Ekaterina Maklakova vs Elina Nepliy — W35 Hurghada Semi-final

W35 Hurghada · CHALLENGER · Semi-final
RUS
Ekaterina Maklakova
#469WTA
1343ELO
1318Hard ELO
22 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWLLWLLL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 11 May 2026
hard
RUS
Elina Nepliy
#524WTA
1293ELO
1263Hard ELO
28 yrs · Right-handed
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWLWW
Maklakova E.
5-7 6-1 7-5
Nepliy E.
Maklakova E.
5672
Nepliy E.
7151

Ekaterina Maklakova defeated Elina Nepliy 5-7 6-1 7-5 in the W35 Hurghada semi-final on hard.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Maklakova E.serving38% hold

wins 45% of points on serve vs Nepliy E.

Nepliy E.serving63% hold

wins 55% of points on serve vs Maklakova 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
Maklakova E.Nepliy E.
1st serve in·Slight edge
60%
67%
1st serve points won·Even
63%
64%
2nd serve points won·Even
46%
47%
Service points won·Even
56%
58%
Return points won·Slight edge
43%
52%
Break points saved·Even
51%
50%
Aces / match·Clear edge
3.2
1.5
Double faults / match·Slight edge
3.7
3.3

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (15 vs 28). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Maklakova E.Nepliy E.
Freshness·
—
100

Nepliy E.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Medium-slowfavours grinders
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Zanolini C.
Maklakova E.
2-66-26-3
Semi-finals
Zanolini C.
Hrabavets U.
6-46-1
Maklakova E.
Nepliy E.
5-76-17-5
Quarter-finals
Zanolini C.
Helgo M.
6-26-4
Nepliy E.
Samir S.
6-16-2
Hrabavets U.
Fouad N.
7-51-67-66
Maklakova E.
Strakhova V.
6-06-2
R16
Fouad N.
Alhussein Abdel Aziz L.
3-66-46-2
Samir S.
Kardava Z.
6-03-66-3
Strakhova V.
Snigireva A.
3-66-37-65
Helgo M.
Adeshina E.
6-34-66-4
Nepliy E.
Vlajic T.
6-06-2
Maklakova E.
Hedrzak M.
6-36-2
Zanolini C.
Atia M.
6-21-0
Hrabavets U.
Khodzhaeva E.
6-20-0
R32
Alhussein Abdel Aziz L.
Samardzic A.
6-36-1
Atia M.
Kapcia V.
6-36-4
Maklakova E.
Fouad H.
6-16-2
Vlajic T.
Sucha A.
6-36-2
Snigireva A.
Odorizzi C.
6-26-3
Nepliy E.
Danilova A.
6-17-5
Adeshina E.
El Sayed A.
6-26-2
Hrabavets U.
Mincheva V.
2-66-47-67
Strakhova V.
Tamulynas S.
6-06-2
Samir S.
Lekomtseva U.
6-17-5
Fouad N.
Danilova O.
6-43-67-60
Kardava Z.
Elkady J.
6-46-2
Hedrzak M.
Zaremba M.
3-66-26-1
Helgo M.
Schlepphorst A.
6-46-1
Zanolini C.
Shmeleva M.
6-46-0
Khodzhaeva E.
Zabolotnaia E.
6-15-76-4