Lucia Gale vs Naoko Eto — W35 Timaru Round of 32

W35 Timaru · CHALLENGER · Round of 32
NZL
Lucia Gale
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 March 2026
hard
JPN
Naoko Eto
#1301WTA
41 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLLWLLLL
Gale L.
6-4 6-2
Eto N.
Gale L.
662
Eto N.
42–

Lucia Gale defeated Naoko Eto 6-4 6-2 in the W35 Timaru round of 32 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Gale L.serving68% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Eto N.

Eto N.serving43% hold

wins 47% of points on serve vs Gale L.

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
Gale L.Eto N.
1st serve in·Clear edge
57%
71%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
57%
39%
2nd serve points won·Clear edge
44%
30%
Service points won·Clear edge
51%
37%
Return points won·Slight edge
41%
34%
Break points saved·Clear edge
46%
25%
Aces / match·Slight edge
1.2
0.0
Double faults / match·Dominant
5.4
2.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (5 vs 4). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Gale L.
3.9
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 84 days (−1.2)
Eto N.
4.2
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 35 days (−0.7)
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
2.5
Surface form
2.5
0.0Lost last 3
Win streak
0.0
Context
6.0
Defending pts
6.0

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
Yoshioka K.
Subasic A.
6-26-1
Semi-finals
Yoshioka K.
Kobayashi H.
6-746-17-5
Subasic A.
Kitahara Y.
6-37-68
Quarter-finals
Subasic A.
Tran D.
0-66-46-4
Yoshioka K.
Rokusek S.
6-36-1
Kobayashi H.
Colling S.
4-66-46-0
Kitahara Y.
Danilova O.
6-24-67-5
R16
Kitahara Y.
Shibata S.
4-66-06-3
Rokusek S.
Gale L.
6-16-4
Subasic A.
Otway J.
6-16-2
Kobayashi H.
Das A.
7-51-67-5
Tran D.
Tuatao T.
6-06-1
Yoshioka K.
Chikaraishi Y.
6-06-3
Colling S.
Micic E.
6-16-3
Danilova O.
Barry M.
4-66-26-3
R32
Rokusek S.
Cheung K.
6-06-0
Danilova O.
Hsu A.
6-06-0
Tuatao T.
Krishnan N.
6-46-3
Otway J.
Arakawa N.
6-46-4
Chikaraishi Y.
Compuesto B.
6-26-1
Yoshioka K.
Thompson B.
7-646-1
Subasic A.
Fry S.
6-37-5
Shibata S.
Easwaramurthi A.
7-56-1
Das A.
Wan J.
6-06-1
Kobayashi H.
Khan L.
6-46-2
Tran D.
Ipunesso L.
6-36-4
Micic E.
Di Tommaso C.
1-66-16-4
Kitahara Y.
Shah M.
6-26-1
Colling S.
Himeno N.
6-06-0
Gale L.
Eto N.
6-46-2
Barry M.
Dunn E.
3-66-46-4