Belinda Bencic vs Jessica Pegula — Charleston Semi-final

Charleston · WTA · Semi-final
Belinda Bencic
SUI4
Belinda Bencic
#11WTA
1989ELO
1849Clay ELO
$1.8MYTD
$17MCAREER
29 yrs · 175 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLWWWLL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 April 2023
clay
Jessica Pegula
USA1
Jessica Pegula
#4WTA
2097ELO
1941Clay ELO
$2.8MYTD
$25MCAREER
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWWWL
Bencic B.
7-5 7-6
Pegula J.
Bencic B.
7772
Pegula J.
5650

Belinda Bencic defeated Jessica Pegula 7-5 7-6 in the Charleston semi-final on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Jessica Pegula came in ranked #4, defending last year's round of 16. Belinda Bencic extended the head-to-head to 4–1.

Key context

Head to head

3–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2026-03-04Indian WellsR16hardJessica Pegula6-3 7-6(5)
2021-08-30US OpenR32hardBelinda Bencic6-2 6-4
2021-07-24Tokyo OlympicsR64hardBelinda Bencic6-3 6-3
2015-06-08's HertogenboschR32grassBelinda Bencic6-2 7-6(3)
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Serve vs return

This season
Bencic B.serving73% hold

wins 60% of points on serve vs Pegula J.

Pegula J.serving75% hold

wins 61% of points on serve vs Bencic B.

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

Bencic B.Pegula J.
38
Serve
67
21
Return
22

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

Statistics

This season
Bencic B.Pegula J.
1st serve in·Even
64%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
68%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
48%
50%
Service points won·Even
61%
61%
Return points won·Even
44%
45%
Break points saved·Even
60%
58%
Aces / match·Even
2.5
3.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.4
2.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (117 vs 200). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Bencic B.Pegula J.
Clutch Rating·Slight edge
88
96
Break points saved·Even
95
96
Break points won·Slight edge
94
99
Deciding sets·Even
98
100
Tiebreaks·Even
98
96

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Bencic B.
6.5
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Pegula J.
7.5
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
3.5Clay Elo 1849
Surface ELO
6.5+93 Clay Elo edge
3.6Overall Elo 1989
ELO gap
6.4Overall Elo 2097
5.0
H2H
5.0
6.9
Surface form
7.8
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
8.2
Minutes 14d
5.0
3-set count
7.0
8.0
Prev. match
9.0
5.6
Country comfort
7.9
6.0
Surface transition
6.0
Context
Defending pts
6.0

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
Bencic B.Pegula J.
Freshness·Slight edge
82
76

Bencic B.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 29 games (7d) · Pegula J.: 5 days rest · 2 matches, 54 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast
Weather
22°COvercast
Wind 20 km/hHumidity 62%

Draw

Final
Jabeur O.[2]
Bencic B.[4]
7-666-4
Semi-finals
Jabeur O.[2]
Kasatkina D.[3]
7-57-5
Bencic B.[4]
Pegula J.[1]
7-57-65
Quarter-finals
Jabeur O.[2]
Kalinskaya A.
6-04-1
Pegula J.[1]
Badosa P.[12]
6-37-66
Kasatkina D.[3]
Keys M.[9]
6-756-46-2
Bencic B.[4]
Alexandrova E.[7]
6-36-3
R16
Pegula J.[1]
Begu I.[15]
7-54-66-4
Kasatkina D.[3]
Pera B.
6-37-63
Keys M.[9]
Linette M.[8]
6-23-66-1
Alexandrova E.[7]
Grabher J.
6-46-2
Bencic B.[4]
Rogers S.
4-67-56-2
Badosa P.[12]
Shnaider D.
6-16-3
Kalinskaya A.
Azarenka V.[6]
6-47-65
Jabeur O.[2]
Dolehide C.
6-37-5
R32
Pegula J.[1]
Blinkova A.
6-26-0
Grabher J.
Vickery S.
6-16-2
Keys M.[9]
Baptiste H.
6-16-2
Azarenka V.[6]
Stephens S.
3-66-36-2
Kalinskaya A.
Cornet A.
7-644-66-2
Kasatkina D.[3]
Brengle M.
6-26-1
Badosa P.[12]
Fernandez L.
7-57-66
Bencic B.[4]
Sebov K.
6-06-3
Dolehide C.
Fruhvirtova L.
6-25-76-3
Shnaider D.
Kudermetova V.[5]
6-46-3
Rogers S.
Mcnally C.
6-747-56-1
Jabeur O.[2]
Tsurenko L.
6-36-3
Begu I.[15]
Kenin S.
6-16-4
Alexandrova E.[7]
Putintseva Y.
6-16-3
Linette M.[8]
Gracheva V.
6-737-56-4
Pera B.
Bucsa C.
6-36-4
R64
Sebov K.
Davis L.
4-66-16-2
Rogers S.
Collins D.[13]
6-726-46-1
Putintseva Y.
Svitolina E.
6-736-26-4
Keys M.[9]
Navarro E.
6-46-3
Brengle M.
Kanepi K.
6-36-4
Fruhvirtova L.
Teichmann J.[14]
6-23-66-2
Blinkova A.
Bondar A.
7-676-2
Fernandez L.
Rodina E.
6-36-2
Vickery S.
Day K.
6-46-2
Pera B.
Liu C.
6-46-716-3
Cornet A.
Crawley F.
6-06-2
Gracheva V.
Friedsam A.
7-636-2
Tsurenko L.
Ormaechea P.
6-16-1
Mcnally C.
Niemeier J.
6-46-1
Kalinskaya A.
Kalinina A.[11]
7-666-4
Kenin S.
Sasnovich A.
6-16-756-1
Begu I.[15]
Galfi D.
6-17-5
Badosa P.[12]
Sherif M.
6-36-1
Stephens S.
Chirico L.
3-66-16-2
Dolehide C.
Lisicki S.
6-46-4
Baptiste H.
Wang X.
6-36-3
Grabher J.
Zhang S.[10]
6-41-66-3
Shnaider D.
Parks A.
6-46-3
Bucsa C.
Bouzkova M.[16]
7-56-736-1