Sloane Stephens vs Arantxa Rus — Acapulco Round of 16

Acapulco · WTA · Round of 16
Sloane Stephens
USA1
Sloane Stephens
#315WTA
1683ELO
1630Hard ELO
33 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 26 February 2018
hard
Arantxa Rus
NED
Arantxa Rus
#183WTA
1511ELO
1503Hard ELO
35 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWLLWLL
Stephens S.
5-7 7-6 6-0
Rus A.
Stephens S.
57862
Rus A.
76601

Sloane Stephens defeated Arantxa Rus 5-7 7-6 6-0 in the Acapulco round of 16 on hard. The result followed the form book — Sloane Stephens came in leading the head-to-head 1–0. Sloane Stephens extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-05-28Roland GarrosR128claySloane Stephens6-2 6-0

Serve vs return

This season
Stephens S.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Rus A.

Rus A.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Stephens S.

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
Stephens S.Rus A.
1st serve in·Even
70%
71%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Even
54%
54%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.2
2.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.9
3.4

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Stephens S.Rus A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
63
15
Break points saved·Dominant
78
51
Break points won·Even
90
86
Deciding sets·Dominant
55
16
Tiebreaks·Dominant
74
0

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

Freshness

Recent load
Stephens S.Rus A.
Freshness·
—
100

Rus A.: 20 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Tsurenko L.[7]
Voegele S.
5-77-626-2
Semi-finals
Voegele S.
Peterson R.
6-47-65
Tsurenko L.[7]
Saville D.[3]
6-26-4
Quarter-finals
Tsurenko L.[7]
Mladenovic K.[2]
6-26-2
Voegele S.
Stephens S.[1]
6-45-76-2
Peterson R.
Zhang S.[4]
6-26-1
Saville D.[3]
Cepede Royg V.
6-44-66-2
R16
Stephens S.[1]
Rus A.
5-77-666-0
Mladenovic K.[2]
Haddad Maia B.
3-66-37-5
Cepede Royg V.
Begu I.[5]
7-636-1
Voegele S.
Sakkari M.
6-36-4
Saville D.[3]
Zarazua R.
7-56-3
Zhang S.[4]
Teichmann J.
7-656-4
Tsurenko L.[7]
Rodionova A.
6-36-1
Peterson R.
Puig M.
6-16-4
R32
Puig M.
Yastremska D.
2-66-45-0
Rodionova A.
Baindl K.
6-21-0
Zhang S.[4]
Paolini J.
6-36-1
Stephens S.[1]
Parmentier P.
6-46-0
Tsurenko L.[7]
Davis L.
6-46-1
Voegele S.
Maria T.[8]
6-27-5
Saville D.[3]
Brengle M.
4-66-36-3
Cepede Royg V.
Bencic B.
4-67-616-3
Sakkari M.
Arruabarrena L.
6-37-61
Rus A.
Day K.
4-66-16-0
Teichmann J.
Fett J.
7-57-5
Zarazua R.
Pliskova K.
6-36-4
Mladenovic K.[2]
Hesse A.
6-26-2
Begu I.[5]
Mchale C.
3-66-26-4
Haddad Maia B.
Watson H.
7-54-66-1
Peterson R.
Cornet A.[6]
6-26-4