Angelique Kerber vs Cagla Buyukakcay — Doha Round of 32

Doha · WTA · Round of 32
GER
Angelique Kerber
38 yrs · 173 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLLW
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 March 2021
hard
Cagla Buyukakcay
TUR
Cagla Buyukakcay
#373WTA
1322ELO
1319Hard ELO
36 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWWWWLLLL
Kerber A.
6-4 6-2
Buyukakcay C.
Kerber A.
662
Buyukakcay C.
420

Angelique Kerber defeated Cagla Buyukakcay 6-4 6-2 in the Doha round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Cagla Buyukakcay came in defending last year's round of 64.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kerber A.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Buyukakcay C.

Buyukakcay C.serving60% hold

wins 54% 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.Buyukakcay C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
73%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
62%
55%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
44%
Service points won·Even
56%
52%
Return points won·Even
44%
46%
Break points saved·Slight edge
58%
50%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.4
0.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.3
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (94 vs 70). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kerber A.Buyukakcay C.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
87
0
Break points saved·Dominant
91
7
Break points won·Dominant
95
53
Deciding sets·Dominant
86
30
Tiebreaks·Dominant
90
20

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