Paula Badosa vs Belinda Bencic — Madrid Quarter-final

Madrid · WTA · Quarter-final
Paula Badosa
ESP
Paula Badosa
#141WTA
1780ELO
1684Clay ELO
28 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Thursday, 29 April 2021
clay
Belinda Bencic
SUI8
Belinda Bencic
#11WTA
1989ELO
1849Clay ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Badosa P.
6-4 7-5
Bencic B.
Badosa P.
672
Bencic B.
450

Paula Badosa defeated Belinda Bencic 6-4 7-5 in the Madrid quarter-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Belinda Bencic came in ranked #11, but Paula Badosa had been the form player, winning 5 of their last 5 on clay. Paula Badosa extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-04-04CharlestonQFclayBelinda Bencic2-6 7-6(2) 6-4
2022-01-10SydneyQFhardPaula Badosa7-6(6) 3-6 6-3
2021-04-05Charleston 1R32clayPaula Badosa6-2 6-7(2) 6-1
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Serve vs return

This season
Badosa P.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

Bencic B.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Badosa P.

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 clay

Badosa P.Bencic B.
—
Serve
38
—
Return
21

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

Statistics

This season
Badosa P.Bencic B.
1st serve in·Slight edge
59%
64%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
69%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
48%
Service points won·Even
59%
61%
Return points won·Even
44%
43%
Break points saved·Even
59%
61%
Aces / match·Slight edge
4.3
2.9
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.9
3.7

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Badosa P.Bencic B.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
93
88
Break points saved·Even
95
95
Break points won·Even
94
94
Deciding sets·Even
95
98
Tiebreaks·Even
94
98

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

Freshness

Recent load
Badosa P.Bencic B.
Freshness·Clear edge
58
82

Badosa P.: 1 day rest · 5 matches, 98 games (7d) · Bencic B.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 29 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast
Weather
14°CDrizzle
Wind 16 km/hHumidity 84%

Draw

Final
Sabalenka A.[5]
Barty A.[1]
6-03-66-4
Semi-finals
Barty A.[1]
Badosa P.
6-46-3
Sabalenka A.[5]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-26-3
Quarter-finals
Sabalenka A.[5]
Mertens E.[13]
6-14-0
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Muchova K.
7-647-62
Barty A.[1]
Kvitova P.[9]
6-13-66-3
Badosa P.
Bencic B.[8]
6-47-5
R16
Mertens E.[13]
Halep S.[3]
4-67-57-5
Bencic B.[8]
Jabeur O.
7-624-3
Barty A.[1]
Swiatek I.[14]
7-56-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Brady J.[11]
7-56-786-3
Sabalenka A.[5]
Pegula J.
6-16-2
Muchova K.
Sakkari M.[16]
6-06-797-5
Kvitova P.[9]
Kudermetova V.
6-34-66-4
Badosa P.
Sevastova A.
6-707-636-0
R32
Badosa P.
Teichmann J.
5-76-16-2
Sabalenka A.[5]
Kasatkina D.
6-36-3
Mertens E.[13]
Rybakina E.
7-647-5
Halep S.[3]
Zheng S.
6-06-4
Pegula J.
Azarenka V.[12]
W/O
Sakkari M.[16]
Kontaveit A.
6-36-1
Muchova K.
Osaka N.[2]
6-43-66-1
Barty A.[1]
Zidansek T.
6-41-66-3
Swiatek I.[14]
Siegemund L.
6-36-3
Sevastova A.
Konta J.[15]
6-36-3
Jabeur O.
Stephens S.
4-66-16-3
Brady J.[11]
Ostapenko J.
6-26-1
Kvitova P.[9]
Kerber A.
6-47-5
Bencic B.[8]
Pera B.
3-66-17-65
Kudermetova V.
Bertens K.[7]
6-46-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Pliskova K.[6]
6-07-5
R64
Kvitova P.[9]
Bouzkova M.
6-22-3
Kudermetova V.
Vesnina E.
6-16-4
Mertens E.[13]
Zhang S.
6-36-3
Sabalenka A.[5]
Zvonareva V.
6-16-2
Pegula J.
Cirstea S.
7-656-3
Azarenka V.[12]
Alexandrova E.
7-53-66-1
Rybakina E.
Tomljanovic A.
6-46-0
Ostapenko J.
Hercog P.
6-36-1
Pliskova K.[6]
Gauff C.
5-76-36-2
Siegemund L.
Baindl K.
6-46-2
Pera B.
Martic P.
6-36-2
Kerber A.
Vondrousova M.
7-656-1
Barty A.[1]
Rogers S.
6-26-1
Bertens K.[7]
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
6-46-0
Badosa P.
Krejcikova B.
6-17-5
Sevastova A.
Bogdan A.
6-06-3
Stephens S.
Kovinic D.
6-46-1
Teichmann J.
Svitolina E.[4]
2-66-47-65
Bencic B.[8]
Mladenovic K.
6-46-2
Zheng S.
Linette M.
6-23-66-1
Halep S.[3]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-07-5
Sakkari M.[16]
Anisimova A.
0-66-16-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Keys M.
7-56-2
Kontaveit A.
Stojanovic N.
7-647-5
Muchova K.
Wang Q.
6-16-3
Osaka N.[2]
Doi M.
7-56-2
Kasatkina D.
Begu I.
4-66-47-61
Jabeur O.
Shvedova Y.
6-26-3
Swiatek I.[14]
Riske Amritraj A.
6-16-1
Zidansek T.
Hsieh S.
6-26-4
Konta J.[15]
Putintseva Y.
6-46-2
Brady J.[11]
Williams V.
6-26-4