Yue Yuan vs Kimberly Birrell — Rome Qualifying Round 1

Rome · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Round 1
CHN
Yue Yuan
#112WTA
1660ELO
1578Clay ELO
27 yrs · 184 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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0 — 0
Sets
Tuesday, 5 May 2026
clay
AUS
Kimberly Birrell
#74WTA
1752ELO
1512Clay ELO
28 yrs · 170 cm · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
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Yue Yuan defeated Kimberly Birrell 6-3 6-2 in the Rome qualifying round 1 on clay. The upset overturned the form book — Kimberly Birrell came in ranked #74, but Yue Yuan had been the form player, winning 2 of their last 5 on clay. Yue Yuan extended the head-to-head to 2–1.

Key context

Yuan Y.
662
Birrell K.
32–

Head to head

1–1
DateTournamentRoundSurfaceWinnerScore
2025-06-09s HertogenboschR16grassYue Yuan6-4 6-3
2025-02-24AustinR32hardKimberly Birrell7-6(5) 7-6(5)

Statistics

Recent form
Yuan Y.Birrell K.
67%1st serve in+4%63%
59%1st serve points won+5%64%
51%2nd serve points won+8%43%
56%Service points won56%
44%Return points won+1%45%
53%Break points saved+4%57%
1.3Aces / match+0.61.9
1.2Double faults / match+4.45.6

Averages from each player's recent completed matches (20 vs 20). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Draw — qualifying

Q2
Galfi D.
Grabher J.
7-626-4
Masarova R.
Teichmann J.
1-66-16-1
Kraus S.
Ruse E.
7-636-2
Potapova A.
Bartunkova N.
4-66-46-2
Korneeva A.
Tagger L.
6-36-3
Townsend T.
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
6-26-3
Korpatsch T.
Sherif M.
3-67-57-65
Kalinina A.
Volynets K.
6-26-3
Urgesi F.
Erjavec V.
6-46-1
Jeanjean L.
Tomljanovic A.
7-655-76-3
Waltert S.
Yuan Y.
6-21-67-5
Basiletti N.
Snigur D.
6-36-786-4
Q1
Korneeva A.
Seidel E.
7-613-66-2
Masarova R.
Uchijima M.
6-36-2
Teichmann J.
Vandewinkel H.
6-46-3
Tagger L.
Lamens S.
7-56-2
Jimenez Kasintseva V.
Sun L.
6-47-62
Townsend T.
Sramkova R.
3-67-56-2
Korpatsch T.
Ricci B.
3-66-16-2
Urgesi F.
Zarazua R.
6-42-66-3
Snigur D.
De Stefano S.
6-26-3
Basiletti N.
Arango E.
6-46-3
Jeanjean L.
Parry D.
6-17-60
Tomljanovic A.
Lombardini M.
7-56-1
Grabher J.
Sasnovich A.
4-66-26-4
Galfi D.
Parks A.
6-46-1
Volynets K.
Semenistaja D.
6-26-0
Sherif M.
Blinkova A.
6-16-2
Erjavec V.
Pavlyuchenkova A.
6-32-3
Kalinina A.
Osorio C.
6-37-5
Waltert S.
Pedone G.
6-27-64
Yuan Y.
Birrell K.
6-36-2
Potapova A.
Begu I.
6-17-5
Bartunkova N.
Krueger A.
6-26-2
Ruse E.
Dodin O.
6-16-3
Kraus S.
Salkova D.
6-26-2