Sarah Rokusek vs Lucia Gale — W35 Timaru Round of 16

W35 Timaru · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
AUS
Sarah Rokusek
#597WTA
20 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Monday, 9 March 2026
hard
NZL
Lucia Gale
Last 10 · pre-match
LLLLWLLL
Rokusek S.
6-1 6-4
Gale L.
Rokusek S.
662
Gale L.
14–

Sarah Rokusek defeated Lucia Gale 6-1 6-4 in the W35 Timaru round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Lucia Gale came in defending last year's round of 32, but Sarah Rokusek had been the form player, winning 3 of their last 5 on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Rokusek S.serving48% hold

wins 49% of points on serve vs Gale L.

Gale L.serving46% hold

wins 48% of points on serve vs Rokusek S.

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
Rokusek S.Gale L.
1st serve in·Slight edge
63%
57%
1st serve points won·Slight edge
55%
60%
2nd serve points won·Even
44%
43%
Service points won·Even
51%
53%
Return points won·Even
48%
44%
Break points saved·Slight edge
41%
47%
Aces / match·Even
0.9
1.2
Double faults / match·Dominant
3.6
5.6

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (15 vs 5). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Rokusek S.
5.9
Even matchUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
Gale L.
3.9
Heavy underdogUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited
  • Extended break: 84 days (−1.2)
Form & Matchup
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
4.2
Surface form
2.5
Win streak
0.0Lost last 3
Fatigue & Travel
4.0
3-set count
Context
5.0
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