Monica Puig vs Claire Liu — Wuhan Qualifying Round 1

Wuhan · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
PUR
Monica Puig
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLLWWLL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 24 September 2018
hard
Claire Liu
USA
Claire Liu
#111WTA
1669ELO
1635Hard ELO
26 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLLWWWWWL
Puig M.
6-3 7-6
Liu C.
Puig M.
6772
Liu C.
365–

Monica Puig defeated Claire Liu 6-3 7-6 in the Wuhan qualifying round 1 on hard.

Key context

  • Match story: Monica Puig closed it out in two sets, 6–3 7–6.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Puig M.serving56% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Liu C.

Liu C.serving56% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Puig M.

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
Puig M.Liu C.
1st serve in·Even
62%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
45%
Service points won·Even
57%
56%
Return points won·Even
43%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
55%
Aces / match·Even
2.9
3.0
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.5
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (95 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Puig M.Liu C.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
36
61
Break points saved·Even
63
64
Break points won·Clear edge
62
78
Deciding sets·Clear edge
55
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
30
67

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

Freshness

Recent load
Puig M.Liu C.
Freshness·
—
75

Liu C.: 1 day rest · 2 matches, 37 games (7d). 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