Angelique Kerber vs Nicole Gibbs — Osaka Round of 16

Osaka · WTA · Round of 16
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Angelique Kerber
38 yrs · 173 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 16 September 2019
hard
USA
Nicole Gibbs
33 yrs · 168 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Kerber A.
6-2 6-4
Gibbs N.
Kerber A.
662
Gibbs N.
240

Angelique Kerber defeated Nicole Gibbs 6-2 6-4 in the Osaka round of 16 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kerber A.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Gibbs N.

Gibbs N.serving66% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Kerber 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
Kerber A.Gibbs N.
1st serve in·Even
66%
65%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
59%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
47%
52%
Service points won·Even
57%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
46%
Break points saved·Even
58%
56%
Aces / match·Even
1.4
1.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.3
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (154 vs 39). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kerber A.Gibbs N.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
87
2
Break points saved·Dominant
91
28
Break points won·Dominant
95
51
Deciding sets·Dominant
86
17
Tiebreaks·Dominant
90
38

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

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Osaka N.[1]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Kerber A.[4]
6-36-3
Osaka N.[1]
Mertens E.[9]
6-46-1
Quarter-finals
Kerber A.[4]
Keys M.[5]
6-44-62-1
Osaka N.[1]
Putintseva Y.
6-46-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Doi M.
6-26-2
Mertens E.[9]
Giorgi C.
6-46-3
R16
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Bertens K.[2]
6-17-5
Keys M.[5]
Diyas Z.
5-76-06-4
Kerber A.[4]
Gibbs N.
6-26-4
Putintseva Y.
Flink V.
6-16-1
Giorgi C.
Stephens S.[3]
6-06-3
Doi M.
Vekic D.[7]
7-656-3
Mertens E.[9]
Hsieh S.
6-31-66-2
Osaka N.[1]
Tomova V.
7-56-3
R32
Vekic D.[7]
Garcia C.
7-56-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Yastremska D.
6-36-1
Gibbs N.
Riske Amritraj A.
6-46-3
Mertens E.[9]
Osuigwe W.
6-36-1
Hsieh S.
Muguruza G.
3-67-616-1
Putintseva Y.
Kawa K.
6-47-64
Flink V.
Hibino N.
6-47-5
Tomova V.
Cornet A.
4-66-36-2
Giorgi C.
Han X.
7-666-1
Keys M.[5]
Kasatkina D.
6-36-4
Diyas Z.
Puig M.
6-06-3
Doi M.
Mladenovic K.
6-16-2