Caroline Garcia vs Lucie Safarova — Dubai Round of 32

Dubai · WTA · Round of 32
FRA5
Caroline Garcia
#772WTA
32 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLWLWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 19 February 2018
hard
CZE
Lucie Safarova
39 yrs · 177 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWWWLWL
Garcia C.
6-3 7-5
Safarova L.
Garcia C.
672
Safarova L.
350

Caroline Garcia defeated Lucie Safarova 6-3 7-5 in the Dubai round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lucie Safarova came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Caroline Garcia claimed a first win over Lucie Safarova in two meetings, narrowing the head-to-head to 1–1.

Key context

Head to head

0–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2015-04-18Fed Cup WG SF: CZE vs FRARRhardLucie Safarova4-6 7-6(1) 6-1

Serve vs return

This season
Garcia C.serving85% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Safarova L.

Safarova L.serving87% hold

wins 67% of points on serve vs Garcia C.

Serve-dominated — both hold easily, expect tiebreaks

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
Garcia C.Safarova L.
1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
70%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
49%
Service points won·Even
62%
61%
Return points won·Even
39%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
61%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
6.5
3.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.1
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 23). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Garcia C.Safarova L.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
44
Break points saved·Even
91
89
Break points won·Even
50
50
Deciding sets·Dominant
94
47
Tiebreaks·Dominant
82
50

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast
Weather
27°CClear
Wind 12 km/hHumidity 54%

Draw

Final
Svitolina E.[1]
Kasatkina D.
6-46-0
Semi-finals
Kasatkina D.
Muguruza G.[2]
3-67-6116-1
Svitolina E.[1]
Kerber A.[6]
6-36-3
Quarter-finals
Kasatkina D.
Vesnina E.
7-656-1
Svitolina E.[1]
Osaka N.
6-26-4
Kerber A.[6]
Pliskova K.[3]
6-46-3
Muguruza G.[2]
Garcia C.[5]
7-56-2
R16
Muguruza G.[2]
Bellis C.
6-37-5
Garcia C.[5]
Makarova K.
6-46-2
Vesnina E.
Ostapenko J.[4]
6-17-66
Kerber A.[6]
Errani S.
6-46-2
Pliskova K.[3]
Suarez Navarro C.
5-76-26-4
Osaka N.
Kontaveit A.
6-27-65
Kasatkina D.
Konta J.[7]
4-67-666-2
Svitolina E.[1]
Wang Q.
6-15-76-2
R32
Kerber A.[6]
Strycova B.
6-26-1
Errani S.
Tsurenko L.
6-46-3
Suarez Navarro C.
Zhuk S.
6-26-2
Osaka N.
Mladenovic K.[8]
6-26-2
Kontaveit A.
Stosur S.
1-66-26-4
Wang Q.
Bertens K.
6-36-0
Bellis C.
Mertens E.
6-36-3
Makarova K.
Sevastova A.
3-67-696-3
Garcia C.[5]
Safarova L.
6-37-5
Vesnina E.
Peng S.
6-47-5
Kasatkina D.
Radwanska A.
7-56-4
Konta J.[7]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
7-626-2