Wakana Sonobe vs Hailey Baptiste — Abu Dhabi Qualifying Round 1

Abu Dhabi · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
JPN
Wakana Sonobe
#631WTA
1506ELO
1523Hard ELO
18 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 3 February 2025
hard
Hailey Baptiste
USA
Hailey Baptiste
#33WTA
1844ELO
1781Hard ELO
$1.1MYTD
$3.6MCAREER
24 yrs · 172 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLWLWWWWL
Sonobe W.
6-3 6-1
Baptiste H.
Sonobe W.
662
Baptiste H.
31–

Wakana Sonobe defeated Hailey Baptiste 6-3 6-1 in the Abu Dhabi qualifying round 1 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Hailey Baptiste came in ranked #33.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Sonobe W.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Baptiste H.

Baptiste H.serving62% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Sonobe W.

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

Serve & return on hard

Sonobe W.Baptiste H.
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Serve
40
—
Return
18

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

Statistics

This season
Sonobe W.Baptiste H.
1st serve in·Even
57%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
68%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
48%
Service points won·Even
57%
59%
Return points won·Even
44%
42%
Break points saved·Even
55%
58%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.3
4.6
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.0
4.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (28 vs 71). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Sonobe W.
3.5
Heavy underdogUmpiry Score
  • Extended break: 63 days (−1.2)
Baptiste H.
7.1
Strong advantageUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
1.8Hard Elo 1523
Surface ELO
8.2+258 Hard Elo edge
0.8Overall Elo 1506
ELO gap
9.2Overall Elo 1844
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.2
Surface form
4.9
Fatigue & Travel
3-set count
4.0
6.0
Surface transition
Context
6.0
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
Mediumbalanced pace
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Kenin S.
Kudermetova V.
7-636-2
Kessler M.
Kostovic T.
6-46-2
Kartal S.
Uchijima M.
6-16-4
Volynets K.
Saville D.
7-686-3
Zarazua R.
Sonmez Z.
6-16-2
Sonobe W.
Bucsa C.
6-36-3
Q1
Kudermetova V.
Samson L.
6-16-2
Kenin S.
Ito A.
7-646-2
Kessler M.
Starodubtseva Y.
6-26-1
Kostovic T.
Parry D.
6-20-0
Uchijima M.
Gadecki O.
7-56-2
Kartal S.
Paquet C.
4-66-26-3
Volynets K.
Watson H.
6-46-3
Saville D.
Andreeva E.
6-736-46-3
Zarazua R.
Bonaventure Y.
6-31-0
Sonmez Z.
Townsend T.
6-15-77-5
Bucsa C.
Rakhimova K.
5-77-646-3
Sonobe W.
Baptiste H.
6-36-1