 49 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
15°COvercast
Wind 9 km/hHumidity 46%

Draw