Alice Gillan vs Karla Popovic — W15 Malta Final

W15 Malta · CHALLENGER · Final
GBR
Alice Gillan
#616WTA
27 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 27 October 2025
hard
CRO
Karla Popovic
#746WTA
30 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
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Gillan A.
6-3 6-3
Popovic K.
Gillan A.
662
Popovic K.
33–

Alice Gillan defeated Karla Popovic 6-3 6-3 in the W15 Malta final on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Gillan A.serving32% hold

wins 43% of points on serve vs Popovic K.

Popovic K.serving40% hold

wins 46% of points on serve vs Gillan A.

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
Gillan A.Popovic K.
1st serve in·Even
68%
71%
1st serve points won·Even
59%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
45%
44%
Service points won·Even
54%
55%
Return points won·Even
49%
52%
Break points saved·Slight edge
53%
48%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.4
0.6
Double faults / match·Even
2.5
2.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (61 vs 32). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Gillan A.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Popovic K.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
6.0
Surface form
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
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Gillan A.
Popovic K.
6-36-3
Semi-finals
Popovic K.
Ceuca A.
6-16-3
Gillan A.
Chiesa E.
6-23-66-3
Quarter-finals
Ceuca A.
Stankovic A.
6-26-3
Popovic K.
Ortenzi B.
6-46-1
Chiesa E.
Ferraris S.
6-16-3
Gillan A.
Montebello E.
5-76-06-1
R16
Gillan A.
Gloeckner P.
6-16-2
Chiesa E.
Tsetsou E.
6-36-2
Popovic K.
Schruff L.
6-36-2
Ortenzi B.
Bruno V.
6-16-3
Stankovic A.
Magro M.
7-56-1
Montebello E.
Strykova J.
6-26-0
Ceuca A.
Genovese E.
6-26-1
Ferraris S.
Jamshidi E.
6-44-0
R32
Jamshidi E.
Corte C.
6-46-4
Tsetsou E.
Groth G.
6-46-2
Gloeckner P.
Jaeger E.
7-56-2
Bruno V.
Borg C.
4-66-16-4
Montebello E.
Praefke P.
6-36-0
Ortenzi B.
Matos Sequeira Fernandes J.
6-10-67-5
Schruff L.
Cremonini A.
6-36-2
Ceuca A.
Zaynieva A.
6-26-0
Strykova J.
Giraldi Requena A.
6-36-3
Magro M.
Gruber L.
6-06-2
Popovic K.
Zhenikhova S.
6-36-2
Chiesa E.
Heddar F.
6-06-3
Stankovic A.
Cohen S.
6-736-26-1
Gillan A.
Colyer R.
6-16-0
Genovese E.
Lovqvist J.
7-54-66-3
Ferraris S.
Tudor D.
6-06-3