Kimberly Birrell vs Elena Malygina — Strasbourg Round of 32

Strasbourg · WTA · Round of 32
Kimberly Birrell
AUS
Kimberly Birrell
#72WTA
1754ELO
1536Clay ELO
28 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWWWLLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 22 May 2023
clay
Elena Malygina
EST
Elena Malygina
#315WTA
1378ELO
1270Clay ELO
26 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
WLWLLLWWLW
Birrell K.
6-2 6-3
Malygina E.
Birrell K.
662
Malygina E.
230

Kimberly Birrell defeated Elena Malygina 6-2 6-3 in the Strasbourg round of 32 on clay. The result followed the form book — Kimberly Birrell came in ranked #72.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Birrell K.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Malygina E.

Malygina E.serving64% hold

wins 56% of points on serve vs Birrell K.

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
Birrell K.Malygina E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
68%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
65%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
48%
Service points won·Even
58%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
48%
Break points saved·Even
55%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.5
1.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.0
2.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (174 vs 51). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Birrell K.
5.3
Clear underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 77 days (−1.2)
Malygina E.
3.8
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 37 days (−0.7)
Form & Matchup
8.0+267 Clay Elo edge
Surface ELO
2.0Clay Elo 1270
9.6Overall Elo 1754
ELO gap
0.4Overall Elo 1378
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
Surface form
4.3
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
6.0
Surface transition
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
Birrell K.Malygina E.
Freshness·
94
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Birrell K.: 10 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Svitolina E.
Blinkova A.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Svitolina E.
Burel C.
4-67-56-3
Blinkova A.
Davis L.[7]
6-26-2
Quarter-finals
Davis L.[7]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
1-67-626-0
Burel C.
Pera B.[4]
6-23-66-4
Blinkova A.
Navarro E.
6-46-4
Svitolina E.
Gracheva V.[6]
6-36-4
R16
Burel C.
Kanepi K.
7-57-60
Svitolina E.
Routliffe E.
W/O
Navarro E.
Teichmann J.[8]
2-66-36-2
Pera B.[4]
Birrell K.
6-46-4
Gracheva V.[6]
Janicijevic S.
6-26-1
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Linette M.[1]
6-36-2
Davis L.[7]
Tomova V.
6-43-66-1
Blinkova A.
Friedsam A.
6-47-611
R32
Svitolina E.
Chirico L.
6-47-61
Routliffe E.
Hsieh S.
7-621-66-1
Friedsam A.
Zhang S.[3]
6-06-0
Teichmann J.[8]
Zanevska M.
4-66-36-4
Tomova V.
Cornet A.
3-66-47-5
Navarro E.
Martincova T.
6-26-3
Kanepi K.
Wang X.
6-36-2
Pera B.[4]
Chang S.
6-44-66-1
Janicijevic S.
Dodin O.
2-66-16-4
Birrell K.
Malygina E.
6-26-3
Gracheva V.[6]
Bai Z.
6-33-67-63
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Gabueva A.
6-36-1
Blinkova A.
Hesse A.
4-66-06-4
Linette M.[1]
Bucsa C.
4-66-26-2
Davis L.[7]
Iliev S.
7-56-0
Burel C.
Cirstea S.[5]
7-657-5