Anna Blinkova vs Magdalena Frech — Saint Malo 125 Semi-final

Saint Malo 125 · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
Anna Blinkova
RUS
Anna Blinkova
#114WTA
1694ELO
1602Clay ELO
27 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 2 May 2022
clay
Magdalena Frech
POL
Magdalena Frech
#44WTA
1725ELO
1648Clay ELO
$659kYTD
$4.8MCAREER
28 yrs · 171 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLWLWL
Blinkova A.
6-3 3-6 7-6
Frech M.
Blinkova A.
63772
Frech M.
36621

Anna Blinkova defeated Magdalena Frech 6-3 3-6 7-6 in the Saint Malo 125 semi-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Magdalena Frech came in ranked #44. Anna Blinkova extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

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

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-05-18StrasbourgR32clayAnna Blinkova6-3 7-5
2025-01-13Australian OpenR64hardMagdalena Frech0-6 6-0 6-2

Serve vs return

This season
Blinkova A.serving41% hold

wins 47% of points on serve vs Frech M.

Frech M.serving46% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Blinkova 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
Blinkova A.Frech M.
1st serve in·Even
60%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Even
54%
57%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
53%
54%
Aces / match·Even
2.1
2.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
4.2
2.0

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

Clutch

Under pressure
Blinkova A.Frech M.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
66
55
Break points saved·Clear edge
58
76
Break points won·Clear edge
94
71
Deciding sets·Even
68
72
Tiebreaks·Dominant
94
43

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

Freshness

Recent load
Blinkova A.Frech M.
Freshness·Dominant
67
98

Blinkova A.: 2 days rest · 3 matches, 71 games (7d) · Frech M.: 13 days rest · 1 match (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Final
Haddad Maia B.
Blinkova A.
7-636-3
Semi-finals
Blinkova A.
Frech M.
6-33-67-62
Haddad Maia B.
Zanevska M.
5-0
Quarter-finals
Zanevska M.
Brengle M.
6-46-4
Haddad Maia B.
Liu C.
7-53-66-2
Blinkova A.
Pera B.
6-23-67-5
Frech M.
Linette M.
7-56-726-2
R16
Brengle M.
Watson H.
6-06-2
Zanevska M.
Ferro F.
6-47-5
Haddad Maia B.
Pigossi L.
6-47-65
Liu C.
Jacquemot E.
6-36-2
Blinkova A.
Marino R.
7-56-726-3
Pera B.
Sherif M.
6-46-2
Frech M.
Parry D.
6-37-5
Linette M.
Korpatsch T.
7-56-2
R32
Brengle M.
Davis L.
7-56-1
Watson H.
Andrianjafitrimo T.
7-636-1
Zanevska M.
Fourlis J.
2-67-57-64
Haddad Maia B.
Inglis M.
6-26-0
Pigossi L.
Rakhimova K.
6-36-1
Jacquemot E.
Cascino E.
6-06-2
Liu C.
Sharma A.
6-16-2
Marino R.
Kalinskaya A.
3-66-36-4
Blinkova A.
Tan H.
6-14-66-0
Pera B.
Dodin O.
6-46-4
Sherif M.
Hontama M.
6-33-66-3
Frech M.
Jeanjean L.
6-16-3
Parry D.
Hozumi E.
6-16-2
Korpatsch T.
Schmiedlova A.
3-66-26-4
Linette M.
Ponchet J.
7-626-3
Ferro F.
Puig M.
2-1