Sloane Stephens vs Yue Yuan — Birmingham Round of 32

Birmingham · WTA · Round of 32
Sloane Stephens
USA
Sloane Stephens
#315WTA
1683ELO
1589Grass ELO
33 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLLLWL
2 — 0
Sets
Monday, 17 June 2024
grass
CHN
Yue Yuan
#120WTA
1629ELO
1495Grass ELO
27 yrs · 184 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWWLWWL
Stephens S.
6-3 6-3
Yuan Y.
Stephens S.
662
Yuan Y.
330

Sloane Stephens defeated Yue Yuan 6-3 6-3 in the Birmingham round of 32 on grass. The upset overturned the form book — Yue Yuan came in ranked #120. Sloane Stephens extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2024-04-15RouenQFclaySloane Stephens6-2 6-2
2024-01-08HobartR32hardYue Yuan6-4 3-6 7-6(5)

Serve vs return

This season
Stephens S.serving77% hold

wins 62% of points on serve vs Yuan Y.

Yuan Y.serving84% hold

wins 66% of points on serve vs Stephens S.

Serve advantage — Yuan Y.

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
Stephens S.Yuan Y.
1st serve in·Slight edge
70%
63%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
62%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
47%
Service points won·Even
55%
57%
Return points won·Even
41%
43%
Break points saved·Even
53%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
0.9
2.2
Double faults / match·Slight edge
1.7
1.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (61 vs 135). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Stephens S.Yuan Y.
Clutch Rating·Even
63
64
Break points saved·Even
78
81
Break points won·Clear edge
90
77
Deciding sets·Slight edge
55
60
Tiebreaks·Slight edge
74
85

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Stephens S.
4.9
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Surface jump clay↔grass (−0.8)
Yuan Y.
5.5
Slight disadvantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
5.7+94 Grass Elo edge
Surface ELO
4.3Grass Elo 1495
5.1Overall Elo 1683
ELO gap
4.9Overall Elo 1629
5.0
H2H
5.0
4.6
Surface form
2.2
0.0Lost last 5
Win streak
Fatigue & Travel
Minutes 14d
8.2
3-set count
7.0
Prev. match
9.0
3.0
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.

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Putintseva Y.
Tomljanovic A.
6-17-68
Semi-finals
Putintseva Y.
Cocciaretto E.
6-26-2
Tomljanovic A.
Potapova A.[7]
7-656-4
Quarter-finals
Potapova A.[7]
Krejcikova B.[2]
6-16-4
Cocciaretto E.
Shnaider D.
5-76-46-2
Putintseva Y.
Dolehide C.
6-36-726-1
Tomljanovic A.
Fernandez L.[6]
1-66-36-2
R16
Putintseva Y.
Kalinina A.
6-36-0
Dolehide C.
Mertens E.[5]
6-33-0
Fernandez L.[6]
Golubic V.
4-67-56-3
Shnaider D.
Bouzkova M.[8]
7-656-3
Krejcikova B.[2]
Dart H.
6-36-4
Cocciaretto E.
Stephens S.
6-46-2
Potapova A.[7]
Bronzetti L.
6-37-5
Tomljanovic A.
Zhu L.
6-766-16-4
R32
Shnaider D.
Rajecki A.
7-56-3
Kalinina A.
Boulter K.[4]
6-30-0
Putintseva Y.
Burel C.
6-36-4
Golubic V.
Osorio C.
6-41-66-3
Bronzetti L.
Frech M.
2-66-36-4
Krejcikova B.[2]
Saville D.
6-17-65
Stephens S.
Yuan Y.
6-36-3
Cocciaretto E.
Ostapenko J.[1]
6-36-3
Dolehide C.
Pliskova K.
2-66-37-65
Tomljanovic A.
Blinkova A.
6-26-1
Zhu L.
Cirstea S.[3]
7-626-2
Dart H.
Uchijima M.
6-36-3
Potapova A.[7]
Avanesyan E.
6-46-4
Mertens E.[5]
Wozniacki C.
6-46-1
Fernandez L.[6]
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-16-1
Bouzkova M.[8]
Watson H.
3-66-47-5