Ya Yi Yang vs Taylah Preston — W75 Sydney Round of 16

W75 Sydney · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
TPE
Ya Yi Yang
#532WTA
22 yrs · Left-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 17 November 2025
hard
AUS
Taylah Preston
#117WTA
1600ELO
1590Hard ELO
20 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Yang Y.
2-6 6-2 6-4
Preston T.
Yang Y.
2662
Preston T.
6241

Ya Yi Yang defeated Taylah Preston 2-6 6-2 6-4 in the W75 Sydney round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Taylah Preston came in ranked #117.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Yang Y.serving33% hold

wins 43% of points on serve vs Preston T.

Preston T.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Yang Y.

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
Yang Y.Preston T.
1st serve in·Even
62%
64%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
57%
62%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
41%
47%
Service points won·Slight edge
51%
57%
Return points won·Even
46%
48%
Break points saved·Slight edge
50%
55%
Aces / match·Even
2.1
1.6
Double faults / match·Even
3.3
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (46 vs 98). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Yang Y.
6.0
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Preston T.
7.1
Strong advantageUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
4.4
Surface form
7.9
0.0Lost last 2
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
7.0
3-set count
Context
6.0
Defending pts

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
Yang Y.Preston T.
Freshness·
—
100

Preston T.: 18 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Gibson T.
Jones E.
6-26-4
Semi-finals
Jones E.
Hunter S.
6-36-1
Gibson T.
Birrell K.
6-43-66-3
Quarter-finals
Jones E.
Micic E.
7-666-2
Hunter S.
Tian F.
7-56-4
Gibson T.
Yamaguchi M.
3-67-646-2
Birrell K.
Yang Y.
6-36-2
R16
Gibson T.
Back D.
6-36-2
Yang Y.
Preston T.
2-66-26-4
Yamaguchi M.
Da Silva Fick G.
6-22-66-3
Jones E.
Lee E.
6-27-5
Hunter S.
Inglis M.
6-32-67-66
Birrell K.
Kuramochi M.
7-656-1
Micic E.
Cabrera L.
6-47-64
Tian F.
Wei S.
6-16-2
R32
Yang Y.
Zavatska K.
6-47-5
Yamaguchi M.
Sato N.
6-27-5
Cabrera L.
Starodubtseva Y.
6-27-5
Jones E.
Imamura S.
6-26-4
Back D.
Khan L.
6-46-2
Wei S.
Jeong B.
6-26-3
Inglis M.
Abe H.
6-46-3
Gibson T.
Thompson B.
6-26-0
Birrell K.
Ma L.
7-56-2
Preston T.
Kokkinis T.
6-27-5
Hunter S.
Yamazaki I.
6-26-4
Kuramochi M.
Jang S.
6-756-06-1
Tian F.
Barry M.
6-02-66-4
Micic E.
Subasic A.
7-56-3
Lee E.
Swan K.
4-5
Da Silva Fick G.
Aiava D.
2-1