Paula Badosa vs Sinja Kraus — Austin 125 1 Quarter-final

Austin 125 1 · CHALLENGER · Quarter-final
Paula Badosa
ESP
Paula Badosa
#141WTA
1780ELO
1748Hard ELO
28 yrs · 180 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
WWWWWLLWWL
0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 March 2026
hard
Sinja Kraus
AUT
Sinja Kraus
#93WTA
1736ELO
1645Hard ELO
24 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLLWWLLW
Badosa P.
7-5 6-1
Kraus S.
Badosa P.
762
Kraus S.
51–

Paula Badosa defeated Sinja Kraus 7-5 6-1 in the Austin 125 1 quarter-final on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sinja Kraus came in ranked #93.

Key context

  • Match story: Paula Badosa came through a tight passage before pulling clear — 7–5 6–1.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Badosa P.serving51% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Kraus S.

Kraus S.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Badosa P.

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

Serve & return on hard

Badosa P.Kraus S.
21
Serve
—
19
Return
—

Per-surface Serve / Return Rating (0–100, percentile within the hard field, opponent-adjusted over 52 weeks). About

Statistics

This season
Badosa P.Kraus S.
1st serve in·Even
56%
59%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
69%
64%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
39%
46%
Service points won·Even
56%
57%
Return points won·Even
43%
46%
Break points saved·Even
52%
55%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.7
1.6
Double faults / match·Dominant
7.6
3.4

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (18 vs 33). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Badosa P.Kraus S.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
93
56
Break points saved·Dominant
95
43
Break points won·Even
94
97
Deciding sets·Slight edge
95
90
Tiebreaks·Dominant
94
31

Performance in the biggest moments — break points, deciding sets and tiebreaks (0–100, higher is better). About

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Badosa P.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry Score
Kraus S.
6.0
Even matchUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
6.4+103 Hard Elo edge
Surface ELO
3.6Hard Elo 1645
5.8Overall Elo 1780
ELO gap
4.2Overall Elo 1736
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
2.9
Surface form
5.5
0.0
Win streak
0.0Lost last 2
Fatigue & Travel
9.2
Minutes 14d
9.0
Prev. match
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
Badosa P.Kraus S.
Freshness·Slight edge
64
75

Badosa P.: 1 day rest · 4 matches, 74 games (7d) · Kraus S.: 2 days rest · 3 matches, 53 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-fastrewards aggression
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Tararudee L.
Andreescu B.
6-33-66-3
Semi-finals
Andreescu B.
Badosa P.
6-23-66-3
Tararudee L.
Birrell K.
6-47-64
Quarter-finals
Badosa P.
Kraus S.
7-56-1
Andreescu B.
Jones E.
6-43-66-3
Tararudee L.
Zakharova A.
6-36-4
Birrell K.
Kessler M.
6-737-636-0
R16
Tararudee L.
Mcnally C.
6-34-66-3
Badosa P.
Sun L.
6-17-66
Kraus S.
Selekhmeteva O.
6-21-66-4
Andreescu B.
Zarazua R.
6-37-5
Jones E.
Vekic D.
6-37-64
Kessler M.
Juvan K.
5-76-46-2
Zakharova A.
Fruhvirtova L.
6-06-2
Birrell K.
Rakhimova K.
6-21-66-2
R32
Sun L.
Navarro E.
6-46-4
Zakharova A.
Golubic V.
7-57-5
Badosa P.
Ruse E.
2-66-27-5
Kraus S.
Stefanini L.
6-36-4
Selekhmeteva O.
Yuan Y.
6-46-3
Andreescu B.
Sierra S.
6-32-66-3
Zarazua R.
Blinkova A.
6-36-746-4
Jones E.
Inglis M.
6-46-1
Vekic D.
Marcinko P.
6-36-4
Mcnally C.
Starodubtseva Y.
7-54-66-4
Tararudee L.
Galfi D.
6-47-65
Fruhvirtova L.
Haddad Maia B.
6-36-746-4
Birrell K.
Seidel E.
7-676-1
Rakhimova K.
Lamens S.
5-76-16-4
Juvan K.
Sakatsume H.
6-46-4
Kessler M.
Waltert S.
7-666-3