Elena Malygina vs Francesca Pace — W35 Birmingham Semi-final

W35 Birmingham · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
Elena Malygina
EST
Elena Malygina
#315WTA
1378ELO
1385Hard ELO
26 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LWLLLWWLWW
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 26 January 2026
hard
ITA
Francesca Pace
#386WTA
20 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLWLLWLLW
Malygina E.
6-4 6-3
Pace F.
Malygina E.
662
Pace F.
43–

Elena Malygina defeated Francesca Pace 6-4 6-3 in the W35 Birmingham semi-final on hard. The result followed the form book — Elena Malygina came in ranked #315, defending last year's round of 32.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Malygina E.serving61% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Pace F.

Pace F.serving52% hold

wins 51% of points on serve vs Malygina E.

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
Malygina E.Pace F.
1st serve in·Slight edge
62%
68%
1st serve points won·Even
62%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
49%
47%
Service points won·Even
57%
57%
Return points won·Even
47%
43%
Break points saved·Even
47%
49%
Aces / match·Even
1.6
2.1
Double faults / match·Dominant
1.8
3.5

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (19 vs 13). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Malygina E.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Pace F.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.0
Surface form
6.7
0.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
Fatigue & Travel
7.0
3-set count
7.0
Surface transition
6.0
Context
6.0
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
Fastbig serves, short points
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Malygina E.
Noha Akugue N.
6-46-4
Semi-finals
Noha Akugue N.
Rajecki A.
7-56-1
Malygina E.
Pace F.
6-46-3
Quarter-finals
Malygina E.
Klugman H.
6-36-2
Rajecki A.
Bennemann E.
3-66-26-3
Noha Akugue N.
Appleton E.
7-54-66-2
Pace F.
Daems J.
6-47-5
R16
Rajecki A.
Kuzmova K.
6-46-2
Appleton E.
Granwehr A.
3-66-36-4
Malygina E.
Urgesi F.
7-636-4
Pace F.
Cooling R.
1-66-37-64
Noha Akugue N.
Visscher S.
6-16-3
Klugman H.
Maloney E.
6-06-3
Bennemann E.
Hietaranta L.
6-46-4
Daems J.
Dunne K.
4-67-617-67
R32
Rajecki A.
Gadamauri T.
6-26-4
Urgesi F.
Ciric Bagaric L.
6-06-3
Noha Akugue N.
Monnot A.
6-46-1
Daems J.
Allen V.
4-66-36-4
Appleton E.
Stusek J.
6-46-1
Malygina E.
Ryser V.
6-16-4
Kuzmova K.
Stoiber R.
1-66-36-4
Bennemann E.
Paganetti V.
6-06-2
Maloney E.
Primorac I.
6-46-2
Cooling R.
In Albon Y.
5-76-46-3
Klugman H.
Banks A.
6-46-4
Visscher S.
Diaz Adrover C.
6-36-3
Hietaranta L.
Otzipka J.
6-43-67-61
Granwehr A.
Konjuh A.
7-55-76-3
Dunne K.
Vrancken Peeters A.
6-34-66-2
Pace F.
Hageman M.
6-36-2