Jessica Pegula vs Claire Liu — Seoul Quarter-final

Seoul · WTA · Quarter-final
Jessica Pegula
USA1
Jessica Pegula
#3WTA
2097ELO
2058Hard ELO
$2.8MYTD
$25MCAREER
32 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWLWWWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 9 October 2023
hard
Claire Liu
USA
Claire Liu
#111WTA
1669ELO
1635Hard ELO
26 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLLWWWWWL
Pegula J.
4-6 6-3 6-0
Liu C.
Pegula J.
4662
Liu C.
6301

Jessica Pegula defeated Claire Liu 4-6 6-3 6-0 in the Seoul quarter-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Jessica Pegula came in ranked #3.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Pegula J.serving79% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Liu C.

Liu C.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Pegula J.

Serve advantage — Pegula J.

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

Pegula J.Liu C.
68
Serve
—
73
Return
—

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

Statistics

This season
Pegula J.Liu C.
1st serve in·Slight edge
61%
66%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
62%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
50%
45%
Service points won·Slight edge
61%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
44%
Break points saved·Even
58%
54%
Aces / match·Even
3.0
2.8
Double faults / match·Slight edge
2.2
2.9

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (200 vs 138). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Pegula J.Liu C.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
96
61
Break points saved·Dominant
96
64
Break points won·Clear edge
99
78
Deciding sets·Clear edge
100
79
Tiebreaks·Dominant
96
67

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Pegula J.
7.9
Dominant favouriteUmpiry Score
Liu C.
4.4
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
10.0+423 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
0.0Hard Elo 1635
10.0Overall Elo 2097
ELO gap
0.0Overall Elo 1669
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
6.7
Surface form
3.2
0.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
Fatigue & Travel
5.1
Minutes 14d
8.3
7.0
3-set count
7.0
9.0
Prev. match
6.0
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
Pegula J.Liu C.
Freshness·Clear edge
83
71

Pegula J.: 7 days rest · 1 match, 28 games (7d) · Liu C.: 1 day rest · 3 matches, 54 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Pegula J.[1]
Yuan Y.
6-26-3
Semi-finals
Pegula J.[1]
Wickmayer Y.
6-46-3
Yuan Y.
Bektas E.
6-736-46-2
Quarter-finals
Yuan Y.
Bouzkova M.[4]
7-57-67
Wickmayer Y.
Kudermetova P.
6-36-1
Bektas E.
Birrell K.
4-66-36-2
Pegula J.[1]
Liu C.
4-66-36-0
R16
Yuan Y.
Juvan K.
6-44-1
Liu C.
Rus A.[7]
1-66-33-0
Bouzkova M.[4]
Lys E.
6-1
Bektas E.
Jang S.
6-36-4
Pegula J.[1]
Krueger A.
6-36-1
Birrell K.
Back D.
6-06-1
Kudermetova P.
Von Deichmann K.
6-36-1
Wickmayer Y.
Alexandrova E.[3]
6-37-66
R32
Von Deichmann K.
Khromacheva I.
5-76-43-0
Bektas E.
Pigossi L.
6-756-47-5
Birrell K.
Vickery S.
6-46-4
Kudermetova P.
Parks A.[6]
3-66-16-0
Krueger A.
Podoroska N.
6-26-4
Wickmayer Y.
Liang E.
6-36-4
Lys E.
Schmiedlova A.
6-26-4
Pegula J.[1]
Hruncakova V.
6-26-4
Liu C.
Ku Y.
6-36-3
Rus A.[7]
Han N.
6-16-3
Yuan Y.
Hartono A.
6-16-2
Bouzkova M.[4]
Day K.
6-46-4
Alexandrova E.[3]
Hontama M.
6-36-1
Back D.
Ostapenko J.[2]
3-66-17-64
Juvan K.
Boulter K.[8]
6-46-4
Jang S.
Kenin S.[5]
6-16-4