Sayaka Ishii vs Vendula Valdmannova

Birmingham · CHALLENGER · Qualifying Semi-final

JPN

Sayaka Ishii

#687WTA

1387ELO

1331Grass ELO

20 yrs

Last 10 · pre-match

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1 — 2

Sets

Saturday, 30 May 2026 · 11:35

grass

CZE8

Vendula Valdmannova

#202WTA

1608ELO

1534Grass ELO

18 yrs

Last 10 · pre-match

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Ishii S.

6-3 2-6 4-6

Valdmannova V.

Ishii S.

6241

Valdmannova V.

3662

Vendula Valdmannova recovered from a set down to defeat Sayaka Ishii 3-6 6-2 6-4 in the Birmingham qualifying semi-final.

Key context

Momentum: Sayaka Ishii won five games in a row.
Set 2, game 1: Vendula Valdmannova broke serve.
Pressure points: Sayaka Ishii converted 4 of 6 break points; Vendula Valdmannova converted 5 of 8 break points.

Pressure & serve by court

Ishii S.

Valdmannova V.

Break points won

4/6

5/8

Break points saved

3/8

2/6

Break points from this match. Serve-by-court shows the share of service points won from each side of the court; the court side alternates every point.

Head to head

No previous meetings on record.

Serve vs return

This season

Ishii S.serving56% hold

wins 52% of points on serve vs Valdmannova V.

Valdmannova V.serving69% hold

wins 58% of points on serve vs Ishii 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

Ishii S.Valdmannova V.

1st serve in·Even

60%

63%

1st serve points won·Even

64%

63%

2nd serve points won·Slight edge

41%

47%

Service points won·Even

55%

57%

Return points won·Even

42%

46%

Break points saved·Even

51%

53%

Aces / match·Even

2.4

2.7

Double faults / match·Clear edge

5.1

4.2

Averages over each player's completed matches in the selected window (14 vs 33). ATP, WTA & Challenger.

Umpiry Score

Pre-match

Ishii S.

5.1

Clear underdogUmpiry Score

Valdmannova V.

6.4

Marginal edgeUmpiry ScorePartial · surface data limited

Form & Matchup

4.1Grass Elo 1418

Surface ELO

5.9+75 Grass Elo edge

2.3Overall Elo 1424

ELO gap

7.7Overall Elo 1636

5.0No prior meetings

H2H

5.0No prior meetings

5.15 of last 10 on grass

Surface form

Fatigue & Travel

7.0Hard → Grass

Surface transition

7.0Hard → Grass

Context

5.0Didn't play here last year

Defending pts

5.0Didn't play here last year

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