Nicole Gibbs vs Sorana Cirstea — Wuhan Qualifying Round 1

Wuhan · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
USA
Nicole Gibbs
33 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLWWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 September 2018
hard
Sorana Cirstea
ROU
Sorana Cirstea
#17WTA
1957ELO
1914Hard ELO
$1.5MYTD
$12MCAREER
36 yrs · 176 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWWWW
Gibbs N.
6-4 7-5
Cirstea S.
Gibbs N.
672
Cirstea S.
45–

Nicole Gibbs defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-4 7-5 in the Wuhan qualifying round 1 on hard. Nicole Gibbs extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2019-12-16LimogesQFhardNicole Gibbs3-6 6-3 0-0 RET
2017-09-18SeoulR16hardSorana Cirstea6-3 6-3
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Serve vs return

This season
Gibbs N.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Cirstea S.

Cirstea S.serving59% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Gibbs N.

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

Serve & return on hard

Gibbs N.Cirstea S.
—
Serve
67
—
Return
70

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Gibbs N.Cirstea S.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
58%
65%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
48%
Service points won·Even
55%
59%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
54%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.3
3.2
Double faults / match·Even
2.4
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (64 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Gibbs N.Cirstea S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
2
85
Break points saved·Dominant
28
86
Break points won·Dominant
51
92
Deciding sets·Dominant
17
85
Tiebreaks·Dominant
38
96

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

Freshness

Recent load
Gibbs N.Cirstea S.
Freshness·
—
90

Cirstea S.: 9 days rest · 3 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Kenin S.
Niculescu M.
7-654-66-2
Wang X.
King V.
6-10-0
Golubic V.
Gibbs N.
6-46-2
Sorribes Tormo S.
Zaja A.
6-36-4
Peterson R.
Duan Y.
4-66-36-3
Puig M.
Hercog P.
6-46-4
Siniakova K.
Vondrousova M.
6-16-1
Wang Y.
Cabrera L.
7-627-63
Q1
Zaja A.
Xun F.
6-36-2
Cabrera L.
Makarova K.
6-14-66-3
Wang Y.
Anisimova A.
6-43-66-2
Siniakova K.
Teichmann J.
6-36-3
Vondrousova M.
Dolehide C.
3-66-16-1
Puig M.
Liu C.
6-37-65
Hercog P.
Mchale C.
7-626-1
Gibbs N.
Cirstea S.
6-47-5
Golubic V.
Lisicki S.
6-36-746-1
Peterson R.
Han X.
6-36-1
Duan Y.
Bogdan A.
2-66-36-2
Wang X.
Hruncakova V.
7-656-2
King V.
Arruabarrena L.
6-16-0
Sorribes Tormo S.
Linette M.
4-66-26-3
Kenin S.
Yang Z.
6-16-2
Niculescu M.
Liu F.
6-26-3