Madison Keys vs Belinda Bencic — Doha Round of 32

Doha · WTA · Round of 32
Madison Keys
USA
Madison Keys
#23WTA
1987ELO
1920Hard ELO
$1.1MYTD
$24MCAREER
31 yrs · 178 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWWWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 March 2021
hard
Belinda Bencic
SUI6
Belinda Bencic
#14WTA
1989ELO
1952Hard ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWWLL
Keys M.
6-4 6-1
Bencic B.
Keys M.
662
Bencic B.
410

Madison Keys defeated Belinda Bencic 6-4 6-1 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Belinda Bencic came in ranked #14, defending last year's quarter-final. Madison Keys extended the head-to-head to 4–2.

Key context

Head to head

3–2
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-03-30CharlestonQFclayMadison Keys4-6 6-3 6-2
2025-03-05Indian WellsQFhardMadison Keys6-1 6-1
2022-04-04CharlestonR16clayBelinda Bencic6-4 6-4
2015-06-22EastbourneR32grassBelinda Bencic6-2 6-2
2015-05-25Roland GarrosR64clayMadison Keys6-0 6-3
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Serve vs return

This season
Keys M.serving81% hold

wins 64% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

Bencic B.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Keys M.

Even serve battle

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

Keys M.Bencic B.
36
Serve
57
29
Return
55

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

Statistics

This season
Keys M.Bencic B.
1st serve in·Even
66%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
67%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
48%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
59%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.1
2.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.8
3.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Keys M.Bencic B.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
94
88
Break points saved·Even
96
95
Break points won·Even
90
94
Deciding sets·Even
97
98
Tiebreaks·Even
96
98

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

Freshness

Recent load
Keys M.Bencic B.
Freshness·Even
84
85

Keys M.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 23 games (7d) · Bencic B.: 8 days rest · 4 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
23°CClear
Wind 17 km/hHumidity 56%

Draw

Final
Kvitova P.[4]
Muguruza G.
6-26-1
Semi-finals
Kvitova P.[4]
Pegula J.
6-46-4
Muguruza G.
Azarenka V.[8]
W/O
Quarter-finals
Azarenka V.[8]
Svitolina E.[1]
6-26-4
Muguruza G.
Sakkari M.
6-36-1
Kvitova P.[4]
Kontaveit A.
6-33-66-2
Pegula J.
Pliskova K.[2]
6-36-1
R16
Azarenka V.[8]
Siegemund L.
6-46-2
Muguruza G.
Sabalenka A.[3]
6-26-756-3
Svitolina E.[1]
Doi M.
6-16-2
Kvitova P.[4]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-16-3
Pegula J.
Ostapenko J.
6-27-5
Pliskova K.[2]
Jabeur O.
6-44-67-5
Sakkari M.
Keys M.
6-26-2
Kontaveit A.
Kerber A.
6-16-4
R32
Siegemund L.
Rybakina E.
7-677-65
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Pliskova K.
6-26-3
Azarenka V.[8]
Kuznetsova S.
6-26-3
Doi M.
Zheng S.
6-46-3
Muguruza G.
Kudermetova V.
6-27-64
Sakkari M.
Sherif M.
6-06-3
Keys M.
Bencic B.[6]
6-46-1
Kontaveit A.
Brady J.[7]
6-16-2
Kerber A.
Buyukakcay C.
6-46-2
Ostapenko J.
Bertens K.[5]
6-06-2
Pegula J.
Wang Q.
6-36-1
Jabeur O.
Blinkova A.
6-26-2