Kristina Mladenovic vs Dominika Cibulkova — St. Petersburg Round of 16

St. Petersburg · WTA · Round of 16
Kristina Mladenovic
FRA4
Kristina Mladenovic
#841WTA
1422ELO
1408Hard ELO
33 yrs · 184 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 29 January 2018
hard
SVK
Dominika Cibulkova
37 yrs · 161 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWWLLL
Mladenovic K.
6-4 6-4
Cibulkova D.
Mladenovic K.
662
Cibulkova D.
440

Kristina Mladenovic defeated Dominika Cibulkova 6-4 6-4 in the St. Petersburg round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Dominika Cibulkova came in leading the head-to-head 5–1, defending last year's semi-final. Kristina Mladenovic narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

1–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2016-01-18Australian OpenR128hardKristina Mladenovic6-3 6-4
2015-08-24New HavenR16hardDominika Cibulkova2-6 7-6(1) 7-5
2015-01-12SydneyR32hardDominika Cibulkova6-2 6-2
2013-05-13RomeR64clayDominika Cibulkova1-6 6-2 6-2
2013-03-18MiamiR64hardDominika Cibulkova6-2 6-3
2012-05-28Roland GarrosR128clayDominika Cibulkova6-2 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Mladenovic K.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Cibulkova D.

Cibulkova D.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Mladenovic K.

Serve advantage — Cibulkova D.

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
Mladenovic K.Cibulkova D.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
63%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
39%
48%
Service points won·Slight edge
53%
58%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
49%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
2.0
1.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.6
3.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 59). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mladenovic K.Cibulkova D.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
27
71
Break points saved·Dominant
26
78
Break points won·Clear edge
69
87
Deciding sets·Clear edge
48
72
Tiebreaks·Clear edge
65
83

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.
Mladenovic K.[4]
6-16-2
Semi-finals
Kvitova P.
Goerges J.[5]
7-54-66-2
Mladenovic K.[4]
Kasatkina D.[8]
3-66-36-2
Quarter-finals
Goerges J.[5]
Rybakina E.
6-36-3
Kasatkina D.[8]
Wozniacki C.[1]
7-626-3
Mladenovic K.[4]
Siniakova K.
6-46-3
Kvitova P.
Ostapenko J.[2]
6-06-2
R16
Kvitova P.
Begu I.
6-31-66-1
Siniakova K.
Makarova K.
7-677-5
Goerges J.[5]
Vinci R.
7-56-0
Kasatkina D.[8]
Cornet A.
6-26-1
Wozniacki C.[1]
Potapova A.
6-06-1
Mladenovic K.[4]
Cibulkova D.
6-46-4
Rybakina E.
Garcia C.[3]
4-67-667-65
Ostapenko J.[2]
Zvonareva V.
7-666-3
R32
Makarova K.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
6-46-4
Potapova A.
Maria T.
6-26-4
Goerges J.[5]
Sakkari M.
6-27-65
Zvonareva V.
Bertens K.
6-40-0
Cibulkova D.
Cirstea S.
7-56-2
Kasatkina D.[8]
Hruncakova V.
1-66-46-1
Cornet A.
Barthel M.
6-37-5
Kvitova P.
Vesnina E.[7]
6-26-0
Begu I.
Petkovic A.
7-656-1
Siniakova K.
Vekic D.
6-32-66-4
Rybakina E.
Bacsinszky T.
6-46-3
Vinci R.
Martincova T.
6-26-2