Cadence Brace vs Elvina Kalieva — Tampico 125 Quarter-final

Tampico 125 · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
CAN
Cadence Brace
#218WTA
1506ELO
1493Hard ELO
21 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWWWLLWW
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 13 October 2025
hard
USA
Elvina Kalieva
#136WTA
1569ELO
1540Hard ELO
22 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLLW
Brace C.
6-3 4-6 6-3
Kalieva E.
Brace C.
6462
Kalieva E.
3631

Cadence Brace defeated Elvina Kalieva 6-3 4-6 6-3 in the Tampico 125 quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Elvina Kalieva came in ranked #136.

Key context

  • Match story: Cadence Brace closed it out in three sets, 6–3 4–6 6–3.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Brace C.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Kalieva E.

Kalieva E.serving42% hold

wins 47% of points on serve vs Brace 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
Brace C.Kalieva E.
1st serve in·Even
61%
57%
1st serve points won·Even
61%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
56%
Return points won·Even
49%
45%
Break points saved·Even
53%
52%
Aces / match·Clear edge
1.2
3.3
Double faults / match·Clear edge
2.7
4.1

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (64 vs 88). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Brace C.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry Score
Kalieva E.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
4.2Hard Elo 1493
Surface ELO
5.8+46 Hard Elo edge
3.9Overall Elo 1506
ELO gap
6.1Overall Elo 1569
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.8
Surface form
4.8
0.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
Fatigue & Travel
3-set count
4.0
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
Brace C.Kalieva E.
Freshness·Slight edge
92
100

Brace C.: 3 days rest · 1 match, 16 games (7d) · Kalieva E.: 17 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast
Final
Vandewinkel H.
Brace C.
6-46-3
Semi-finals
Brace C.
Pieri J.
3-67-56-1
Vandewinkel H.
Dart H.
6-12-2
Quarter-finals
Pieri J.
Scott K.
3-66-16-2
Brace C.
Kalieva E.
6-34-66-3
Vandewinkel H.
Stakusic M.
6-36-3
Dart H.
Marcinko P.
6-46-3
R16
Scott K.
Dolehide C.
4-66-36-3
Pieri J.
Cross K.
6-46-3
Brace C.
Kung L.
6-26-1
Vandewinkel H.
Andrianjafitrimo T.
6-06-2
Stakusic M.
Tikhonova A.
6-27-65
Marcinko P.
Yamalapalli S.
7-56-756-1
Kalieva E.
Ma L.
1-3
Dart H.
Plekhanova D.
4-0
R32
Yamalapalli S.
Stephens S.
6-26-2
Marcinko P.
Karatancheva L.
6-26-2
Pieri J.
Portillo Ramirez M.
6-26-1
Dart H.
Strakhova V.
6-16-4
Ma L.
Rajecki A.
7-656-1
Kung L.
Novak K.
6-46-3
Dolehide C.
Cherubini D.
2-66-25-0
Scott K.
Giavara H.
7-677-65
Cross K.
Bektas E.
6-46-2
Kalieva E.
Lepchenko V.
7-636-3
Brace C.
Chang H.
6-36-4
Vandewinkel H.
Mandlik E.
6-26-2
Andrianjafitrimo T.
Hinojosa Gomez J.
6-26-3
Tikhonova A.
Lee G.
5-76-36-3
Stakusic M.
Smith A.
4-66-16-0
Plekhanova D.
Rodriguez V.
6-27-64