Paula Badosa vs Belinda Bencic — Sydney Quarter-final

Sydney · WTA · Quarter-final
Paula Badosa
ESP5
Paula Badosa
#141WTA
1780ELO
1748Hard ELO
28 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWLLWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 10 January 2022
hard
Belinda Bencic
SUI
Belinda Bencic
#11WTA
1989ELO
1952Hard ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWWLL
Badosa P.
7-6 3-6 6-3
Bencic B.
Badosa P.
78362
Bencic B.
66631

Paula Badosa defeated Belinda Bencic 7-6 3-6 6-3 in the Sydney quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Belinda Bencic came in ranked #11. Paula Badosa extended the head-to-head to 3–1.

Key context

  • Match story: Paula Badosa closed it out in three sets, 7–6 3–6 6–3.

Head to head

2–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2022-04-04CharlestonQFclayBelinda Bencic2-6 7-6(2) 6-4
2021-04-29MadridQFclayPaula Badosa6-4 7-5
2021-04-05Charleston 1R32clayPaula Badosa6-2 6-7(2) 6-1
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Serve vs return

This season
Badosa P.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

Bencic B.serving79% hold

wins 63% 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 hard

Badosa P.Bencic B.
21
Serve
57
19
Return
55

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard 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%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
48%
Service points won·Even
59%
61%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
59%
61%
Aces / match·Clear edge
4.3
2.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.9
3.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (183 vs 173). 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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Badosa P.
5.8
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Bencic B.
5.6
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 65 days (−1.2)
Form & Matchup
2.4Hard Elo 1748
Surface ELO
7.6+205 Hard Elo edge
2.2Overall Elo 1780
ELO gap
7.8Overall Elo 1989
5.0
H2H
5.0
5.8
Surface form
6.7
0.0Lost last 2
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
9.2
Minutes 14d
9.0
Prev. match
Context
5.0
Defending pts
5.0

The Umpiry Score combines match-context factors — matchup, form, fatigue, travel and motivation — into a single 0–10 score, updated daily. Read how it works.

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
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Badosa P.[5]
Krejcikova B.[3]
6-34-67-64
Semi-finals
Badosa P.[5]
Kasatkina D.
6-26-2
Krejcikova B.[3]
Kontaveit A.[4]
0-66-47-612
Quarter-finals
Kontaveit A.[4]
Jabeur O.[7]
6-4
Badosa P.[5]
Bencic B.
7-663-66-3
Kasatkina D.
Muguruza G.[2]
6-46-4
Krejcikova B.[3]
Garcia C.
6-06-2
R16
Jabeur O.[7]
Kvitova P.
6-46-4
Garcia C.
Rybakina E.[9]
W/O
Krejcikova B.[3]
Cristian J.
6-17-5
Kontaveit A.[4]
Ruse E.
6-36-1
Badosa P.[5]
Tomljanovic A.
6-36-4
Bencic B.
Dodin O.
2-67-56-3
Muguruza G.[2]
Alexandrova E.
6-17-64
Kasatkina D.
Mertens E.
6-36-4
R32
Cristian J.
Hon P.
7-657-5
Badosa P.[5]
Ostapenko J.
7-616-1
Dodin O.
Olmos G.
6-46-1
Alexandrova E.
Shibahara E.
6-46-4
Rybakina E.[9]
Raducanu E.
6-06-1
Ruse E.
Frech M.
6-23-66-4
Jabeur O.[7]
Sharma A.
6-16-3
Bencic B.
Haddad Maia B.
6-36-2
Garcia C.
Pegula J.
6-47-63
Tomljanovic A.
Schmiedlova A.
6-26-3
Mertens E.
Ferro F.
6-27-65
Kasatkina D.
Kenin S.[8]
6-46-0
Kvitova P.
Rus A.
3-67-647-5
Kontaveit A.[4]
Zhang S.
6-36-3