Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova vs Daria Saville — Hong Kong Final

Hong Kong · WTA · Final
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
RUS6
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova
#400WTA
1775ELO
1742Hard ELO
35 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLLLLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 October 2017
hard
AUS7
Daria Saville
32 yrs · 166 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWLLWLL
Pavlyuchenkova A.
5-7 6-3 7-6
Saville D.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
56772
Saville D.
73631

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova defeated Daria Saville 5-7 6-3 7-6 in the Hong Kong final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Daria Saville came in defending last year's semi-final. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2024-04-22MadridR64clayAnastasia Pavlyuchenkova6-1 6-4
2016-10-17MoscowQFhardDaria Saville7-5 4-6 6-3

Serve vs return

This season
Pavlyuchenkova A.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Saville D.

Saville D.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Pavlyuchenkova 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
Pavlyuchenkova A.Saville D.
1st serve in·Even
64%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
42%
Service points won·Even
58%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
55%
56%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.0
1.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.5
5.5

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Pavlyuchenkova A.Saville D.
Clutch Rating·Clear edge
85
64
Break points saved·Slight edge
87
79
Break points won·Even
91
87
Deciding sets·Clear edge
88
70
Tiebreaks·Dominant
86
51

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
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Saville D.[7]
5-76-37-63
Semi-finals
Saville D.[7]
Brady J.
6-07-5
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Wang Q.
6-36-4
Quarter-finals
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Osaka N.
6-36-3
Saville D.[7]
Cabrera L.
6-13-66-4
Brady J.
Gibbs N.
7-56-4
Wang Q.
Stosur S.
7-56-2
R16
Cabrera L.
Wozniacki C.[3]
W/O
Gibbs N.
Svitolina E.[1]
W/O
Stosur S.
Radwanska A.[4]
3-66-46-0
Wang Q.
Kumkhum L.
6-46-4
Saville D.[7]
Rogers S.
6-12-66-2
Brady J.
Zhang S.[8]
6-36-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Cako J.
7-636-1
Osaka N.
Williams V.[2]
7-56-2
R32
Cako J.
Hon P.
6-34-67-65
Kumkhum L.
Vesnina E.[5]
6-36-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Babos T.
6-46-4
Radwanska A.[4]
Zhang L.
6-16-2
Stosur S.
Lee Y.
6-34-66-1
Rogers S.
Jang S.
6-46-4
Svitolina E.[1]
Diyas Z.
6-47-62
Osaka N.
Guarachi A.
7-56-4
Cabrera L.
Aoyama S.
7-56-3
Wang Q.
Chang K.
6-36-0
Williams V.[2]
Ozaki R.
6-26-2
Saville D.[7]
Kato M.
6-17-64
Wozniacki C.[3]
Bouchard E.
6-16-1
Brady J.
Eguchi M.
6-36-0
Gibbs N.
Grammatikopoulou V.
4-66-27-5
Zhang S.[8]
Nara K.
6-06-0