Caroline Garcia vs Taylah Preston — Adelaide Round of 32

Adelaide · WTA · Round of 32
FRA
Caroline Garcia
#780WTA
32 yrs · 177 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 8 January 2024
hard
AUS
Taylah Preston
#117WTA
1600ELO
1590Hard ELO
20 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Garcia C.
6-4 1-6 6-3
Preston T.
Garcia C.
6162
Preston T.
4631

Caroline Garcia defeated Taylah Preston 6-4 1-6 6-3 in the Adelaide round of 32 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Taylah Preston came in ranked #117, but Caroline Garcia had arrived on a 3-match winning run.

Key context

  • Match story: Caroline Garcia closed it out in three sets, 6–4 1–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Garcia C.serving71% hold

wins 59% of points on serve vs Preston T.

Preston T.serving80% hold

wins 63% of points on serve vs Garcia C.

Serve advantage — Preston T.

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
Garcia C.Preston T.
1st serve in·Even
61%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
68%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Even
60%
56%
Return points won·Slight edge
38%
47%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
6.5
1.4
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.8
4.0

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (46 vs 138). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Garcia C.Preston T.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
72
38
Break points saved·Dominant
91
54
Break points won·Dominant
50
96
Deciding sets·Dominant
93
28
Tiebreaks·
82
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Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Garcia C.
6.4
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Preston T.
6.2
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
6.1
Surface form
7.03-match win streak
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
5.2
Minutes 14d
0.0
3-set count
7.0
8.0
Prev. match
4.8
Country comfort
7.0
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
Garcia C.Preston T.
Freshness·
—
100

Preston T.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Weather
22°COvercast
Wind 17 km/hHumidity 62%

Draw

Final
Ostapenko J.[6]
Kasatkina D.
6-36-2
Semi-finals
Kasatkina D.
Pegula J.[2]
W/O
Ostapenko J.[6]
Alexandrova E.
6-27-63
Quarter-finals
Pegula J.[2]
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-717-56-4
Kasatkina D.
Siegemund L.
W/O
Alexandrova E.
Rybakina E.[1]
6-36-3
Ostapenko J.[6]
Kostyuk M.
7-56-3
R16
Kostyuk M.
Townsend T.
6-32-66-4
Ostapenko J.[6]
Garcia C.
6-45-76-4
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Siniakova K.
2-66-36-2
Pegula J.[2]
Pera B.
4-66-26-3
Rybakina E.[1]
Bucsa C.
6-37-5
Alexandrova E.
Kudermetova V.[8]
6-46-4
Siegemund L.
Bogdan A.
6-47-5
Kasatkina D.
Kalinskaya A.
5-76-47-5
R32
Bucsa C.
Paolini J.
6-36-3
Kalinskaya A.
Krejcikova B.[4]
7-53-67-5
Siegemund L.
Samsonova L.[7]
6-716-46-4
Bogdan A.
Boulter K.
6-36-4
Siniakova K.
Pliskova K.
6-26-1
Pera B.
Badosa P.
3-66-26-3
Garcia C.
Preston T.
6-41-66-3
Ostapenko J.[6]
Cirstea S.
2-66-26-4
Kudermetova V.[8]
Krueger A.
6-27-5
Alexandrova E.
Linette M.
3-67-687-5
Townsend T.
Sasnovich A.
6-37-64
Kostyuk M.
Kalinina A.
7-636-1
Kasatkina D.
Liu C.
6-46-3
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Haddad Maia B.[5]
6-36-4