Malaika Rapolu vs Sohyun Park — W35 Andong Round of 16

W35 Andong · CHALLENGER · Round of 16
USA
Malaika Rapolu
#429WTA
1398ELO
1384Hard ELO
23 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWLWLWLWL
2 — 1
Sets
Monday, 11 May 2026
hard
KOR
Sohyun Park
#270WTA
1391ELO
1381Hard ELO
23 yrs
Last 10 · pre-match
LWWWWWWWLW
Rapolu M.
2-6 7-6 7-5
Park S.
Rapolu M.
27772
Park S.
66251

Malaika Rapolu defeated Sohyun Park 2-6 7-6 7-5 in the W35 Andong round of 16 on hard. The upset overturned the form book — Sohyun Park came in ranked #270, defending last year's round of 16.

Key context

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season
Rapolu M.serving49% hold

wins 50% of points on serve vs Park S.

Park S.serving40% hold

wins 46% of points on serve vs Rapolu M.

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
Rapolu M.Park S.
1st serve in·Even
59%
60%
1st serve points won·Even
64%
61%
2nd serve points won·Even
47%
45%
Service points won·Even
57%
55%
Return points won·Even
50%
48%
Break points saved·Even
56%
54%
Aces / match·Clear edge
2.6
1.0
Double faults / match·Clear edge
3.5
2.7

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (24 vs 21). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Freshness

Recent load
Rapolu M.Park S.
Freshness·
100
—

Rapolu M.: 21 days rest. Higher means fresher. About

Conditions

Court speed
Slowlow bounce, long rallies
SlowFast

Draw

Final
Back D.
Jeong B.
3-66-26-0
Semi-finals
Jeong B.
Goto R.
6-27-5
Back D.
Lansere S.
6-36-1
Quarter-finals
Jeong B.
Rapolu M.
4-66-17-5
Back D.
Naito Y.
6-37-5
Lansere S.
Chang H.
6-17-5
Goto R.
Chaudhari V.
6-30-66-3
R16
Jeong B.
Jang G.
6-24-66-1
Back D.
Im H.
6-06-0
Rapolu M.
Park S.
2-67-627-5
Lansere S.
Kim Y.
6-16-2
Goto R.
Sema E.
6-36-2
Naito Y.
Matsuda M.
6-06-1
Chang H.
Guo M.
4-67-56-3
Chaudhari V.
Hosogi S.
6-716-46-1
R32
Matsuda M.
Oh J.
6-16-3
Jeong B.
Nishimura K.
6-36-3
Jang G.
Kosaka R.
6-26-3
Goto R.
Inoue H.
6-46-3
Back D.
Zhu A.
6-26-1
Chang H.
Jang S.
2-67-666-1
Guo M.
Okuwaki R.
7-57-67
Im H.
Kozaki F.
6-17-64
Chaudhari V.
Yang Y.
6-36-2
Sema E.
Kim D.
6-46-4
Park S.
Kalyakina M.
6-06-4
Kim Y.
Katsumi N.
3-66-26-2
Hosogi S.
Lee H.
6-766-36-3
Lansere S.
Lee Y.
6-26-3
Rapolu M.
Yamazaki I.
7-647-5
Naito Y.
Lee E.
6-36-2