Varvara Lepchenko vs Fangzhou Liu — Beijing Qualifying Round 1

Beijing · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Varvara Lepchenko
USA
Varvara Lepchenko
#172WTA
1578ELO
1559Hard ELO
40 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 October 2017
hard
CHN
Fangzhou Liu
#723WTA
30 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLWWW
Lepchenko V.
4-6 6-4 6-4
Liu F.
Lepchenko V.
4662
Liu F.
6441

Varvara Lepchenko defeated Fangzhou Liu 4-6 6-4 6-4 in the Beijing qualifying round 1 on hard. The result followed the form book — Varvara Lepchenko came in ranked #172, leading the head-to-head 1–0. Varvara Lepchenko extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2014-10-06TianjinR16hardVarvara Lepchenko7-6(3) 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Lepchenko V.serving59% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Liu F.

Liu F.serving59% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Lepchenko V.

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
Lepchenko V.Liu F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
66%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
45%
Service points won·Even
57%
57%
Return points won·Even
43%
43%
Break points saved·Even
56%
52%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.8
3.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.4
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 80). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Lepchenko V.Liu F.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
47
41
Break points saved·Clear edge
64
43
Break points won·Even
65
67
Deciding sets·Even
72
68
Tiebreaks·
39
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Freshness

Recent load
Lepchenko V.Liu F.
Freshness·
44
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Lepchenko V.: 1 day rest · 6 matches, 149 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Petkovic A.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-06-4
Lepchenko V.
Sasnovich A.
0-66-36-4
Witthoeft C.
Jabeur O.
6-46-1
Mchale C.
Gibbs N.
6-43-66-4
Linette M.
Gao X.
6-22-66-1
Brengle M.
Hsieh S.
6-36-2
Arruabarrena L.
Diyas Z.
3-66-37-5
Brady J.
Puig M.
6-46-4
Q1
Brengle M.
Han X.
6-46-1
Sasnovich A.
Kudryavtseva A.
6-36-0
Lepchenko V.
Liu F.
4-66-46-4
Petkovic A.
Haddad Maia B.
6-36-3
Sorribes Tormo S.
Ahn K.
6-736-47-5
Diyas Z.
Dabrowski G.
6-26-2
Arruabarrena L.
Liu Y.
6-16-1
Hsieh S.
Lu J.
2-66-36-3
Brady J.
Kovinic D.
6-46-1
Puig M.
Teichmann J.
6-46-1
Witthoeft C.
Cabrera L.
6-06-2
Jabeur O.
Xun F.
6-36-2
Gibbs N.
Watson H.
6-736-46-4
Linette M.
Chang K.
6-26-2
Gao X.
Cepede Royg V.
6-42-66-1
Mchale C.
Sabalenka A.
1-66-16-4