Claire Liu vs Alana Smith — Charleston Qualifying Round 1

Charleston · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
Claire Liu
USA
Claire Liu
#111WTA
1669ELO
1623Clay ELO
26 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWLLWWWWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 31 March 2025
clay
USA
Alana Smith
#463WTA
1250ELO
1157Clay ELO
26 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LLWLWLLLLL
Liu C.
6-4 6-2
Smith A.
Liu C.
662
Smith A.
42–

Claire Liu defeated Alana Smith 6-4 6-2 in the Charleston qualifying round 1 on clay. The result followed the form book — Claire Liu came in ranked #111.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Liu C.serving54% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Smith A.

Smith A.serving45% hold

wins 48% of points on serve vs Liu C.

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
Liu C.Smith A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
67%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
63%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
45%
41%
Break points saved·Even
55%
55%
Aces / match·Slight edge
3.1
2.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.1
3.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (62 vs 42). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Liu C.
6.2
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Smith A.
3.8
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Injury return: 35 days (−1.0)
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.1
Surface form
2.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 8
Fatigue & Travel
8.5
Minutes 14d
4.0
3-set count
6.0
Prev. match
6.0
Surface transition
6.0
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

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
Liu C.Smith A.
Freshness·
71
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Liu C.: 1 day rest · 3 matches, 54 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Loeb J.
Hozumi E.
6-25-76-1
Chirico L.
Rinaldo Persson K.
6-746-37-5
Zhang S.
Mattek Sands B.
4-67-56-1
Sebov K.
Okamura K.
6-46-2
Mcnally C.
Liu C.
6-16-3
Shymanovich I.
Kalieva E.
7-666-4
Q1
Loeb J.
Yamaguchi M.
6-06-4
Chirico L.
Konjuh A.
6-46-4
Rinaldo Persson K.
Contreras Gomez F.
6-16-2
Zhang S.
Giavara H.
6-46-1
Mattek Sands B.
Chang S.
6-36-1
Okamura K.
Dvorackova A.
6-26-2
Sebov K.
Lee G.
6-06-4
Mcnally C.
Rodionova A.
6-13-0
Liu C.
Smith A.
6-46-2
Shymanovich I.
Kichenok L.
6-20-66-3
Kalieva E.
Chan H.
6-26-1