Kimberly Birrell vs Sijia Wei — Birmingham 125 Round of 16

Birmingham 125 · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
Kimberly Birrell
AUS
Kimberly Birrell
#65WTA
1754ELO
1602Grass ELO
28 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 2 June 2025
grass
CHN
Sijia Wei
#403WTA
1418ELO
1359Grass ELO
22 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Birrell K.
7-5 6-2
Wei S.
Birrell K.
762
Wei S.
52–

Kimberly Birrell defeated Sijia Wei 7-5 6-2 in the Birmingham 125 round of 16 on grass. The result followed the form book — Kimberly Birrell came in ranked #65, leading the head-to-head 1–0. Kimberly Birrell extended the head-to-head to 2–0.

Key context

Head to head

1–0
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2023-10-16NanchangR32hardKimberly Birrell7-5 7-5

Serve vs return

This season
Birrell K.serving67% hold

wins 57% of points on serve vs Wei S.

Wei S.serving63% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Birrell K.

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
Birrell K.Wei S.
1st serve in·Even
62%
61%
1st serve points won·Even
65%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
47%
Service points won·Even
57%
57%
Return points won·Even
44%
42%
Break points saved·Even
54%
56%
Aces / match·Even
2.3
2.3
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.9
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (88 vs 48). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Birrell K.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry Score
  • Surface jump clay↔grass (−0.8)
Wei S.
3.8
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Surface jump clay↔grass (−0.8)
Form & Matchup
8.2+243 Grass Elo edge
Surface ELO
1.8Grass Elo 1359
9.2Overall Elo 1754
ELO gap
0.8Overall Elo 1418
5.0
H2H
5.0
7.7
Surface form
0.0Lost last 4
Win streak
0.0Lost last 6
Fatigue & Travel
3.0
Surface transition
3.0
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
Birrell K.Wei S.
Freshness·
95
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Birrell K.: 11 days rest · 2 matches (14d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Minnen G.
Fruhvirtova L.
6-26-1
Semi-finals
Fruhvirtova L.
Ponchet J.
6-20-66-4
Minnen G.
Masarova R.
3-67-677-65
Quarter-finals
Ponchet J.
Xu M.
6-26-4
Fruhvirtova L.
Stefanini L.
6-46-3
Minnen G.
Birrell K.
6-35-76-3
Masarova R.
Montgomery R.
6-20-0
R16
Xu M.
Kawa K.
4-67-56-2
Ponchet J.
Watson H.
6-45-77-5
Fruhvirtova L.
Burrage J.
6-06-4
Masarova R.
Golubic V.
6-27-61
Montgomery R.
Sonmez Z.
7-664-66-4
Minnen G.
Martincova T.
3-67-656-3
Birrell K.
Wei S.
7-56-2
Stefanini L.
Ryser V.
6-37-64
R32
Montgomery R.
Gibson T.
6-42-67-61
Ryser V.
Maria T.
7-627-5
Kawa K.
Andreeva E.
7-56-4
Ponchet J.
Diatchenko V.
6-36-2
Watson H.
Gadecki O.
6-06-3
Fruhvirtova L.
Eala A.
7-56-756-1
Stefanini L.
Banks A.
6-26-4
Golubic V.
Tan H.
6-26-3
Masarova R.
Snigur D.
3-66-26-4
Minnen G.
Hartono A.
6-46-2
Martincova T.
Marino R.
3-66-46-1
Wei S.
Ishii S.
6-36-4
Birrell K.
Inglis M.
6-16-4
Xu M.
Parks A.
6-27-66
Burrage J.
Fett J.
6-36-4
Sonmez Z.
Cabrera L.
6-37-5