Kristina Mladenovic vs Timea Babos — Linz Round of 16

Linz · WTA · Round of 16
Kristina Mladenovic
FRA
Kristina Mladenovic
#841WTA
1422ELO
1408Hard ELO
33 yrs · 184 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 October 2018
hard
HUN
Timea Babos
33 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Mladenovic K.
6-4 4-6 7-5
Babos T.
Mladenovic K.
6472
Babos T.
4651

Kristina Mladenovic defeated Timea Babos 6-4 4-6 7-5 in the Linz round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Timea Babos came in leading the head-to-head 4–3. Kristina Mladenovic narrowed the head-to-head to 4–4.

Key context

Head to head

3–4
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2018-07-30San JoseR32hardTimea Babos6-4 6-2
2017-08-21New HavenR32hardTimea Babos7-5 7-5
2016-10-17MoscowR16hardTimea Babos6-1 6-4
2016-05-23Roland GarrosR64clayKristina Mladenovic6-4 6-3
2015-06-08's HertogenboschR32grassKristina Mladenovic7-6(4) 4-6 6-2
2015-04-27MarrakechSFclayTimea Babos6-4 6-4
2013-01-14Australian OpenR128hardKristina Mladenovic6-3 4-6 11-9

Serve vs return

This season
Mladenovic K.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Babos T.

Babos T.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Mladenovic K.

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
Mladenovic K.Babos T.
1st serve in·Even
61%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
66%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
39%
44%
Service points won·Even
53%
57%
Return points won·Even
44%
41%
Break points saved·Slight edge
49%
56%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.0
4.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
6.6
4.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 164). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Mladenovic K.Babos T.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
27
0
Break points saved·Dominant
26
51
Break points won·Clear edge
69
48
Deciding sets·Dominant
48
6
Tiebreaks·Dominant
65
15

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

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast
Weather
18°CClear
Wind 15 km/hHumidity 69%

Draw

Final
Giorgi C.[5]
Alexandrova E.
6-36-1
Semi-finals
Giorgi C.[5]
Van Uytvanck A.
6-36-4
Alexandrova E.
Petkovic A.
0-66-46-0
Quarter-finals
Giorgi C.[5]
Gasparyan M.
6-33-66-2
Van Uytvanck A.
Strycova B.[3]
3-66-46-4
Alexandrova E.
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
6-37-5
Petkovic A.
Mladenovic K.
6-16-3
R16
Gasparyan M.
Bertens K.[2]
7-52-67-63
Giorgi C.[5]
Teichmann J.
7-626-3
Strycova B.[3]
Pliskova K.
6-06-1
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Lapko V.
5-77-646-3
Mladenovic K.
Babos T.
6-44-67-5
Petkovic A.
Maria T.
6-16-3
Alexandrova E.
Larsson J.
3-66-16-1
Van Uytvanck A.
Schmiedlova A.
1-67-637-65
R32
Gasparyan M.
Puig M.
6-20-0
Strycova B.[3]
Flipkens K.
7-647-65
Maria T.
Blinkova A.
2-66-26-3
Petkovic A.
Goerges J.[1]
1-67-56-4
Babos T.
Vekic D.[8]
6-16-1
Pavlyuchenkova A.[6]
Hruncakova V.
7-57-5
Teichmann J.
Cirstea S.
6-46-2
Bertens K.[2]
Haas B.
6-26-1
Pliskova K.
Grammatikopoulou V.
6-46-2
Alexandrova E.
Siniakova K.[9]
7-56-0
Larsson J.
Voegele S.
6-24-66-4
Mladenovic K.
Dart H.
6-36-4
Giorgi C.[5]
Parmentier P.
6-37-64
Schmiedlova A.
Ferro F.
6-26-3
Van Uytvanck A.
Rybarikova M.[7]
6-36-4
Lapko V.
Bencic B.
1-66-16-0