Clervie Ngounoue vs Claire Liu — San Diego Qualifying Round 2

San Diego · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
USA
Clervie Ngounoue
#335WTA
1510ELO
1484Hard ELO
19 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 11 September 2023
hard
Claire Liu
USA
Claire Liu
#111WTA
1669ELO
1635Hard ELO
26 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLLWWWWWL
Ngounoue C.
6-4 6-2
Liu C.
Ngounoue C.
662
Liu C.
42–

Clervie Ngounoue defeated Claire Liu 6-4 6-2 in the San Diego qualifying round 2 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Claire Liu came in ranked #111.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Ngounoue C.serving61% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Liu C.

Liu C.serving54% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Ngounoue C.

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
Ngounoue C.Liu C.
1st serve in·Even
63%
66%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
45%
Service points won·Even
59%
56%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
57%
54%
Aces / match·Even
3.0
2.8
Double faults / match·Clear edge
4.0
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (68 vs 138). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Ngounoue C.Liu C.
Freshness·Clear edge
94
71

Ngounoue C.: 6 days rest · 1 match, 22 games (7d) · Liu C.: 1 day rest · 3 matches, 54 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Chirico L.
Zarazua R.
6-33-66-4
Navarro E.
Shymanovich I.
6-36-1
Osorio C.
Day K.
5-76-46-3
Ngounoue C.
Liu C.
6-46-2
Frech M.
Baptiste H.
6-46-746-4
Sasnovich A.
Lepchenko V.
6-36-2
Q1
Zarazua R.
Siniakova K.
6-24-66-4
Chirico L.
Dolehide C.
7-646-2
Navarro E.
Kabbaj Y.
6-16-2
Shymanovich I.
Scott K.
6-36-3
Osorio C.
Loeb J.
6-16-2
Day K.
Herazo Gonzalez M.
6-16-3
Liu C.
Ahn A.
4-66-16-2
Ngounoue C.
Hunter S.
7-636-4
Frech M.
Starodubtseva Y.
6-16-3
Baptiste H.
Hu V.
6-46-0
Sasnovich A.
Cayetano E.
6-16-4
Lepchenko V.
Brengle M.
2-66-47-5