Alize Cornet vs Samantha Stosur — Gstaad Quarter-final

Gstaad · WTA · Quarter-final
FRA1
Alize Cornet
36 yrs · 173 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWLLLLWW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 July 2018
clay
AUS5
Samantha Stosur
42 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLLLLLLL
Cornet A.
6-4 7-6
Stosur S.
Cornet A.
6772
Stosur S.
4620

Alize Cornet defeated Samantha Stosur 6-4 7-6 in the Gstaad quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Samantha Stosur came in leading the head-to-head 5–2. Alize Cornet narrowed the head-to-head to 5–3.

Key context

Head to head

2–5
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2014-09-29BeijingR16hardSamantha Stosur6-4 6-2
2013-10-14MoscowR16hardSamantha Stosur6-4 6-1
2013-09-23TokyoR64hardSamantha Stosur2-6 6-4 6-1
2012-10-15MoscowR16hardSamantha Stosur7-6(6) 7-5
2009-10-05BeijingR64hardAlize Cornet6-4 4-6 6-3
2009-08-24New HavenR32hardSamantha Stosur6-7(8) 6-2 6-4
2007-08-27US OpenR128hardAlize Cornet6-3 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Cornet A.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Stosur S.

Stosur S.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Cornet 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
Cornet A.Stosur S.
1st serve in·Even
62%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
55%
57%
Return points won·Slight edge
45%
40%
Break points saved·Even
55%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.7
4.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.9
4.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 112). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Cornet A.Stosur S.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
53
45
Break points saved·Dominant
57
85
Break points won·Clear edge
83
61
Deciding sets·Dominant
74
45
Tiebreaks·Even
47
47

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

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Cornet A.[1]
Minella M.
6-47-66
Semi-finals
Cornet A.[1]
Bouchard E.
7-651-0
Minella M.
Vondrousova M.
4-66-26-2
Quarter-finals
Cornet A.[1]
Stosur S.[5]
6-47-62
Bouchard E.
Kudermetova V.
7-56-0
Minella M.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-16-2
Vondrousova M.
Rodina E.
6-26-3
R16
Bouchard E.
Golubic V.[8]
7-627-67
Sorribes Tormo S.
Korpatsch T.
6-26-2
Kudermetova V.
Hruncakova V.[3]
7-647-65
Stosur S.[5]
Schnyder P.
6-46-1
Minella M.
Larsson J.[2]
6-36-4
Cornet A.[1]
Perrin C.
6-36-3
Vondrousova M.
Kostova E.
6-46-4
Rodina E.
Barthel M.
6-42-67-5
R32
Bouchard E.
Bacsinszky T.
4-67-616-4
Perrin C.
Zheng S.
6-14-67-5
Kostova E.
Kalinskaya A.
6-40-66-2
Cornet A.[1]
Soler Espinosa S.
6-26-2
Barthel M.
Vikhlyantseva N.
6-43-66-2
Golubic V.[8]
Lottner A.
6-36-2
Schnyder P.
Von Deichmann K.
4-66-26-3
Hruncakova V.[3]
Trevisan M.
6-27-5
Kudermetova V.
Teichmann J.
6-41-66-2
Vondrousova M.
Arruabarrena L.[6]
6-36-3
Korpatsch T.
Voegele S.[7]
6-26-0
Sorribes Tormo S.
Ivakhnenko V.
7-656-1
Larsson J.[2]
Kung L.
6-46-1
Stosur S.[5]
Schiavone F.
6-36-2
Rodina E.
Witthoeft C.[4]
6-736-47-611
Minella M.
Martincova T.
6-37-63