Elvina Kalieva vs Anna Blinkova — Madrid Qualifying Round 2

Madrid · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 2
USA
Elvina Kalieva
#136WTA
1569ELO
1496Clay ELO
22 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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2 — 1
Sets
Tuesday, 21 April 2026
clay
Anna Blinkova
RUS
Anna Blinkova
#114WTA
1694ELO
1602Clay ELO
27 yrs · 179 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWLWW
Kalieva E.
6-2 3-6 7-5
Blinkova A.
Kalieva E.
6372
Blinkova A.
2651

Elvina Kalieva defeated Anna Blinkova 6-2 3-6 7-5 in the Madrid qualifying round 2 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Anna Blinkova came in ranked #114.

Key context

  • Match story: Elvina Kalieva closed it out in three sets, 6–2 3–6 7–5.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Kalieva E.serving60% hold

wins 54% of points on serve vs Blinkova A.

Blinkova A.serving41% hold

wins 47% of points on serve vs Kalieva 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
Kalieva E.Blinkova A.
1st serve in·Slight edge
56%
61%
1st serve points won·Clear edge
69%
57%
2nd serve points won·Slight edge
48%
43%
Service points won·Slight edge
60%
52%
Return points won·Even
43%
43%
Break points saved·Slight edge
59%
51%
Aces / match·Dominant
4.4
1.1
Double faults / match·Slight edge
4.4
3.8

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (33 vs 21). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Clutch

Under pressure
Kalieva E.Blinkova A.
Clutch Rating·Dominant
18
66
Break points saved·Dominant
28
58
Break points won·Slight edge
87
94
Deciding sets·Dominant
37
68
Tiebreaks·Dominant
15
94

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

Umpiry Score

Pre-match
Kalieva E.
6.1
Even matchUmpiry Score
Blinkova A.
6.3
Marginal edgeUmpiry Score
Form & Matchup
4.0Clay Elo 1496
Surface ELO
6.0+106 Clay Elo edge
3.9Overall Elo 1569
ELO gap
6.1Overall Elo 1694
5.0No prior meetings
H2H
5.0
5.8
Surface form
5.0
Win streak
0.0
Fatigue & Travel
8.9
Minutes 14d
9.3
7.0
3-set count
8.0
Prev. match
9.0
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.

Freshness

Recent load
Kalieva E.Blinkova A.
Freshness·Dominant
100
62

Kalieva E.: 17 days rest · Blinkova A.: 1 day rest · 3 matches, 71 games (7d). Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Jeanjean L.
Masarova R.
6-33-66-3
Grant T.
Udvardy P.
0-66-36-2
Volynets K.
Korpatsch T.
7-55-76-2
Kalieva E.
Blinkova A.
6-23-67-5
Waltert S.
Salkova D.
6-06-2
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Starodubtseva Y.
6-40-66-4
Kraus S.
Potapova A.
6-26-756-3
Galfi D.
Vidmanova D.
7-56-3
Parks A.
Efremova K.
6-17-64
Charaeva A.
Bartunkova N.
6-766-27-66
Snigur D.
Vandewinkel H.
7-646-4
Kalinina A.
Stephens S.
2-67-656-2
Q1
Grant T.
Erjavec V.
7-637-5
Parks A.
Avanesyan E.
6-16-2
Snigur D.
Leme Da Silva N.
7-56-1
Stephens S.
Parry D.
6-26-4
Kalinina A.
Bassols Ribera M.
6-26-1
Starodubtseva Y.
Stefanini L.
6-06-1
Pavlyuchenkova A.
Tomova V.
6-36-2
Potapova A.
Kostovic T.
6-47-5
Kraus S.
Trevisan M.
6-36-2
Jeanjean L.
Vekic D.
6-33-66-4
Masarova R.
Sramkova R.
6-37-5
Udvardy P.
Pareja J.
6-46-1
Volynets K.
Dodin O.
6-04-66-1
Korpatsch T.
Sorribes Tormo S.
6-43-1
Blinkova A.
Brancaccio N.
6-737-56-4
Kalieva E.
Lamens S.
6-46-3
Waltert S.
Papamichail D.
7-56-3
Salkova D.
Roura Llaverias R.
7-56-1
Galfi D.
Romero Gormaz L.
6-16-3
Vidmanova D.
Radivojevic L.
6-36-3
Efremova K.
Sun L.
6-47-5
Bartunkova N.
Kawa K.
6-42-66-3
Charaeva A.
Sasnovich A.
6-36-4
Vandewinkel H.
Fruhvirtova L.
6-27-5