Arantxa Rus vs Malene Helgo — United Cup Round Robin

United Cup · WTA · Round Robin
Arantxa Rus
NED
Arantxa Rus
#178WTA
1511ELO
1503Hard ELO
35 yrs · 180 cm · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 1 January 2024
hard
NOR
Malene Helgo
26 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
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Rus A.
7-6 6-1
Helgo M.
Rus A.
7762
Helgo M.
6410

Arantxa Rus defeated Malene Helgo 7-6 6-1 in the United Cup round robin on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Malene Helgo came in defending last year's round-robin.

Key context

  • Match story: Arantxa Rus came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–6 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Rus A.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Helgo M.

Helgo M.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Rus 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
Rus A.Helgo M.
1st serve in·Clear edge
73%
55%
1st serve points won·Even
60%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
48%
Service points won·Even
56%
55%
Return points won·Even
44%
44%
Break points saved·Even
53%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.7
2.7
Double faults / match·Even
3.4
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (143 vs 35). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Rus A.
4.6
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 52 days (−0.7)
Helgo M.
4.1
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 262 days (−1.5)
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
2.6
Surface form
5.8
0.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
Surface transition
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
Rus A.Helgo M.
Freshness·
100
—

Rus A.: 19 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Swiatek I.
Kerber A.
6-36-0
Gauff C.
Swiatek I.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Swiatek I.
Garcia C.
4-66-16-1
Kerber A.
Tomljanovic A.
4-66-27-67
Gauff C.
Muchova K.
6-16-4
Swiatek I.
Rybakina E.
7-656-4
Quarter-finals
Garcia C.
Helgo M.
6-26-767-65
Sakkari M.
Kerber A.
6-06-3
Tomljanovic A.
Stevanovic N.
6-16-1
Swiatek I.
Zheng Q.
6-26-3
Gauff C.
Zhang S.
7-646-2
Swiatek I.
Boulter K.
6-746-16-4
Muchova K.
Paolini J.
6-26-2
Rybakina E.
Siegemund L.
6-36-1
Round Robin
Garcia C.
Kerber A.
1-66-26-2
Sakkari M.
Fernandez L.
7-626-3
Boulter K.
Pegula J.
5-76-46-4
Swiatek I.
Haddad Maia B.
6-26-2
Haddad Maia B.
Sorribes Tormo S.
7-616-2
Sakkari M.
Seguel D.
6-06-1
Fernandez L.
Seguel D.
6-26-3
Pegula J.
Tomljanovic A.
7-666-3
Boulter K.
Tomljanovic A.
6-26-4
Vekic D.
Rus A.
6-23-66-1
Rus A.
Helgo M.
7-646-1
Swiatek I.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-26-1
Garcia C.
Paolini J.
6-45-76-4
Vondrousova M.
Danilovic O.
6-13-66-3
Zheng Q.
Danilovic O.
6-46-2
Vekic D.
Helgo M.
7-53-66-3
Zheng Q.
Vondrousova M.
6-12-66-1
Paolini J.
Kerber A.
6-47-5
Bencic B.
Paquet C.
6-36-1
Fernandez L.
Vekic D.
6-46-3
Gao X.
Haddad Maia B.
5-76-47-5
Boulter K.
Gadecki O.
6-26-1
Podoroska N.
Gadecki O.
6-26-4
Gauff C.
Vekic D.
6-46-2
Swiatek I.
Helgo M.
6-16-0
Muchova K.
Helgo M.
6-26-2
Bouzas Maneiro J.
Sakkari M.
6-26-1
Siegemund L.
Haddad Maia B.
6-31-66-4
Rybakina E.
Bouzas Maneiro J.
6-26-3
Paolini J.
Paquet C.
6-06-2
Gauff C.
Fernandez L.
6-36-2
Boulter K.
Podoroska N.
6-26-3
Swiatek I.
Muchova K.
6-36-4
Rybakina E.
Sakkari M.
6-46-3
Paolini J.
Bencic B.
6-16-1
Gao X.
Siegemund L.
6-13-66-3