Angelique Kerber vs Belinda BencicWimbledon Round of 16

Wimbledon · WTA · Round of 16
38 yrs · 173 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 July 2018
grass
#14WTA
1989ELO
1791Grass ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Kerber A.
6-3 7-6
Bencic B.
Kerber A.
6772
Bencic B.
3650

Angelique Kerber defeated Belinda Bencic 6-3 7-6 in the Wimbledon round of 16 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Belinda Bencic came in leading the head-to-head 5–1. Angelique Kerber narrowed the head-to-head to 5–2.

Key context

Head to head

15
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2021-11-02BJK Cup Finals RR: GER vs SUIRRhardBelinda Bencic5-7 6-2 6-2
2019-06-17MallorcaSFgrassBelinda Bencic2-6 7-6(2) 6-4
2019-03-04Indian WellsSFhardAngelique Kerber6-4 6-2
2016-02-06Fed Cup WG R1: GER vs SUIRRhardBelinda Bencic7-6(4) 6-3
2015-08-17CincinnatiR64hardBelinda Bencic7-5 6-3
2014-08-25US OpenR32hardBelinda Bencic6-1 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Kerber A.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

Bencic B.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Kerber A.

Even serve battle

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
1st serve in·Even
65%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
62%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
48%
Service points won·Even
57%
61%
Return points won·Even
45%
43%
Break points saved·Even
57%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.4
2.9
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.3
3.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (198 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Clutch Rating·Even
87
88
Break points saved·Even
91
95
Break points won·Even
95
94
Deciding sets·Clear edge
86
98
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
90
98

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

Freshness

Recent load
Freshness·
85

Bencic B.: 8 days rest · 4 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
26°CMainly clear
Wind 19 km/hHumidity 35%

Draw

R128
Sasnovich A.[15]
Kvitova P.[8]
6-44-66-0
Maria T.
Svitolina E.[8]
7-634-66-1
Keys M.[26]
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-2
Siniakova K.[32]
Vandeweghe C.[16]
6-736-38-6
Liu C.
Konjuh A.
6-26-726-3
Osaka N.[14]
Niculescu M.
6-46-1
Cirstea S.[17]
Rybarikova M.[19]
7-56-3
Peterson R.
Hruncakova V.
7-637-69
Townsend T.
Parmentier P.
6-26-4
Swan K.
Begu I.
6-26-2
Zheng S.
Wang Q.
6-34-66-1
Arruabarrena L.
Bogdan A.
6-13-68-6
Konta J.[22]
Vikhlyantseva N.
7-57-67
Cibulkova D.
Cornet A.
7-636-1
Vickery S.
Vondrousova M.
6-16-2
Diatchenko V.
Sharapova M.[24]
6-737-636-4
Saville D.[26]
Dolehide C.
6-26-3
Stosur S.
Peng S.
6-47-5
Brady J.
Baindl K.
6-26-746-2
Barty A.[17]
Voegele S.
7-56-3
Bouchard E.
Taylor G.
6-04-66-3
Putintseva Y.
Linette M.
6-33-610-8
Kasatkina D.[14]
Fett J.
6-27-5
Kerber A.[11]
Zvonareva V.
7-56-3
Boulter K.
Cepede Royg V.
6-45-76-4
Suarez Navarro C.[27]
Witthoeft C.
6-26-4
Sorribes Tormo S.
Kanepi K.
7-656-1
Bertens K.[20]
Stefkova B.
6-36-2
Blinkova A.
Wang Y.
6-746-46-4
Dulgheru A.
Pliskova K.
6-41-66-2
Williams V.[9]
Larsson J.
6-736-26-1
Goerges J.[13]
Puig M.
6-47-67
Lapko V.
Mchale C.
5-77-57-5
Tsurenko L.
Babos T.
7-56-2
Petkovic A.
Zhang S.[31]
6-44-66-2
Wickmayer Y.
Barthel M.
7-56-4
Vekic D.[31]
Stephens S.[4]
6-16-3
Tomova V.
Smitkova T.
7-636-1
Williams S.[25]
Rus A.
7-56-3
Kumkhum L.
Pera B.
4-66-26-3
Jabeur O.
Golubic V.
2-66-36-3
Giorgi C.
Sevastova A.[21]
6-12-66-4
Safarova L.
Bondarenko K.
6-46-4
Makarova K.
Martic P.
7-602-66-3
Wozniacki C.[2]
Lepchenko V.
6-06-3
Mertens E.[25]
Collins D.
6-36-2
Ostapenko J.[12]
Dunne K.
6-37-65
Flipkens K.
Watson H.
6-47-5
Kenin S.
Sakkari M.
6-41-66-1
Riske Amritraj A.
Duque Marino M.
6-16-1
Bencic B.[11]
Garcia C.[6]
7-626-3
Pliskova K.[7]
Dart H.
7-622-66-1
Azarenka V.
Alexandrova E.[18]
7-646-3
Buzarnescu M.[29]
Sabalenka A.[1]
6-736-16-4
Muguruza G.[3]
Broady N.
6-27-5
Rodina E.
Lottner A.
3-67-56-4
Brengle M.
Krunic A.
2-66-36-3
Van Uytvanck A.
Hercog P.
6-26-2
Hsieh S.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[30]
6-44-66-3
Kontaveit A.[28]
Allertova D.
6-26-2
Halep S.[1]
Nara K.
6-26-4
Strycova B.[23]
Kuznetsova S.
7-667-5
Mladenovic K.
Schmiedlova A.
5-76-26-2
Radwanska A.[32]
Ruse E.
6-34-67-5